Two new species of Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888 from the Iberian Peninsula, with a key to European species (Acari, Gamasida, Pachylaelapidae)

By

Masan, Peter
Özbek, Hasan Hüseyin
Fenďa, Peter

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

603

Pages

71-95

Subjects

Description , Europe , identification key , Mesostigmata , Morphology , soil mites , systematics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.603.9038

 

Abstract

Pachylaelaps (Pachylaelaps) pyrenaicussp. n. and Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) brevipilissp. n. (Acari, Pachylaelapidae) are described and illustrated based on specimens from litter and soil detritus of forest habitats in Spain (Pyrenees Mts) and Portugal (Serra da Labruja Mts), respectively. An identification key to European species of the genus Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888 is provided.