A new genus and species of Eviphididae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with an earth-boring dung beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) in Nepal

Omid Joharchi; Bruce Halliday; Andrey V. Frolov

doi:10.11158/saa.28.2.4

1 February 2023 A new genus and species of Eviphididae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with an earth-boring dung beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) in Nepal

Omid Joharchi, Bruce Halliday, Andrey V. Frolov

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 28(2):195-211 (2023). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.2.4

Abstract

We describe a new monotypic genus in the mite family Eviphididae, Platyphis Joharchi & Halliday gen. nov., to accommodate a new species, P. montreuili Joharchi & Halliday sp. nov., from specimens collected on a rare earth-boring dung beetle species, Enoplotrupes bieti (Oberthür) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) in Nepal. The new genus differs from all other genera of Eviphididae by having an expansive anal shield. Other distinctive features of the new genus include the moderately narrow deutosternal groove with five rows of denticles, and the internal malae with thick and moderately long fimbriae.

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Omid Joharchi, Bruce Halliday, and Andrey V. Frolov "A new genus and species of Eviphididae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with an earth-boring dung beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) in Nepal," Systematic and Applied Acarology 28(2), 195-211, (1 February 2023). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.2.4

Received: 6 August 2022; Accepted: 20 December 2022; Published: 1 February 2023

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