A new species and a new record of Caligonellidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from Russia

Female of Neognathus beshtauiensis sp. nov. (Acari: Caligonellidae) is described from soil sample collected from the Beshtau mountain in Stavropol Krai of Northern Caucasus. Molothrognathus venustus (Khaustov & Kuznetsov) is recorded from Russia for the first time and its female and male are redescribed based on materials from the Tyumen Oblast of Russia.