Scutacarus spinosus Štorkán, 1936

Khaustov, Alexander A., 2015, Myrmecophilous pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Lasius flavus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Russia, Zootaxa 4044 (3), pp. 345-370 : 363

Scutacarus spinosus Štorkán, 1936

Scutacarus subterraneus var. spinosus Štorkán, 1936: 31 , figs. 3–4. Scutacarus spinosus, Mahunka 1965: 364 . Figs. 2 : 3,4.

This species was described from Bulgaria from an undetermined ant ( Štorkán 1936). This species has a cosmopolitan distribution (Khaustov 2008). Khaustov (2008) reported it from Ukraine and Russia (Leningrad Province, Crimea) from soil and phoretic on Lasius flavus .

This is a new record for the fauna of Asian part of Russia.

Material examined. Twenty one females, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Kazanskiy District, vicinity of settlement Kazanskoye, 55° 37' 21.1"N, 69° 22' 17.7"E, in nest of Lasius flavus , 3 August 2014, coll. V.A. Stolbov; 4 females, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Nizhnetavdinskiy District, vicinity of lake Kuchak, 57°20'13.9"N, 66°03'30.4"E, on ants Lasius flavus , 15 May 2015, coll. A.A. Khaustov; 9 females, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Tyumen District, vicinity of Tyumen, 57°09'50.4"N, 65°27'26.7"E, on Lasius flavus , 26 July 2014, coll. A.A. Khaustov; 19 females, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Tyumen District, vicinity of Tyumen, 57°09'50.4"N, 65°27'26.7"E, on Lasius flavus , 21 September 2014, coll. A.A. Khaustov.

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FIGURE 2. Scutacarus moseri sp. nov., female: A—gnathosoma and pharyngeal pumps in dorsal view, B—gnathosoma in ventral view, C—prodorsal setae.