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Issue: Vol. 2747 No. 1: 24 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2747.1.2
Page range: 19–36
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

New species of Klinckowstroemia Baker & Wharton, 1952 (Acari: Klinckowstroemiidae), associated with passalid beetles from Mexico and Panama

Colección Nacional de Ácaros, Departamento Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apartado Postal 70-153, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, D. F.
Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Apartado Postal 63, 91000 Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Colección Nacional de Ácaros, Departamento Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apartado Postal 70-153, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, D. F.
Acari mites Passalidae Central America synhospitality phoresy

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Klinckowstroemia are described, all obtained from passalid beetles collected in Mexico and Panama. The species are: Klinckowstroemia pennula, sp. nov., K. melissae sp. nov., K. stilla sp. nov., and K. oconnori sp. nov. We found two instances where different mite species inhabited the same host, K. pennula, and K. melissae on Pseudacanthus sp., and K. pennula and K. candidoi on Oileus bifidus. This is the first record of the genus Klinckowstroemia from Panama. An updated key for the 24 species of Klinckowstroemia is presented.

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