Description of a new species of Pteridopus (Trombidiformes: Chyzeriidae) from southeastern Iran
Volume 15, Issue 4, Autumn 2026 Article ID:150402
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.150402
Malihe Haddadi, sara Ramroodi, Javad Noei, Ehsan Rakhshani
Abstract A new species of the genus Pteridopus Newell & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1964, P. bonjarensis Haddadi & Noei sp. nov., from Zabol and Bonjar counties, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran is described and illustrated. It represents the fifth known larval species of this genus worldwide and the third recorded from Iran. An updated key to the world species of the genus is also presented.
A new species of the little-known subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus) (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) from southeastern Iran
Volume 14, Issue 1, Winter 2025, Pages 129-138
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v14i1.86160
Malihe Haddadi, Sara Ramroodi, Javad Noei, Ehsan Rakhshani
Abstract A new species of the subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus), L. (A.) saboorii Haddadi & Noei sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on an ectoparasitic larva collected from an unidentified grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Chah Nimeh reservoir, Zahak County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Southeastern Iran). It represents the first record for the occurrence of the subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus) Haitlinger, 2000 in Iran. An updated key to the world species of subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus) is also presented.