title: New Species and New Records of Mites of the Family Myocoptidae (Acariformes: Sarcoptoidea) From African Rodents.
abstract: Eleven species of myocoptid mites (Acariformes: Myocoptidae) are recorded from African rodents. Among them, three species are described as new for science: Myocoptes lophuromys sp. nov. from Lophuromys woosnami Thomas, 1906 (Rodentia: Muridae) from Uganda, Trichoecius hylomyscus sp. nov. from Hylomyscus anselli Bishop, 1979 (Rodentia: Muridae) from Tanzania (type host and locality) and Hylomyscus stella (Thomas, 1911) from Gabon, and Trichoecius faini sp. nov. from Hylomyscus arcimontanus Carlton and Stanley, 2005 from Tanzania. Gliricoptes graphiuri Fain, 1970 syn. nov. is synonymized with Gliricoptes vulcanorum Fain, 1970, and the female of Trichoecius angolensis Fain, 1972 is described for the first time. New hosts and localities are provided for four species: Myocoptes grammomys Fain, 1970 from Grammomys dryas (L., 1758) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Burundi and Uganda, Myocoptes spinulatus Fain, 1970 from Dendromus mystacalis (Heuglin, 1863) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Tanzania, Crinicastor congolensis Fain, 1970 from Grammomys macmillani (Wroughton, 1907) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Tanzania, and Trichoecius otomys Fain, 1970 from Otomys typus (Heuglin, 1877) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Uganda. Three species are recorded from new localities: Gliricoptes vulcanorum from Tanzania, Trichoecius angolensis from South Africa, and Trichoecius lootensi Fain, 1970 from Tanzania.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia ( andrevbochkov@gmail.com ).|Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Museum of Zoology), University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 ( bmoc@umich.edu ).|Tyumen State University, 10 Semakova Str., 625003 Tyumen, Russia.
authors.forename: Andre V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bochkov
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Museum of Zoology), University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 (bmoc@umich.edu).
authors.forename: Barry M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: OConnor
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 60-614 Poznan, Poland (skoracki@amu.edu.pl).
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoracki
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D009115:Muridae; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*
keywords: Acari; African rodent; ectoparasite; fauna; myocoptid mite