TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - New genus and species of microtrombidiid mite (Actinotrichida: Trombidioidea, Microtrombidiidae) parasitizing spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) in Costa Rica VL - 57 IS - 3 SP - 517 EP - 527 PY - 2017 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Mąkol, Joanna AU - Felska, Magdalena AU - Krol, Zofia UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20174174 DO - 10.24349/acarologia/20174174 DA - 2017-05-11 ET - 2017-05-11 KW - Parasitengona KW - Araneae KW - host-parasite association KW - Neotropics AB - A new genus and species of microtrombidiid mite, Araneothrombium dimalogunovi n. gen. et n. sp. is described based on larvae collected from a juvenile araneid spider in Costa Rica. The genus, tentatively placed in Eutrombidiinae, displays affinity to Verdunella Southcott, 1993 and Spinnitrombium Fain and Jocqué, 1996. This is the first record of Trombidioidea (excl. Trombiculidae s.l.) in Costa Rica. ER -