A new species of pterygosomatid mite, Pimeliaphilus lindquisti Khadem-Safdarkhani & Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Pterygosomatidae) parasitizing Trachyderma (Trachyderma) christophi (Faust, 1875) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Pimeliini) from Yazd province, central Iran is described and illustrated based on adult female, deutonymph and larva. For all active life stages, legs setal designations are provided for the first time. Furthermore, host specificity and world distribution of the genus is reviewed and a key to world species of the Pimeliaphilus mites ectoparasitic on beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) is provided as well.
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20 October 2021
Description of all active life stages (except male) of the Pimeliaphilus lindquisti sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae) with review of host specificity and world distribution of the genus
Hamid Khadem-Safdarkhani,
Hamidreza Hajiqanbar,
Mohammad Mehrabadi
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Coleoptera
ectoparasite
Iran
systematics
Trombidiformes