Corresponding author: Alexander A. Khaustov (
Academic editor: Vladimir Pesic
Five species of myrmecophilous microdispid mites (
Khaustov AA (2014) A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia. ZooKeys 454: 13–28. doi:
The family
Mites were collected from ants or ant nests and mounted in Hoyer’s medium. The terminology of idiosoma and legs follows
The genus
Eight female paratypes,
This species was described from Western Ukraine from ants
The original description of
Six females,
This species was described from Japan where it was found in the nests of ants
Five females,
This species was described from Japan from the nests of ants
1 | All dorsal hysterosomal setae unmodified |
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– | At least setae on tergites C and D flattened, widened distally, and heavily barbed |
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2 | Setae |
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– | All dorsal hysterosomal setae strongly barbed, with arch-like ridges anteriorly to setae |
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3 | Setae |
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– | Setae |
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4 | Setae |
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– | Setae |
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5 | Setae |
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– | Setae |
The genus
Idiosomal venter (Fig.
Legs (Figs
One female,
This species was originally described from the Czech Republic (
According to key to families of the superfamily
Unlike other known species of the genus
The original description of
Eleven females, Russia: Tyumen Province, Tyumen region, vicinity of settlement Narimanovo,
This species was described from Ukraine from ants
1 | Hysterosomal tergites not reticulated, femur II with three setae |
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– | Hysterosomal tergites distinctly reticulated, femur II with two setae ( |
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2 | Seta |
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– | Seta |
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3 | Seta |
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– | Seta |
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4 | Seta |
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– | Seta |
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5 | Seta |
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– | Seta |
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6 | Setae |
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– | Setae |
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7 | Posterior part of aggenital fig smooth |
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– | Posterior part of aggenital fig distinctly reticulated | |
8 | Setae |
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– | Setae |
The author thanks Dr. A.V. Tolstikov for valuable comments on the manuscript, Dr. V.A. Stolbov, S.A. Ivanov and V.M. Salavatulin for their help with collecting mites, D.V. Zhuravskiy (Tyumen State University, Russia) for help with SEM micrographs. This research was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, project title “Myrmecophilous Acariform Mites (