OBSERVATIONS ON THE LISTROPHORID (ACARI: LISTROPHORIDAE) FAUNA OF PAKISTAN

摘要

Two fur mite (Acari: Listrophoridae) taxafrom Pakistan, a new species Aeromychirus fimbriatus sp.n. ex Hylopetes fimbriatus (Gray, 1837) (Sciuridae) and Spalacarus mediolineatus nesokia Fain et Hyland, 1980 ex Nesokia indica (Gray et Hard-wicke, 1830)(Muridae), are described and rede-scribed, respectively. The fur mite family Listrophoridae Megnin et Trouessart, 1884 (Acari: Sarcoptoidea) is represented by permanent parasites living on the hair shafts of mammals and currently includes more than 150species arranged into 21 genera [Fain, 1981a; Bochkov and OConnor, 2005].