Thyreophagus tauricus sp. n., a New Subcortical Mite Species (Acari: Acaridae), with a COX1 DNA Sequence Analysis of Several Economically Important Species of Thyreophagus
Journal: Animals
Year: 2023

As part of a survey of the subcortical astigmatic mites of Crimea, we discovered a new sexual acarid species, <i>Thyreophagus tauricus</i> sp. n. This species was cultured in the laboratory to correlate the adult and deutonymphal stages. Using specimens obtained by these rearing experiments, we provide a detailed description of <i>Th. tauricus</i> (light microscopy, SEM) based on females, males and heteromorphic deutonymphs. Furthermore, to facilitate molecular identification, the entire COX1 ge