A new species of Gamasiphis Berlese (Acari: Ologamasidae) from Russia (Sakhalin and Kuril Islands) with a key to the Asian species

IRINA I. MARCHENKO

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3741.1.6

Issue: Vol. 3741 No. 1: 26 Nov. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-11-26

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3741.1.6

Page range: 172–180

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**A new species of Gamasiphis Berlese (Acari: Ologamasidae) from Russia (Sakhalin and Kuril Islands) with a key to the Asian species**

IRINA I. MARCHENKO⁺⁻

Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia.

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Abstract

Gamasiphis ochotensis sp. n. is described based on the morphology of females and males collected from litter and soil in the Sakhalin and Kuril Islands of Far East Russia. A key for the separation of females of 10 recognisable species of Gamasiphis distributed in Asia is provided.