An undescribed mite of genus Caloglyphus Berlese Acarina: Acaridae collected from oriental region, Pakistan

Abstract

A survey of genus Caloglyphus Berlese in the family Acaridae Ewing and Nesbitt was conducted from different ecosystems and altitudes within Pakistan. The materials on acarid mites taken from natural habitat have yielded one species Caloglyphus taraxis yet unknown from this locality and identified as new species or ecotype to the fauna of Acari. The newly recorded species has enough distinctive traits like variable type of setae, gnathosoma, apodemes, sternum, and ventral and suctorial shields that have been lacking in any other species of genus Caloglyphus. This suite of features associated is unknown in any other population of Caloglyphus to suggest that it might constitute an innovative taxon. Results are compared to data collected earlier on population of Caloglyphus from the countrywide areas. The comprehensive analyses of C. taraxis were performed, and then systematic status is discussed and assessed based on these comparisons