Studies on taxonomy of a new mite species in the genus Caloglyphus berlese (Acarina: Acaridae) recognized in Pakistan

摘要

This paper provides information relevant to categorization of one mite taxon?Caloglyphus?captus?in the genus?Caloglyphus?berlese?(Acarina: Acaridae) recognized in Pakistan which is new to science. This species exhibits unique characters where coxal fields II, III and IV are closed and all dotted. Data provided cover an outline of literature, taxonomic description, morphological features, differentiating and resemblance remarks with closely related species as well as identification key to recognize different taxa of the genus. The locality of collection, collector name, date of collection and the name of host are mentioned.