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.
The second larval species of Cicaditrombium(Acari: Trombidiidae) of the world from Iran
Volume 6, Issue 3, Summer 2017, Pages 173-182
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v6i3.30514
Javad Noei, Iman Hasanvand, Alireza Saboori, Jahanshir Shakarami
Abstract Cicaditrombium lorestanensis Noei sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Trombidiidae) collected from forest soils (off host) in Hotel Kouhestan region, Birjand city, South Khorasan province, and also collected from soil samples (off host) from under an apple tree in the Bayranshahr city, Lorestan province, Iran, is described. This is the second larval species of Cicaditrombium which is described in the world.