A new species of Scutacarus (Acari: Heterostigmata: Scutacaridae) associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa.

Authors :: Khaustov, Alexander A.
Hugo-Coetzee, Elizabeth A.
Ermilov, Sergey G.
Source :: International Journal of Acarology; Mar/Apr2018, Vol. 44 Issue 2/3, p59-67, 9p
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: A new termitophilous species Scutacarus termitophilus sp. nov. is described from nests of and phoretic on termites, Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt, 1911) (Isoptera: Termitidae), from South Africa. The association between mites of the genus Scutacarus and termites is recorded for the first time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: TERMITIDAE
ANIMAL classification
PHORESY
ETHANOL
DISSECTING microscopes

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