The first report on the Bdelloidea and Raphignathoidea mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) fromthe heights of Damavand Mountain, Iran
Volume 12, Issue 4, Autumn 2023, Pages 587-592
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v12i4.83041
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Reza Damavandian, Hossein Ziaei-rad
Abstract Mount Damavand is the highest elevation, at about 5628 m a.s.l. in Iran. It is an inactive volcanic mountain which was activated in Quaternary Period. It has numerous thermal springs. The peak of Damavand covers permanently snow during the entire year. The flora and fauna are very rich and include about 2000 plant species. Damavand is in the middle of the Alborz range, and near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, in Amol County, Mazandaran Province.
First record of Samsinakia trilobitus (Prostigmata, Cheyletidae) from Iran
Volume 10, Issue 1, Winter 2021, Pages 1007-110
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v10i1.64452
Shahrooz Kazemi, Saeid Paktinat-Saeij
Abstract A cheyletid mite species of the genus Samsinakia, S. trilobitus Bochkov & Mironov, 1998, was removed from under elytra of an unknown (host has been lost) scarab beetle (Col., Scarabaeidae) of the genus Copris Geoffroy collected Nour City, Mazandaran Province, which is considered as a new species record for mite fauna of Iran.
Redescription of Odontoscirus iota Atyeo (Acari: Trombidiformes: Bdellidae) from Iran, with a key to the Iranian species of Odontoscirus
Volume 9, Issue 4, Autumn 2020, Pages 303-310
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v9i4.62736
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Aylar Rostami, Mohammad Bagheri, Saeid Valizadeh
Abstract Odontoscirus iota Atyeo, 1960 is reported here for the first time from Iran. An additional description is provided for O. iota based on adult females collected from East Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran. An updated key to the species of Odontoscirus from Iran is presented.
New records and remarks on Tydeoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Mazandaran province of Iran
Volume 9, Issue 3, Summer 2020, Pages 243-253
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v9i3.60194
Maryam Darbemamieh, Andrzej Kazmierski, Saeid Paktinat-Saeij
Abstract Two collections of Tydeoidea from Mazandaran province revealed 16 species from six genera in two families. Of these, Tydeus lindquisti (Marshall, 1970) is a new record for Iran and 12 species are new records for the province. Photographs and supplementary data are provided for some species.
Redescription of Favognathusinsularis(Luxton) (Acari: Trombidiformes: Cryptognathidae) from Brazil, with a key to the world species of Favognathus
Volume 9, Issue 1, Winter 2020, Pages 13-21
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v9i1.58009
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Bagheri, Mohammad Reza Damavandian
Abstract Until now, Favognathus insularis (Luxton, 1973) has been only known from the Niue Island. In recent surveys conducted in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, a second record of this species was provided. It is redescribed here based on the adult females. Also, an identification key to known species of Favognathus is provided.
A part of the Bdelloidea and Raphignathoidea fauna (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) inLorestan Province, withCytakreiterirecorded for the first time from Iran
Volume 9, Issue 1, Winter 2020, Pages 87-92
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v9i1.57042
Maryam Khosravinejad, Shahriar Jafari, Saeid Paktinat-Saeij
Abstract In this study, 18 species from six families were collected from Lorestan Province. Cyta kreiteri Barber & Ueckermann, 2017 was recorded for the first time from Iran.
New records of Bdelloidea (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) from Iran with a re-description of Spinibdellatadjikistanica Kuznetzov
Volume 6, Issue 4, Autumn 2017, Pages 245-258
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v6i4.30958
Aylar Rostami, Mohammad Bagheri, Soleyman Jamshidi, Saeid Paktinat-Saeij
Abstract Spinibdella tadjikistanica Kuznetzov, 1984 and Cunaxoides paracroceus Sionti and Papadoulis, 2003 are reported for the first time from Iran. An additional description is provided for Spinibdella tadjikistanica based on male collected from East Azerbaijan Province, northwest of Iran.
A new species of Stigmaeus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) from Brazil
Volume 5, Issue 4, Autumn 2016, Pages 281-289
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v5i4.21949
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Bagheri, Jorge L. Muñoz Marticorena, Gilberto J. de Moraes
Abstract A new species of the genus Stigmaeus, S. brasiliensis sp. nov. is described based on females, males and deutonymphs, collected from the São Paulo state, Brazil.
Anew species of Cunaxoides (Acari: Trombidiformes: Cunaxidae)from Iran
Volume 5, Issue 1, Winter 2016, Pages 1-8
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v5i1.16976
Mohammad Bagheri, Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Tatiane M.M.G. de Castro, Gilberto J. de Moraes
Abstract A new species of Cunaxoides, C. shahriari Bagheri, Paktinat-Saeij and Castro sp. nov., is described from soil, humus and moss from northern Iran. A key to the Cunaxoides species of the Iran is also provided.