A new tribe of tarsonemid mites (Trombidiformes: Heterostigmatina) parasitic on tetrigid grasshoppers (Orthoptera)

Podotarsonemini tribe nov. (Tarsonemidae: Acarapinae), with one nominate genus Podotarsonemus gen. nov., is proposed for seven new species of tarsonemid mites collected from the hindwings of pygmy grasshoppers of the family Tetrigidae (Orthoptera). The new tribe is placed within the tarsonemid subfamily Acarapinae on the basis of several morphological synapomorphies, as well as on parasitism of insects. In light of this new tribe, a revised...