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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2004) 9, 77-88Genus Caligohomus Habeeb (Acari: Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae)
QING-HAI FAN1 & DAVID E. WALTER2
1College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Current address: Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand; fanqh@acarology.org
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9 Canada; dew@ualberta.caAbstract
The genus Caligohomus Habeeb contains mites that live in aquatic or semi-aquatic habitats and is one of the more mysterious genera of the family Stigmaeidae. Herein we redefine the genus, redescribe the type species, C. aquaticus and describe a new species, C. durus from Florida, USA. We also discuss the relationship of Caligohomus to Cheylostigmaeus and to the family Homocaligidae.
Key words: Caligohomus, Stigmaeidae, redefine, new species.
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