Two new genera and two new species of the mite family Neopygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with small mammals from USA

Alexander A. Khaustov (1) , John O. Jr. Whitaker (2)

1 Tyumen State University
2 Indiana State University

Two new monotypic genera and two new species of the mite family Neopygmephoridae (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with small mammals are described from USA: Crossdania gen. nov. with the type species Crossdania tubulosa sp. nov. associated with Northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster (Rodentia: Cricetidae) and Great Basin pocket mouse, Perognathus parvus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae), and Theriodania gen. nov. with the type species Theriodania venusta sp. nov. associated with Merriam\'s kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriami (Rodentia: Heteromyidae).

Mots clés: systematics; new species; fauna; new genus; Animalia; Arthropoda; Acari; Pygmephoroidea

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Alexander A. Khaustov, John O. Jr. Whitaker. Two new genera and two new species of the mite family Neopygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with small mammals from USA. Acarologia, 2019, 59 (3), pp.308-322. ⟨10.24349/acarologia/20194335⟩. ⟨hal-02262196⟩