Two new species of Scutacaridae, Scutacarus variabilissp. nov. and S. olszanowskiisp. nov. are described from Faan Meintjes Nature Reserve, central South Africa. Both species were collected from the workers of Anoplolepis sp. ants. An unusual variability in number of setae on tibiotarsus IV in S. variabilis is discussed.
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30 September 2020
Two New Myrmecophilous scutacarus (Acari: Scutacaridae) from South Africa
Alexander A. Khaustov,
Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee,
Sergey G. Ermilov
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 70 • No. 3
September 2020
Vol. 70 • No. 3
September 2020
Anoplolepis
ants
Formicidae
Hymenoptera
Prostigmata
Pygmephoroidea
taxonomy