Published March 18, 2025 | Version v1
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Exploring meristic characteristics of Australian parasitengone mites (Acari: Trombidiformes)

  • 1. Department of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
  • 2. Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran [1]; Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Türkiye [2]

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The meristic data of the following species of terrestrial Parasitengona (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Australia are given: Paratrombium australe Southcott, 1997, P. anemone Southcott, 1997, P. curculionis Southcott, 1997, Eutrombidium trigonum (Walsh, 1866), E. orientale Southcott, 1993, Hexathrombium willisi Southcott, 1993, Verdunella lockleii (Welbourn & Young, 1988), Buandikia anneae Southcott, 1994, Willungella willungae (Hirst, 1931), Workandella virgata Southcott, 1994, Thormicrella janeae Southcott, 1994, Yurebilla gracilis Southcott, 1996, Abrolophus tonsor (Southcott, 1996), Harpagella moxonae Southcott, 1996, Callidosoma tindalei Southcott, 1972, C. rostratum Southcott, 1972, C. tiki Southcott, 1972, C. dasypodiae (Womersley, 1934), and C. susanae Clark, 2014. The type specimens were deposited in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia (SAM). A key to hermanni species subgroup  is also included.

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