NEW RECORD OF PROSTIGMATID MITES (NEMATALYCIDAE) FROM JAPAN
M. VIKRAM REDDY *
Faculty of Environmental and Information Science, Yokkaichi University, 1200 kayou-Cho, Yokkaichi City, Mie 512-8512, Japan.
KATSUMI OHKURA *
Faculty of Environmental and Information Science, Yokkaichi University, 1200 kayou-Cho, Yokkaichi City, Mie 512-8512, Japan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Two species of Prostigmatid mites belonging to Nematalycidae were recorded newly for the first time from Japan, from the tree-plantation with soil surface covered with mosscushion at Zoukus Agriculture Station in Yokuchi city (Mie prefecture).