A new species of Lasioseius Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Blattisociidae) from Kenya

Authors

  • Farid Faraji Eurofins MITOX

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25674/so93iss2id156

Keywords:

Blattisociidae, Kenya, Lasioseius, New species

Abstract

About forty species of Lasioseius have been found in Africa, however surprisingly not one species of blattisociid mite has been recorded from Kenya. In this paper Lasioseius kichozii n. sp. collected from soil and litter in Thika, Kenya is described based on the morphology of adult females and males.

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Pseudoscorpion (Photo: Birgit Lang)

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Published

2021-07-31

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Faraji, F. (2021). A new species of Lasioseius Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Blattisociidae) from Kenya. SOIL ORGANISMS, 93(2), 97–104. https://doi.org/10.25674/so93iss2id156

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Vol. 93 No. 2 (2021)

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