New Data on the Fauna of Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) of the Altai Republic, Russia

Abstract

During the 2021–2022 study of predatory mites of the Altai Republic (Russia), six additional species of the family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) have been recorded, of which Stigmaeus neosolidus sp. n. and S. altaicus sp. n. are new to science. Eustigmaeus lacunus and Ledermuelleriopsis ariyai have been recorded from Russia for the first time and redescribed based on the materials from the Altai. Eustigmaeus collarti and Stigmaeus fusus have been recorded from the Altai Republic for the girst time.

Two new species and a new synonym of Eustigmaeus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Russia with COI barcode

“…The mite family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) is the largest in the superfamily Raphignathoidea and currently includes about 640 species of 33 valid genera (Fan et al 2016(Fan et al , 2019Beron 2020;Khaustov 2022;Mohammad-Doustaresharaf et al 2023). Most stigmaeid mites are free-living predators of various small arthropods.…”

Review of Cheylostigmaeus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Russia

“…The mite family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) is the largest in the superfamily Raphignathoidea and currently includes about 640 species distributed across 33 valid genera (Fan et al 2016(Fan et al , 2019Beron 2020;Khaustov 2022;Mohammad-Doustaresharaf et al 2023). Most stigmaeid mites are free-living predators of various small arthropods.…”