Abstract
A new monotypic genus Parapediculaster Khaustov gen. nov. (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Pygmephoridae) with type species P. patagoniensis sp. nov. is described from Sphagnum mosses in southern Chile. A key to genera of the family Pygmephoridae is provided.
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Acknowledgements
The author thanks Dr V.A. Stolbov, I.V. Kuzmin, S.A. Ivanov and R.V. Latyntcev (Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia) for collecting mites in Chile. The author also thanks Dr A.V. Tolstikov (Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia) for reviewing of the manuscript and helpful suggestions.
Notes
1. Including Diroptes Kaliszewski, 1988.