New species of mites collected on Tenebrionidae, Scarabaeidae, Cerambycidae and Lucanidae with the description of new subfamily Vereoxiinae (Acari, Astigmata, Canestriniidae).

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A new subfamily Vereoxiinae among Canestriniidae is created for the new genus Vereoxia with one species V. bogeri n. sp. Four new canestriniid species are described: Gasuthiana melillae n. sp. from undetermined Tenebrionidae, Brazil, Afrocanestrinia rufinae n. sp. from Smaragdesthes oertzeni, Tanzania, A. samsoni n. sp. fromS. africana, Senegal, Canestriniella phoebinae n. sp. from Batocera albofasciata octomaculata, Java. New diagnosis of the genera Gasuthiana, Afrocanestrinia and Canestriniella are given.

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