ABSTRACT
Phoretic females of this new species, Pediculaster eccoptomeralis Camerik n. sp. (Acari: Siteroptidae) were collected from Eccoptomera pallescens (Meigen, 1830) (Diptera: Heleomyzidae) from Grotto de Monseau Esmeux, Belgium and the second new species, Pediculaster coproxodontalis Camerik was collected from African elephant dung in Rwanda. Both new species are described and illustrated.
ACKNOWLEDGeMENT
The study is financed by the Research Fund of the University of Witwatersrand.