ISSN 1362-1971
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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2002) 7, 129-142Description of, and validation of names for, the genus
Crotalomorpha and the family Crotalomorphidae (Acari: Heterostigmata)E.E. LINDQUIST 1 & G.W. KRANTZ 2
1 Research Branch, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6 Canada; e-mail lindquiste@em.agr.ca
2 Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; e-mail krantzg@bcc.orst.edu
Abstract
The family Crotalomorphidae, fam. nov., with type genus Crotalomorpha, gen. nov., are described to validate
these names, the previous usage of which was based on nomenclatorially unavailable names. This monobasic
family and genus is based on three physogastric, gravid females representing the type species, Crotalomorpha
camini sp. nov., collected from beneath the elytra of harpaline carabid beetles of the subgenus Agonoderus,
genus Stenolophus, in Kansas and Nebraska, USA. The unique mixture of primitive and derivative
characteristics of this taxon and its relationships among others of the cohort Heterostigmata are discussed, and
a rationale for considering Crotalomorphidae as the sister group of Dolichocybidae is presented.
Key words: Acari, Heterostigmata, Crotalomorphidae, new family, systematics, physogastry
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