Heterostigmatic mites (Heterostigmata) are highly diverse, have symbiotic associations with various insects and occur worldwide. Despite Australia's rich insect biodiversity, little is known about its heterostigmatic mites. In this study, we conducted a preliminary study on heterostigmatic mites associated with beetles in eastern Australia and found four species, of which three were new: Caraboacarus stammeri Krczal, 1959 (Caraboacaridae) and Eutarsopolipus orpheus Katlav & Seeman, sp. nov., (Podapolipidae) associated with Australian‐endemic Gnathaphanus melbournensis (Castelnau, 1867) (Carabidae); Hoplocheylus australiensis Katlav & Seeman, sp. nov., (Tarsocheylidae) phoretic on Australian‐endemic Mastachilus quaestionis (Kuwert, 1891) (Passalidae); and Pavania gazellatris Katlav & Seeman, sp. nov., (Dolichocybidae) phoretic on introduced Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787) (Scarabaeidae). The species of Caraboacaridae, Dolichocybidae and Tarsocheylidae are the first species records of these families in Australia. It is likely that two of the three new species are Australian endemics, while P. gazellatris may be a more recent arrival on introduced dung beetles, possibly arriving with imports of exotic adult dung beetles. Furthermore, we provide an overview of the heterostigmatic mite fauna of Australia that consists of less than 90 species belonging to 13 families, with representatives of all known seven superfamilies. These mites have so far been mostly reported on beetles but also on other insect orders (Blattodea, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Thysanoptera). Our findings of three new species and one new record based on the analysis of a relatively small number of specimens and beetle species suggest that more comprehensive studies of host insect taxa will reveal a substantially larger Australian diversity of heterostigmatic mites.

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小小的旅行者和寄生虫：澳大利亚与昆虫相关的异脚螨（Acari：Prostigmata）的综述，并描述了三个新物种

异头螨（Heterostigmata）种类繁多，与各种昆虫具有共生关系，并在世界范围内广泛存在。尽管澳大利亚拥有丰富的昆虫生物多样性，但对其异象螨却知之甚少。在这项研究中，我们对澳大利亚东部与甲虫相关的杂散螨进行了初步研究，发现了4种，其中3种是新的：Caraboacarus stammeri Krczal，1959年（Caraboacaridae）和Eutarsopolipus orpheus Katlav＆Seeman，sp.。十一月 ，（Podapolipidae）与澳大利亚特有的Gnathaphanus melbournensis（Castelnau，1867）（Carabidae）有关; Hoplocheylus australiensis Katlav＆Seeman，sp。十一月，（Tarsocheylidae）对澳大利亚流行的Mastachilus quaestionis（Kuwert，1891）（Passalidae）进行了隐喻分析；和Pavania gazellatris Katlav＆Seeman，sp。十一月 ，（Dolichocybidae）对引入的Digitonthophagus gazella（Fabricius，1787）（Scarabaeidae）进行了隐喻。Caraboacaridae，Dolichocybidae和Tarsocheylidae的物种是澳大利亚这些科的第一个物种记录。这三个新物种中有两个可能是澳大利亚特有物种，而瞪羚P. gazellatris可能是引进的虫的新近出现，可能是与进口异国成年be虫的到来有关。此外，我们提供了澳大利亚的异象螨科动物动物群的概述，该动物群由属于13个科的不到90种构成，并代表了所有已知的七个超科。迄今为止，这些螨虫大多报道在甲虫上，但也报道在其他昆虫纲目中（臭lat，双翅目，半翅目，膜翅目，直翅目，Th翅目）。根据对相对较少的标本和甲虫物种的分析，我们对三个新物种和一个新记录的发现表明，对寄主昆虫类群的更全面研究将揭示澳大利亚异地螨的多样性。