1987•AcarologiaOpen access

The phoretic hypopi of two acarid mites described from ants nest: Tyrophagus formicetorum Volgin, 1948 and Lasioacarus nidicolus Kadzhaja and Sevastianov, 1967

A. Fain, W. Chmielewski

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The phoretic hypopi of two acarid mites, Tyrophagus jormicetorum Volgin, 1948 and Lasioacarus nidicolus Kadzhaja and Sevastianov, 1967 (Acari, Acaridae) are described. A new tribe is erected for the genus Lasioacarus (Lasioacarini tr. n.). These mites were originally described from ant s nests in U.S.S.R. The authors found them again in Poland

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Key concepts: Acari, Acaridae, Biology, Acariformes, Tyrophagus putrescentiae, Nest (protein structural motif), Genus, Zoology