Systematic & Applied Acarology
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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2010) 15, 58–64.

A new species of Eutarsopolipus Berlese (Acari: Heterostigmata: Podapolipidae) from Chlaenius coeruleus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Western Caucasus

ALEXANDR A. KHAUSTOV

Nikita Botanical Gardens—National Scientific Center, Yalta 98648, Crimea, Ukraine, e-mail: alkhaustov@mail.ru

Abstract

A new species, Eutarsopolipus steveni sp.n., from Chlaenius (Stenochlaenius) coeruleus (Steven, 1809) from Western Caucasus (Abkhasia) is described and compared with related species in the myzus group of Eutarsopolipus.

Key words: Podapolipidae, Eutarsopolipus, new species, Carabidae, Abkhasia

 

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Accepted by Owen Seeman 9 Feb. 2010; published 31 Mar. 2010


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