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The new genus Bircericola (Acari: Astigmata: Canestriniidae) and new species Bircericola bertrami from undetermined tenebrioniid beetles from Tunisia are described. Diagnostic features include: dorsal integument covered by longitudinal lines; suture separating propodosoma from hysterosoma present; male adanal suckers well developed; two pairs of paranal setae in males and six pairs in females; tarsi I-II very short (<30 μm); and solenidia δ I and δ II subequal in length to setae cG I and cG II, respectively.
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Haitlinger, R. A new canestriniid mite, Bircericola bertrami n. g., n. sp. (Acari: Astigmata: Canestriniidae), parasitic on tenebrioniid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Tunisia. Syst Parasitol 47, 69–72 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006422019990
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