Two new species of the genus Pediculaster (Acari: Pygmephoridae) from Western Siberia, Russia

ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3926.3.6

Issue: Vol. 3926 No. 3: 6 Mar. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-03-06

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.3.6

Page range: 413–429

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**Two new species of the genus Pediculaster (Acari: Pygmephoridae) from Western Siberia, Russia**

ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV⁺⁻

Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia.

Acari Heterostigmatina systematics female dimorphism Palaearctic

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Abstract

Two new species of the genus Pediculaster Vitzthum, 1931 (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Pygmephoridae), P. ermilovi sp. nov. and P. lignarius sp. nov. are described from rotten logs in Tyumen, Western Siberia, Russia. A key to phoretic females of Palaearctic species of the genus Pediculaster is provided.