DISCOVERY OF THE 1ST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MITE SUBCOHORT HETEROSTIGMATA (ARACHNIDA, ACARI) IN THE MESOZOIC SIBERIAN AMBER

Authors
MAGOWSKI WL
Citation
Wl. Magowski, DISCOVERY OF THE 1ST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MITE SUBCOHORT HETEROSTIGMATA (ARACHNIDA, ACARI) IN THE MESOZOIC SIBERIAN AMBER, Acarologia, 35(3), 1994, pp. 229-241
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Acarologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044586X
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
229 - 241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-586X(1994)35:3<229:DOT1RO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The first known fossil heterostigmatic mite species, Protophenax kotej ii gen. et sp. nov. (Acari : Acarophenacidae), is described and illust rated, based on the inclusion of three female specimens attached to a coccid male, Inka minuta Koteja 1989 (Homoptera : Coccinea : Inkidae), from Cretaceous taimyrian amber. The material is briefly discussed, w ith remarks on the fossil mites' biology, morphology and systematics. A provisional key to the genera of Acarophenacidae is given. The concl usion that heterostigmatic mites had evolved before the Cretaceous per iod is supported.