title: Two new species of Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888 from the Iberian Peninsula, with a key to European species (Acari, Gamasida, Pachylaelapidae).
abstract: Pachylaelaps (Pachylaelaps) pyrenaicus sp. n. and Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) brevipilis sp. n. (Acari, Pachylaelapidae) are described and illustrated based on specimens from litter and soil detritus of forest habitats in Spain (Pyrenees Mts) and Portugal (Serra da Labruja Mts), respectively. An identification key to European species of the genus Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888 is provided.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845-06 Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mašán
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science and Arts, Erzincan University, 24030 Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan Hüseyin
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Özbek
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Ilkovičova 6, 842-15 Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fenďa
keywords: Description; Europe; Mesostigmata; identification key; morphology; soil mites; systematics