A Myrmecophylous Mite Myrmozercon tauricus sp. n. of the family Laelapidae (Acari, Mesostigmata) from Ukraine

Trach V. A., Khaustov A. A.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10058-011-0003-8

Abstract

A laelapid mite Myrmozercon tauricus Trach et Khaustov, sp. n. collected from nests of ants Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Crimea (Ukraine) is described. The genus Myrmozercon Berlese, 1902 is recorded in Ukraine for the first time.

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