Hypoaspis eremitus ( Sklyar, 2012 )

Trach, V. A. & Joharchi, O., 2018, Mites Of The Family Laelapidae (Acari, Mesostigmata) Associated With Scarab Beetles In Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 52 (3), pp. 217-228 : 219

Hypoaspis eremitus ( Sklyar, 2012)

Hypoaspis eremitus Sklyar, 2012: 82 .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Ukraine ( Sklyar, 2012).

Hosts. Osmoderma coriarius (DeGeer, 1774) ( Sklyar, 2012) .

Remarks. This species was briefly described based on one female specimen from Osmoderma coriarius and known only from type locality (Donetsk Region). Depository of the type specimen is unknown, microslide with the mite has not been ever deposited (as was indicated in the original description) to the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine (Leonid O. Kolodochka pers. comm.). This nominal species is similar to Hypoaspis breiti Arutunjan, 1990 , also briefly described based on one female from Osmoderma eremita (Scopoli, 1763) from Austria and possibly is its junior synonym ( Arutunjan, 1990). We have examined two specimens of Osmoderma coriarius from Odesa Region, but no mites were found.

Ukrainian species of the genus Hypoaspis differs from species of the genus Coleolaelaps of Ukraine by the absence lateral incisions on the dorsal shield.