Mites of the genus proctolaelaps berlese, 1923 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) associated with bark beetles in Asian Russia

Abstract

Six mite species of the genus Proctolaelaps Berlese, 1923 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) are recorded from bark beetles and in their galleries in Asian Russia. One of them, Proctolaelaps dendroctoni Lindquist and Hunter, 1965, is found for the first time in Palaearctic; its female is redescribed. Proctolaelaps hystricoides Lindquist and Hunter, 1965, P. hystrix (Vitzthum, 1923) and P. scolyti Evans (1958) are recorded for the first time in Russia. A key to females of the genus Proctolaelaps, associated with subcortical beetles, is provided.