NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORD OF MITES OF THE GENUS RUBROSCIRUS DEN HEYER, 1979 (ACARINA: PROSTIGMATA: CUNAXIDAE) FROM UKRAINE

摘要

Female and male of mite Rubroscirus khaustovisp. n. are described, female of R. sinensis Fan, 1992 is redescribed based on material from Ukraine. The genus Rubroscirus and R. sinensis are recorded for the first time for Ukraine. The genus Rubrosciruswas proposed to include several species of Cunoxa Von Hey den, 1826 by Den Heyer (1979). Smiley (1992) synonymized this genus with Cunaxa, but based on results of study of Crimean cunaxid mites I retain the genus Rubroscirus . The genus Rubroscirus includes a group of species, which are similar to Cunaxa but differ from it by the following complex of character states: the dorsal plates with a distinct reticulation (Fig. 2), the dorsal integument with numerous slender papillae-bearing striations (Fig. 3), and also with an area of longitudinal striation between setae d^ in females.