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Issue: Vol. 2203 No. 1: 19 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2203.1.2
Page range: 22–30
Abstract views: 46
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A new genus and species of larval Erythraeinae (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) from Ukraine and the taxonomic state of Zhangiella

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Department of Nature preservation, Nikita Botanical Gardens, National Scientific Center, Yalta, 98648, Crimea, Ukraine
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Acari larva ectoparasite mite Lasius Formicidae key

Abstract

Makolia crimeaensis Saboori, Khaustov & Hakimitabar gen. et sp. nov. (Acari: Erythraeidae) is described and illustrated from larvae ectoparasitic on Lasius sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Ukraine. A key to world genera of Erythraeinae (larva) is presented and the genus Zhangiella Saboori, Cobanoglu & Bayram is synonymised with Curteria Southcott.

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