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15 July 2024 A new species of Antennoseius from the Caspian region and the species composition of the oudemansi-group (Acari, Mesostigmata, Ascidae)
Olga L. Makarova, Shahrooz Kazemi
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Abstract

A new mesostigmatic mite species, Antennseius (Vitzthumia) circumcaspius sp. nov., is described from Russia and Iran on the adult specimens. This soil-dwelling species populates different habitats (including coastal maritime and inner salty grasslands, forest and orchard soil-litter, and moss) in Kalmykia, Dagestan, Kazakhstan, and Iran. The new species is very close to Antennoseius oudemansi (Thor, 1930); A. janus Lindquist & Walter, 1989 (granulate form); and A. koroljevae Chelebiev, 1984. All these species compose together a natural group as designated by Chelebiev (1984). Idiosomal integument of most shields and soft cuticle of their adult is tuberculate-granulate. Females of these species are possessed the inversely trapezoidal opisthonotal shield with posterolateral margins usually emarginated; anal shield bearing only three circumanal setae. Map of records of oudemansi-group members in the Palaearctic and key for their female identification are given.

Olga L. Makarova and Shahrooz Kazemi "A new species of Antennoseius from the Caspian region and the species composition of the oudemansi-group (Acari, Mesostigmata, Ascidae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 29(7), 811-830, (15 July 2024). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.29.7.4
Received: 17 June 2024; Accepted: 2 July 2024; Published: 15 July 2024
KEYWORDS
distributional area
morphological variability
Parasitiformes
soil mites
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