title: Crocidurobia faini n. sp. (Acariformes: Myobiidae), a new mite species parasitising shrews of the genus Crocidura Wagler (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) in DR Congo.
abstract: A new species Crocidurobia faini n. sp. (Acariformes: Myobiidae) recorded on Crocidura denti Dollman (type-host) (Soricomorpha: Soricidae), Crocidura cf. niobe Thomas, Crocidura cf. littoralis Heller, and Crocidura sp. from DR Congo is described. This new species differs in both sexes from all other species of the subgenus Crocidurobia Jameson, 1970 by short setae c2, more than three times shorter than setae se. Females of the new species differ from those of the close species Crocidurobia toroensis Dusbabek, 1983 by setal bases e2 situated slightly anterior to the level of setal bases e1; males of the new species differ by the genital shield bearing five pairs of setae situated anterior to the level of setal bases d1.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St Petersburg, Russia, 199034. andrevbochkov@gmail.com.|Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. andrevbochkov@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andre V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bochkov
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ecology and Animal Resource Management, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.
authors.forename: Sylvestre G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Mbalitini
authors.affiliation: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstreet 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.|Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Antwerp, 171, Groenenborgerlaan, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Verheyen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003223:Congo; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D012788:Shrews / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity