Scutacarus atypicus ( Karafiat, 1959 )

Khaustov, A., 2015, Mites of the family Scutacaridae (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Formica fusca L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Western Siberia, Russia, Acarologia 55 (4), pp. 377-386 : 384

Scutacarus atypicus ( Karafiat, 1959)

Imparipes (Telodispus) atypicus Karafiat, 1959, p. 678 , Fig. 23.

Scutacarus atypicus: Ebermann 1980, p. 145 , Figs. 1 - 8.

This species was described from Germany from ant Formica rufa L., 1761 ( Karafiat 1959). Ebermann (1980) recorded it from Austria from the nest of ant Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846 , redescribed it and transferred from the genus Imparipes to Scutacarus . Khaustov (2008) reported it from Western Ukraine from forest litter. This is a new record for the fauna of Russia.

Material examined — Four females, Russia, Tyumen Province, Tyumen region, vicinity of Tyumen, 57°13’43.6" N, 65°28’28.4" E, on ants Formica fusca , 13 September 2014, coll. A.A. Khaustov.

Figures

FIGURE 1: Scutacarus karafiati Khaustov n. sp., female: A – idiosomal dorsum, B – idiosomal venter.