Phoretic deutonymphs of Winterschmidtia tawantinsuyuca sp. n. (Acari: Winterschmidtiidae) are described from Peru. This is the fourth species of the genus recorded in the Neotropical realm. Similar to the three other Peruvian species, the new species is phoretic on bark beetles, but this is the first finding of Winterschmidtia on the beetles of the genus Xyleborus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). The new species differs from all others in the ornamentation on of its prodorsal shield.

Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov

Alexander A. Khaustov

A NEW SPECIES OF WINTERSCHMIDTIA OUDEMANS (ACARI: ASTIGMATA: WINTERSCHMIDTIIDAE) FROM PERU

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