To systematics of the mite genus Hoplocheylus (Acariformes: Tarsocheylidae)

ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3957.3.2

Issue: Vol. 3957 No. 3: 15 May 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-05-15

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.3.2

Page range: 277–299

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**To systematics of the mite genus Hoplocheylus (Acariformes: Tarsocheylidae)**

ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV⁺⁻

Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Volodarskogo 6, 625003 Russia.

acari Heterostigmatina key systematics Tarsocheylina Russia

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Abstract

A new species of the genus Hoplocheylus Atyeo and Baker, 1964 (Acariformes: Heterostigmatina: Tarsocheylidae), H. magnificus sp. nov. is described from the nest of the ant Formica rufa Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kurgan Province, Western Siberia, Russia. A poorly-known species Hoplocheylus sogdianicus Barilo and Sharipov, 1987 is redescribed from the holotype. A key to species of the genus Hoplocheylus is provided.