TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - First record of Acarophenacidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) from Mexico, with description of a new species of Paracarophenax associated with Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)
VL  - 64
IS  - 2
SP  - 335
EP  - 343
PY  - 2024
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Trejo-Palacios, Susana Janeth
AU  - Toledo-Hernández, Víctor Hugo
AU  - Paredes-León, Ricardo
AU  - Khaustov, Alexander A.
AU  - Corona-López, Angélica María
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/8xa8-z8ys
DO  - 10.24349/8xa8-z8ys
DA  - 2024-03-08
ET  - 2024-03-08
KW  - female phoretic
KW  - geographical distribution
KW  - taxonomic key
KW  - Neotropical
KW  - mites
KW  - beetles
KW  - CIUM
AB  - Paracarophenax (Acari: Heterostigmata: Acarophenacidae) comprises eight distinct species of egg parasitoids associated mainly with various beetles, distributed across different global regions. In this study, a new species of Paracarophenax was found associated with cerambycid beetles´ collection samples deposited in the Colección de Insectos de la Universidad de Morelos, Morelos, Mexico. The aim of this paper is to describe the ninth species of the Paracarophenax, and provide an updated taxonomic key of the genus. The new species can be separated from others congeners by the presence of one spiniform seta on genu II, the seta l’ on femur I slightly spatulate, one seta on femur III, setae e slightly longer than f, and the distance between setae e and f slightly longer or equal to the distance between setae h<sub>1</sub> and h<sub>2</sub>. This study reports the family Acarophenacidae for the first time from Mexico, and the genus Paracarophenax from the Neotropical Region. 
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