A new species of Paragigagnathus Amitai and Grinberg (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Iran

Alireza Arjmandi-Nezhad; Serge Kreiter; Alireza Saboori; Sultan Ravan

doi:10.24349/8dra-mc90

A new species of Paragigagnathus Amitai and Grinberg (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Iran

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/8dra-mc90 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 48-57

Author(s):

Alireza Arjmandi-Nezhad ◽

Serge Kreiter ◽

Alireza Saboori ◽

Sultan Ravan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

A New Species ◽

Sistan And Baluchestan

Paragigagnathus sistaniensis Kreiter, Arjmandi-Nezhad and Saboori n. sp. belongs to the tribe Neoseiulini, subfamily Amblyseiinae, is described and illustrated, based on females and males. The new species was collected from foliage of tamarisk trees in Sistan region, Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran.

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New species of primitive oribatid mite of the family Haplochthoniidae (Acari, Oribatida) from southeastern Iran

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.26.11.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fatemeh Ordouni ◽

Mohammad Ali Akrami ◽

Sara Ramroodi

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

Small Family ◽

The Family ◽

Diagnostic Key ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

Sistan And Baluchestan

Haplochthoniidae is a small family within the superfamily Cosmochthonioidea and consists of only two genera and 17 species. In this paper a new species, Haplochthonius (Haplochthonius) longiapophysus sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on adult specimens sampled from soil in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran. The new species is characterised by very long prominent rostral apophyses; blade-like prodorsal and notogastral setae; genital plates with six and anal and adanal plates each with four pairs of setae, an1, ad1 and ad2 thicker than other ano-adanal setae; epimeral setation 3-2-2-3; solenidion φ of tibiae I very long, solenidion ω of tarsi I longer than famulus, seta d longer than solenidion on tibiae II and III. The new species is morphologically very similar to Haplochthonius (Haplochthonius) sanctaeluciae Bernini, 1973, however, the most significant differences between them is in the morphology of rostral apophyses and number and size of genital setae. The family Haplochthoniidae is recorded for the first time from Sistan and Baluchestan province. An updated diagnostic key to the adults of known species of Haplochthonius (Haplochthonius) is given.

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