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- Title
To the systematics of the subgenus Hesperomyobia Bochkov, 1997 (Acariformes: Myobiidae: Radfordia).
- Authors
Bochkov, Andre V
- Abstract
A new myobiid mite species Radfordia ( Hesperomyobia) akodon sp. nov. is described from Akodon varius Thomas (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Bolivia. This new species is known only from a female which differs from those of Radfordia ( H.) sigmodontis Radford from Sigmodon hispidus Ray and Ord, and Radfordia ( H.) sigmomys Bochkov and Fain from Sigmodon alstoni (Thomas) by the following features. In R. ( H.) akodon sp. nov., setae vi are 50 µm long and 7 µm wide (vs. 10-12 µm long and 2 µm wide in R. sigmodontis, and 23-25 µm long and 2 µm wide in R. sigmomys), dorsal idiosomal setae si, se, c1, c2, d1, and d2 are 5-10 µm wide (vs. 2-3 µm wide in R. sigmodontis and R. sigmomys), and setae e1 are 2.6 times longer than f1 (vs. subequal in R. sigmodontis and R. sigmomys). In addition, Radfordia ( Hesperomyobia) vandenberghi Fain and Lukoschus is newly recorded herein from Oligoryzomys flavescens (Waterhouse) and Oligoryzomys sp. (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Bolivia. It is suggested that this mite species is associated exclusively with hosts of the genus Oligoryzomys Bangs.
- Subjects
ACARIFORMES; ECTOPARASITES; MITES; RODENTS; ANIMAL classification
- Publication
Systematic & Applied Acarology, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 6, p785
- ISSN
1362-1971
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11158/saa.22.6.4