Check List 18(3): 725-731, doi: 10.15560/18.3.725
First records of three Pergamasinae species (Acari, Mesostigmata, Parasitidae) from Slovakia
expand article infoKamila Ondrejková‡, Peter Fenďa§
‡ Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia§ Deparment of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Corresponding author: Kamila Ondrejková ( kamila.ondrejkova@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Ricarda Lehmitz
© Kamila Ondrejková, Peter Fenďa.
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Citation: Ondrejková K, Fenďa P (2022) First records of three Pergamasinae species (Acari, Mesostigmata, Parasitidae) from Slovakia. Check List 18(3): 725-731. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.3.725
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Abstract

We recorded three mite species, Pergamasus (Thenargamasus) instatutus Athias-Henriot, 1967, Pergamasus (Pergamasus) laminarius Witaliński, 1971 and Holoparasitus ampullaris Witaliński, 1994, from Slovakia for the first time. Mites of the genera Pergamasus Berlese, 1903 and Holoparasitus Oudemans, 1936 are predatory mites living mainly in a soil and a rotting organic matter of the Holarctic region with a centre of distribution in Europe. Till now, P. instatutus was recorded in Austria and Hungary, while P. laminarius and H. ampullaris were known only from Poland.

Keywords
Bird nest, Central Europe, distribution, Pergamasinae, soil mites