Title: | "Naiadacarus sidorchukae sp. n. (Acariformes: Acaridae) from Western Siberia closely related to a North American species, with a new generic synonymy" |
Author(s): | Klimov PB; Oconnor BC; Khaustov AA; |
Address: | "Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, USA Tyumen State University, 10 Semakova Str., 625003 Tyumen, Russia. pklimov@umich.edu" |
DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.4647.1.28 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1175-5334 (Electronic) 1175-5326 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "A new species of acarid mite, Naiadacarus sidorchukae sp. n., is described from phoretic deutonymphs collected from a European spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, pheromone trap in Western Siberia, Russia. Morphologically, the new species is very similar to the North American species, Naiadacarus fashingi, with the only diagnostic character being the shorter tibial solenidion phi II in the former species. Unlike some Naiadacarus species, which are truly aquatic, Naiadacarus sidorchukae probably does not inhabit fully aquatic habitats. This species and other presumably non-aquatic taxa, may represent the ancestral condition in the genus Naiadacarus, and, therefore are critical in studying land to water ecological transitions that have occurred in this mite genus. The monotypic genus Naiacus Nesbitt, 1990 is considered as a junior synonym of Naiadacarus Fashing, 1974 (syn. n.), with its type-species, Naiacus muertensis Nesbitt, 1990, recombined as Naiadacarus muertensis (Nesbitt, 1990), comb. n. A key to species of Naiadacarus of the world is provided" |
Keywords: | "*Acaridae Animals Ecosystem *Mites Russia Siberia United States Acari, sibling species, cryptic species, allopatric species, Palaearctic region, Nearctic region, land to water ecological transitions, mites, heteromorphic deutonymph;" |
Notes: | "MedlineKlimov, Pavel B Oconnor, Barry C Khaustov, Alexander A eng New Zealand 2019/11/14 Zootaxa. 2019 Jul 26; 4647(1):zootaxa.4647.1.28. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4647.1.28" |