Systematic & Applied Acarology
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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2009) 14, 51–59.

Two new species of Fedrizziidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Australian passalid beetles (Coleoptera: Passalidae)

OWEN D. SEEMAN

Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Qld, Australia.E-mail: owen.seeman@qm.qld.gov.au

Abstract

Two new species of Neofedrizzia, Neofedrizzia susanae sp. nov. and Neofedrizzia jeffi sp. nov., are described

from the passalid beetle Aulacocyclus teres (Percheron) collected in southeast Queensland, Australia.

Key words: Taxonomy, Antennophorina, Fedrizzioidea, new species, host-associations

References

Dibb, J.R. (1938) Synopsis of Australian Passalidae (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 87, 103–124.

Seeman, O.D. (2000) The immature life stages of the Fedrizziidae (Mesostigmata: Fedrizzioidea). Acarologia, 41, 39–52.

Seeman, O.D. (2002) Mites and passalid beetles: diversity, taxonomy and biogeography. PhD thesis. The University of Queensland. 339 pp.

Seeman, O.D. (2007) Revision of the Fedrizziidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Fedrizzioidea). Zootaxa, 1480, 1–55.

Trägårdh, I. (1937) Zur systematik der Mesostigmata. Arkiv för Zoologi, 29, B(11), 1–8.

Womersley, H. (1959) Some Acarina from Australia and New Guinea paraphagic upon millipedes and cockroaches and beetles of the family Passalidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 82, 11–54.


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