A New Species of Mites of the Genus Anystipalpus (Mesostigmata, Ascidae) from the Eastern Ukraine

Abstract

A New Species of Mites of the Genus Anystipalpus (Mesostigmata, Ascidae) from the Eastern Ukraine. Trach V. A. -Anystipalpus stepposus Trach, sp. n. from Lugansk Region associated with carabid beetles is described. The new species is similar to A. livshitsi (Eidelberg, 1989), differing by the arrangement of short and thickened setae on the podonotal shield, presence of large presternal shields, shape and sclerotization of the sternal shield, shape of some setae on legs and venter of idiosoma, details of structure of the chelicerae.K e y w o r d s: Ascidae, Anystipalpus stepposus, new species, Ukraine, Carabidae.

New records of carabid-associated mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Ukraine with description of adults of Halodarcia carabidophila Evans and Fain, 1995 (Halolaelapidae)

“…Currently, three species are known in Ukraine -Anystipalpus livshitsi (Eidelberg, 1989), A. percicola Berlese, 1911, A. stepposus Trach, 2012(Eidelberg, 1989Trach, 2012a. Mites of this genus reported only from carabid beetles and labidurid earwigs (Lindquist and Moraza, 2009).…”