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ABSTRACT
The family Acarophenacidae Cross and the genus Adactylidium Cross (Prostigmata: Pyemotoidea) are reported for the first time from Saudi Arabia with a new species, A. gigantothripsi sp. nov. described based on females. The mites were collected from the abdomen of the thrips, Gigantothrips sp. (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) which were abundantly found on the leaves of Ficus plants in Baha, Saudi Arabia.
Acknowledgments
The authors are thankful to Iftekhar Rasool (KSMA, King Saud University) for the collection and identification of thrips specimen and to Hafiz Muhammad Sajid Ali, (Acarology Research Laboratory, King Saud University) for his technical support.
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Funding
The authors would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the Researchers Supporting Project number [RSPD2024R807], King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.