New data on Marantelophus iranicus and Empitrombium makolae (Acari: Erythraeidae, Microtrombidiidae)
Volume 12, Issue 1, Winter 2023, Pages 67-79
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v12i1.77981
Mahnaz Kohansal, Sara Ramroodi, Javad Noei, Ehsan Rakhshani
Abstract Additional morphometric and other data are provided for larvae of Marantelophus iranicus (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) collected ectoparasitic on Carpocoris coreanus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and from soil and litter (off-host) in South Khorasan Province (Chahkand, Giuk, Khan and Shahrestanak villages, Birjand), Iran. A key to the genera of larval Abrolophinae and larval species of Marantelophus of the world is presented. Moreover, the family Chironomidae is recorded as the host of Empitrombium makolae (Trombidiformes: Microtrombidiidae) for the first time.
New data on Cicaditrombium lorestanensis Noei (Acari: Trombidiidae), Achaemenothrombium sabooriiNoei (Acari: Achaemenothrombiidae) and the family Neothrombiidae
Volume 10, Issue 3, Summer 2021, Pages 239-247
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v10i3.67125
Mahnaz Kohansal, Javad Noei, Sara Ramroodi, Azizollah Mokhtari
Abstract The members of the genus Cicaditrombium Saboori & Lazarboni originally described from Iran, are known as parasites of Hemiptera (Cicadidae) and Lepidoptera (Noctuidae). Larvae of Cicaditrombium lorestanensis Noei were collected at South Khorasan Province ectoparasitic on Chrysolina sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Monosteria sp. (Hemiptera: Tingidae), which represent the first known hosts for this species. Larvae of Achaemenothrombium saboorii were collected at South Khorasan Province, Iran ectoparasitic on Erebidae, Noctuidae, Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera); the family Nymphalidae is recorded as a new host. A hitherto undescribed larva belonging to the family Neothrombiidae was found parasitizing Rhipicephalus sanguineus. This is the first record of a member of the family Ixodidae (Acari: Parasitiformes: Ixodida) serving as host for a parasitengone larva. Additional metric and meristic data are provided for C. lorestanensis and A. saboorii.