Khaustov Alexander A
Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Mar 6;3926(3):413-29. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.3.6.
Two new species of the genus Pediculaster Vitzthum, 1931 (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Pygmephoridae), P. ermilovi sp. nov. and P. lignarius sp. nov. are described from rotten logs in Tyumen, Western Siberia, Russia. A key to phoretic females of Palaearctic species of the genus Pediculaster is provided.