PARAPLODONTOPUS EGYPTIACUS, A NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES FROM EGYPT (ACARI: ACARIDIDA: CHORTOGLYPHIDAE)

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

A new chortoglyphid genus Paraplodontopus is established on the basis of holotype species of Paraplodontopus egypticus sp.n. This spe­cies was collected from stored mill and dust of cow pen feeders. This ge­nus is very near to genus Aplodontopus, but differs in absence of anal male suckers, anal plate with six pairs of fine setae, male genital plate lo­cated between coxae II, anal plate of female with seven pairs of setae and located directly posterior of triangular and large genital plate.