Zootaxa: Two New Species of Veigaia Oudemans (Acari : Veigaiidae) From

Zootaxa: Two New Species of Veigaia Oudemans (Acari : Veigaiidae) From

Zootaxa 1329: 29–37 (2006) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA 1329 Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Two new species of Veigaia Oudemans (Acari : Veigaiidae) from India ASIT K. BHATTACHARYYA Sitala Nibas, Basupara, Sonarpur, Calcutta 700150, India. Abstract Two new species, Veigaia tricuspidata sp. nov. and V. sisiri sp. nov., are described and illustrated from India, on the basis of the adult females. A key to the six Indian species of Veigaia Oudemans is provided. Key words: Veigaia, India, key, V. tricuspidata sp. nov., V. sisiri sp. nov. Introduction Veigaia Oudemans, 1939, is one of the three genera belonging to the family Veigaiidae, the other two genera being Cyrthydrolaelaps Berlese, 1905, and Gamasolaelaps Berlese, 1905. Species of the genus Veigaia are free-living and are mostly associated with soil, decomposed litter, leaf mould, plant parts, mammal nests etc. The genus is estimated to include around 70 species world-wide. The British Veigaia were studied in detail by Evans (1955), and a generic revision was presented by Farrier (1957). Bregetova (1961) published a monograph on the Veigaiidae of erstwhile USSR. Other important contributions to this group are those of Berlese (1892–1916), Oudemans (1905–1939), Trägårdh (1904–1931), Willmann (1936), Hurlbutt (1965, 1982, 1984) and Tseng (1994). Only four species of Veigaia are known from India. The first record of Veigaia from India was in Farrier (1957), who reported the occurrence of Veigaia serrata Willmann (1935) at New York from soil associated with imported Indian Amaryllis bulbs. However, the exact collection locality of this species cannot be ascertained as Farrier (1957) mentioned the origin of the shipment only. Bhattacharyya (1967) described two new species, V. sternalis and V. orientalis from Arunachal Pradesh, and Bhattacharyya (1972) recorded another species, V. uncata Farrier (1957) from Meghalaya. Accepted by B. Halliday: 30 Aug. 2006; published: 5 Oct. 2006 29.

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