A new Eocene free-living cheyletid mite from Baltic amber

A new species of predaceous mite, Cheletomimus (Hemicheyletia) crinitus sp. nov. (Acariformes: Cheyletidae), is described from Eocene Baltic amber based on a fossil female. Among species of the genus, it belongs to the C. (H.) wellsi species group (16 extant species) and differs from the closely m...

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Main Authors: Andre V. Bochkov, Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2016-12-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app61/app002442016.pdf