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Petalomium kurosai Khaustov 2014

Description

Petalomium kurosai Khaustov, 2014

Petalomium kurosai Khaustov, 2014: 100, figs. 1–7.

This species was recently described from Western Siberia (Khaustov 2014a) from ants Lasius niger and Tetramorium caespitum.

Material examined. One female, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Tyumen District, vicinity of settlement Reshetnikovo, 57°17'00.2"N, 65°24'32.5"E, on ants Lasius flavus (new host), 25 September 2014, coll. T.A. Tarakanov.

Notes

Published as part of Khaustov, Alexander A., 2015, Myrmecophilous pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Lasius flavus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Russia, pp. 345-370 in Zootaxa 4044 (3) on page 366, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/231968

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pygmephoridae
Genus
Petalomium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Khaustov
Species
kurosai
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Petalomium kurosai Khaustov, 2014 sec. Khaustov, 2015

References

  • Khaustov, A. A. (2014 a) A new species of the genus Petalomium (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Neopygmephoridae) from Western Siberia with redescription of Petalomium nataliae (Sevastianov, 1967). Acarina, 22, 100 - 108. Avilable from: http: // insects. ummz. lsa. umich. edu / acarina / PDFS / 2014 _ 2 / Khaustov 2014 _ Petalomium _ Acarina _ 22 _ 2 _ 6. pdf (Accessed 17 Nov. 2015)