New mite species of the cohort Uropodina (Acarina, Mesostigmata) from Slovakia [Nouvelle espèce de la cohorte Uropodina (Acarina, Mesostigmata) de Slovaquie].

Résumé

Eight new mite species of the cohort Uropodina have been described from Slovakia. The deutonymphs of Uroseius trogicolis sp. n., Trichouropoda polysetosa sp. n. and Discourella (?) pulcherrima sp. n. were found to be phoretic on beetles of the genera Trox (Scarabaeidae), Cerambyx (Cerambycidae) and Tenebrio (Tenebrionidae), respectively. The male of U. trogicolis sp. n. was also caught in the nest of Sturnus vulgaris. The adults and deutonymphs of Uroobovella mrciaki sp. n. and Uropoda mihali sp. n. were found in the nests of Sciurus vulgaris and Marmota marmota, respectively. The adults and deutonymphs of Dinychus kaluzi sp. n., Uroobovella slovaca sp. n. and Uropoda orszaghi sp. n. were extracted from litter samples.