Khaustov A.A. 2010. A new species of mites of the genus Pseudopygmephorus (Acari: Heterostigmata: Neopygmephoridae) associated with Aphodius fimetarius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Crimea // Acarina. Vol.18. No.2: 261–264 [in English].
Nikita Botanical Gardens — National Scientific Center, Yalta, Crimea 98648, Ukraine; e-mail: alkhaustov@mail.ru
ABSTRACT: A new species Pseudopygmephorus aphodii sp. n. (Acari: Neopygmephoridae) is described from Crimea, Ukraine. The new species is phoretic on the dung beetle Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Pygmephorus allmanni Krczal, 1964, P. argentiniensis Mahunka, 1964, Bakerdania chelata Mahunka, 1969, B. bulbitarsus Mahunka, 1969, and B. peritremata Mahunka, 1969 are transferred to the genus Pseudopygmephorus.
KEY WORDS: Neopygmephoridae, Pseudopygmephorus, new species, Scarabaeidae, Crimea.