A new species of the genus Proctogastrolaelaps McGraw & Farrier (Acari: Melicharidae) from the Far East of Russia, and contributions to knowledge of this genus
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Far East
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We describe a new mite species from the Far East of Russia—Proctogastrolaelaps subsolanus Joharchi & Marchenko sp. nov. (Acari: Melicharidae). The new species was collected from soil-litter on the shores of the Tunaycha Lake and Sea of Okhotsk in Sakhalin Island. The important morphological characteristics of the genus Proctogastrolaelaps are revised.