Gaeolaelaps carabidophilus n. sp., a new mite species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Southern Ukraine

V.A. Trach (1)

1 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology

Gaeolaelaps carabidophilus n. sp., a new laelapine mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) is described and illustrated based on females collected from Stenolophus mixtus (Herbst, 1784) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on the north-western Black Sea coast (Ukraine, Odessa province). The new species differs from all congeners by the following combination of characters: dorsal soft cuticle hypertrichous, very short peritremes (reaching only to mid-coxa III), dorsal shield with only 39 pairs of setae, sternal shield with 3 pairs of lyrifissures.

Mots clés: Mesostigmata; Laelapidae; Gaeolaelaps; Acari; new species; Carabidae; Ukraine

Domaines: Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie; Zoologie des invertébrés

V.A. Trach. Gaeolaelaps carabidophilus n. sp., a new mite species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Southern Ukraine. Acarologia, 2012, 52 (2), pp.157-163. ⟨10.1051/acarologia/20122045⟩. ⟨hal-01566988⟩