New records of stigmaeid mites from Greece with description of a new species (Acari: Stigmaeidae)

Abstract

Five species of stigmaeid mites, Storchia robusta (Berlese), Postumius tectus Kuznetzov, Eustigmaeus arcticus (Wood), Eustigmaeus ottavii (Berlese) and Eustigmaeus rhodomelus (Koch), are reported for the first time from Greece. A new species, Eustigmaeus ioanninensis, collected on grass pastures at Katsikas, Ioannina Co., northwestern Greece, is illustrated and described.

Key words :

• Acari
• Stigmaeidae
• Eustigmaeus
• Greece