Khaustov A.A. 2014. A new species of the genus Petalomium (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Neopygmephoridae) from Western Siberia with redescription of Petalomium nataliae (Sevastianov, 1967) // Acarina. Vol.22. No.2: 100–108 [in English].
Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; e-mail: alex1973khaustov@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: A new species of the genus Petalomium Cross, 1965 (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Neopygmephoridae), E. kurosai sp. n. is described from ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Western Siberia, Russia. A closely related species, P. nataliae (Sevastianov, 1967) is recorded from Russia for the first time and redescribed.
KEY WORDS: Acari, Heterostigmata, systematics, phoresy, ants.