Redescription of adults and description of juvenile stages of bark beetle-associated mite Cercoleipus kuznetsovi Khaustov, 1997 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Cercomegistidae)
Journal: Systematic and Applied Acarology
Year: 2017

The first description of the juvenile stages and redescription of adults of the mesostigmatic mite Cercoleipus kuznetsovi Khaustov, 1997 (Acari: Cercomegistidae) from Crimea and Western Siberia are provided. This species is recorded in the North Asia for the first time. The association of Cercoleipus kuznetsovi with Ips typographus Linnaeus is recorded for the first time. The keys to the genera of the family Cercomegistidae and to the species of genus Cercoleipus are presented.