| id | 8272 (last modified: 29.8.2021) |
| title | Thewkachela ratufi n.g.n.sp., an unusual new cheyletid mite (Cheyletidae: Acariformes) from the giant squirrel, Ratufa (Sciuridea. Rodentia) in Sabah and Thailand |
| year | 1977 |
| paper | Annals of the Entomological Society of America |
| edition | 70 [4] |
| page | 559-562 |
| language | English |
| checked | paper |
| abstract | Thewkachela ratufi, (Cheyletidae: Acariformes) is described from adult females taken from Ratufa affinis (Sciuridae: Rodentia) in Sabah, formerly North Borneo, and R. bicolor and R. affinis in Thailand. The mites are unique among known Cheyletidae in possessing a large recurved hook arising from the ventral surface of the subcapitulum. |
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| author | Ide, Guilford S. |
| coauthor | Kethley, John Bryan |