New taxa of pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Pygmephoridae, Neopygmephoridae) phoretic on Enoplotrupes sharpi (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Thailand
Khaustov, A.A.; Frolov, A.V.
Zootaxa 4442(2): 277-292
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 1175-5326 PMID: 30313962 Document Number: 696058
The new species Spatulaphorus enoplotruporum sp. nov. (Acari: Pygmephoridae) and a new monotypic genus and the species Nasutidania orientalis gen., sp. nov. (Acari: Neopygmephoridae) are described phoretic on Enoplotrupes sharpi Rothschild and Jordan (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Thailand. A key to the world species of the genus Spatulaphorus is also provided.