A new genus and two new species of Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa

Alexander A. Khaustov; Elizabeth A. Hugo-coetzee; Sergey G. Ermilov

doi:10.11158/saa.22.4.5

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Alexander A. Khaustov,¹ Elizabeth A. Hugo-coetzee,^2,3 Sergey G. Ermilov¹

¹1. Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia. E-mail: alex1973khaustov@gmail.com
²2. Department of Acarology, National Museum, PO Box 266, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa. E-mail: Lh
³3. Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Abstract

A new genus of pygmephorid mites, Micropygmephorus gen. nov. (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Pygmephoridae), and two new species, M. pusillus sp. nov. and M. heterotrichus sp. nov. are described from nests of and phoretic on termites, Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt, 1911) (Isoptera: Termitidae), from South Africa. The taxonomic position of the new genus is discussed.

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Alexander A. Khaustov, Elizabeth A. Hugo-coetzee, and Sergey G. Ermilov "A new genus and two new species of Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa," Systematic and Applied Acarology 22(4), 484-493, (27 March 2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.4.5

Received: 16 January 2017; Accepted: 1 March 2017; Published: 27 March 2017

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