Corresponding author: Andre V. Bochkov (
Academic editor: V. Pesic
Two new species of parasitic acariform mites (
Bochkov AV, Abramov AV (2014) Acariform mites (Acariformes) - permanent symbionts of
Marmoset rats of the genus
Several specimens of the Delacour’s marmoset rat
In the field, the trapped hosts were individually wrapped in cheesecloth to prevent falling-out of ectoparasites and preserved in 70% ethanol. In the laboratory conditions, mites were collected from ethanol preserved hosts with fine forceps under dissection microscope and mounted in Hoyer’s medium. Specimens were studied using a Leica microscope under phase contrast and Nomarsky (DIC) optics. Drawings were made with a camera lucida, and measurements were taken using a calibrated ocular micrometer. In the descriptions below, the idiosomal setation of listrophorid mites follows
Abbreviations of institutions:
Male holotype (ZISP L-T-9, AVB 10-0803-012), 7 male and 12 female paratypes (ZISP AVB 10-0803-012, 1-19) from
Holotype and 17 paratypes deposited in ZISP, one female and one male paratypes in UMMZ.
Male (holotype; paratypes = 7; Fig.
Female (ranges for 10 paratypes, Fig.
The species name is derived from the generic name of the host and is a noun in apposition.
This new species belongs to the “
Female holotype (ZISP My-T-37, AVB 10-0803-012) and 1 female paratype (ZISP AVB 10-0803-012) from
Holotype and single paratype deposited in ZISP.
Female (holotype, 1 paratype). Body 435 long (410), 245 wide (230). Body 1.8 times longer than wide. Setae
This epithet refers the unusual external morphology of this species –
The subgenus
The phylogenetic position of
We thank Dr D. Apanaskevich (South Georgia University, USA) for improvement of the English. This research was supported by a grant of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF 14-14-00621) to Andre V. Bochkov.