title: Myocoptid mites (Acariformes: Myocoptidae) of the fauna of the former USSR.
abstract: Mites of the family Myocoptidae (Acariformes: Sarcoptoidea) of the former USSR are revised based on the collection of the Zoological Institute RAS (St. Petersburg, Russia). Seventeen described species are recorded. Four species are described as new for science: Trichoecius dubininae sp. nov. from Lasiopodomys gregalis (Pallas) (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Russia (Chelyabinsk Prov., type locality), Kazakhstan and Kirghizia, T. lemmus sp. nov. from Lemmus sibiricus (Kerr) (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Russia (Taymyr peninsula), T. meriones sp. nov. from Meriones meridianus (Pallas) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Turkmenia, and Myocoptes meriones sp. nov. from Meriones tamariscinus (type host) from Kirghizia (type locality) and Meriones libycus (Lichtenstein) from Tajikistan. In addition, the presence of 7 more species in the fauna of the former USSR is considered highly probable. Myocoptids of the former USSR represent all 6 genera currently recognized in the family. Keys to species, their hosts and localities are provided and all data are summarized in tabular format. A new name Apocalyptoides nom. nov. is proposed for the preoccupied generic name Apocalypsis Bochkov, 2010 not Butler (1876).
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Universitetskaya Embankment 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia. andrevbochkov@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andre V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bochkov
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000469:parasitology; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009115:Muridae / Q000469:parasitology; D009929:Organ Size; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D012426:Russia
keywords: Acari, ectoparasites, fauna of ex-USSR, rodents, systematics