Pediculaster dudinskyi Khaustov, 2011

Khaustov, Alexander A., 2020, Three new species and new records of Pediculaster (Acari: Pygmephoridae) from Western Siberia, Russia, Acarologia 60 (2), pp. 317-337 : 335

Pediculaster dudinskyi Khaustov, 2011

Pediculaster dudinskyi Khaustov, 2011 , 265, Figs 1–5 .

Phoretic female of this species was described from a tree hole of poplar in Western Ukraine ( Khaustov 2011).

This is the first record of P. dudinskyi from Asia and Russia.

Material examined — One phoretic female, Russia, Tyumen Province, Tyumen, “Zatyumenskiy park”, 57°09’ N, 65°26’ E, in the rotting log of birch, 26 April 2019, A.A. Khaustov leg.

Figures

Figure 1 Pediculaster tjumeniensissp. nov., phoretic female: A – dorsum of the body, B – venter of the body. Legs omitted.

Figure 2 Pediculaster tjumeniensissp. nov., phoretic female: A – left leg I, dorsal aspect, B – left leg II, dorsal aspect.

Figure 3 Pediculaster tjumeniensissp. nov., phoretic female: A – left leg III, dorsal aspect, B – left leg IV, dorsal aspect.

Figure 4 Pediculaster tjumeniensissp. nov., non-phoretic female: A – dorsum of the body, B – venter of the body. Legs omitted.

Figure 5 Pediculaster tjumeniensissp. nov., non-phoretic female: A – left leg I, dorsal aspect, B – left leg II, dorsal aspect.