title: A new species of myocoptid mites Myocoptes (Comyocoptes) nesokia sp. nov. (Acariformes: Myocoptidae) parasitizing Nesokia indica (Rodentia: Muridae) in Pakistan.
abstract: A new species of parasitic mites, Myocoptes (Comyocoptes) nesokia sp. nov. (Acariformes: Myocoptidae) is described from Nesokia indica (Gray, 1830) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Pakistan. Females of this species differ from the morphologically similar species, Myocoptes (Comyocoptes) striatus Fain, 1970, by the presence of a verrucose pattern in the middle part of the hysteronotum, longer setae cp (120-140 μm vs. 55-60 μm), and by the absence of scales on the opisthosomal cuticle posterior to the level of setal bases ps3.
authors.forename: Andre V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bochkov
authors.forename: Barry M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Oconnor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D009115:Muridae; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*