A Review of the Pterostichi Group of Eutarsopolipus and a Description of a New Species of Eutarsopolipus (Acari: Podapolipidae), Parasite of Platynus teter (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Chiapas, Mexico

Eutarsopolipus teteri n. sp. (Acari: Podapolipidae) is described from Platynus teter Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Chiapas, Mexico, and compared with Eutarsopolipus pterostichi Regenfuss, 1968; E. vernalis Regenfuss, 1968; E. inermis Regenfuss 1974; E. diunculosus Eidelberg 1994; E. fischeri Husband 1998; and E. shpeleyi Husband 2007 in the pterostichi group of Eutarsopolipus. This is the first record of the pterostichi group in Central America. Keys to adult females of 14 groups of the genus Eutarsopolipus and seven species in the pterostichi group are presented.