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ABSTRACT
A new genus and two new species of termitophilous microdispid mites, Parapunicodoxa striata gen. nov. and sp. nov. and Punicodoxa lineata sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Microdispidae), are described associated with termites, Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjostedt) (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa. The genus Punicodoxa Mahunka, 1978; is redefined. The mite family Microdispidae is recorded from South Africa for the first time. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6F02CC67-6C8C-43DA-8A43-56A6C26D049A
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Dr N.V. Beljaeva (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia) for the identification of the termite species.
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Funding
The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), research project no. 18-04-00096A.