Acarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81694220260201Paraphytoseius nicobarensis (Acari: Phytoseiidae): exact identity, com-ments and voucher photos of types after 37 years14316224131610.22073/pja.v4i2.11438ENVikramPrasad7247 Village Square Drive, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, USA;KrishnaKarmakarDepartment of Entomology, BCKV, Kalyani, Nadia District, West Bengal, India;Journal Article<em>Paraphytoseius nicobarensis </em>(Gupta, 1977) is considered to be a junior synonym of <em>Paraphytoseius cracentis </em>(Corpuz & Rimando, 1966). Voucher photos of holotype female, a paratype female, and a paratype male are provided. Difficulties in the identification of seta S5 are discussed. Suggestions are made for researchers to take voucher photos of the holotype specimens and for museums to place these online along with a searchable database of the mites in their collection for benefit of researchers worldwide.https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241316_762179ae69579fa1c7f2f81ad6c3eec1.pdfAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81694220260201Solenostomes andlyrifissuresinParaphytoseiussanturcensisDeLeon(Acari: Phytoseiidae):comments andvoucher photos16318824131710.22073/pja.v4i2.11439ENVikramPrasad7247 Village Square Drive, West Bloomfield, MI48322, USA,Journal ArticleMany photos of solenostomes and lyrifissures, including large gd5, present in female and male <em>Paraphytoseius santurcensis</em> De Leon, 1965, that lacks seta S5, are given. A hypothetical model of <em>Paraphytoseius </em>having seta S5, as in <em>P.</em> <em>cracentis </em>(Corpuz and Rimando, 1966), is included in a line drawing showing all the solenostomes and the lyrifissures that may be present in a species of this genus.https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241317_8bbe796106cd5509d3f19c90bbc0c69c.pdfAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81694220260201Redescription of Aegyptobia hamus Chaudhri(Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) based on specimens from Iran18919624131810.22073/pja.v4i2.11440ENSadeghFarzanDepartment of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;MahdiehAsadiDepartment of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;Journal Article<em>Aegyptobia hamus </em>is redescribed from new materials which were collected on <em>Fallopia convolvulus</em><em> </em>(Polygonaceae) in Iran, representing a new country and host record for this species.https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241318_2e80229255cf468b5933be10243eb4de.pdfAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81694220260201Redescription of Hygrobates quanaticola (Acari: Hygrobatidae) based on new materials from Iran19720324132610.22073/pja.v4i2.9710ENMajidMoradi-FaradonbehDepartment of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran;MahdiehAsadiDepartment of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;AlirezaJalalizandDepartment of Plant Protection, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University,Isfahan, Iran;Journal Article<em>Hygrobates quanaticola</em> is redescribed from new materials collected in Iran. Additionally, the description of the deutonymph is provided<em>. </em>This is the first report of this species from lotic waters.https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241326_08b72e69d9a202872fe62554afdebabb.pdfAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81694220260201First report of Ixodes(Pholeoixodes) hexagonuson chukar(Alectores chukar)in Northwest of Iran and it’s public health importance20521124131910.22073/pja.v4i2.11441ENMousaTavassoliDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Sero Road, Nazloo, Urmia, West Azarbaijan, Iran;EhsanMohamadiDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Sero Road, Nazloo, Urmia, West Azarbaijan, Iran;Journal ArticleIxodid ticks are obligatory blood-sucking ectoparasites of various mammals, birds, reptiles and vectors of different agents of diseases in both man and livestock. <em>Ixodes hexagonus</em> was reported from different parts of the globe and it is important as a vector of different diseases such as Lyme disease. A total of 53 chukars were sampled. The birds were obtained from hunters or dealers on different occasions from several localities across the south of Urmia city, West Azerbaijan of Iran. In this study, we report infestation of <em>I. hexagonus</em> in chukar and it is the first report of <em>I. hexagonus</em> from Iran. The results indicated that 28 chukars were infected by ticks. Considering that the <em>I. hexagonus</em> is one of the major vectors of <em>Borrelia burgdorferi</em>, <em>Babesia microti</em> and <em>Rickettsia conori</em>, the report of this tick in this region could mean more disease transmission. More attention should be given to the search of this parasite in similar geographical regions in Iran. Additionally, molecular work should be done to show the importance of <em>I. hexagonus</em> tick in the transmission of different diseases especially Lyme borreliosis. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241319_5383ccbbd93a1d714961086f5a73f806.pdfAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81694220260201The underwater survivalof adult and larval stages of Argas persicus(Acari: Argasidae)21322024132110.22073/pja.v4i2.11442ENMousaTavassoliDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University,Urmia,ZahraRezanejad SabeghiDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University,Urmia,BehnazGhorbanzadehDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University,Urmia,ShokoofehShamsiSchool of Animal and Veterinary Science, Charles Sturt University, NSW AustraliaJafarArjmandDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University,Urmia, Iran;MostafaGolabiDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University,Urmia, Iran;Journal ArticleThe soft tick, <em>Argas persicus</em>, is the most important ectoparasite in chicken and other domestic fowl, well as in humans.<strong> </strong>The main aim of this study was to evaluate the survival rate of <em>A. persicus</em> under three different environmental conditions, including immersion in tap water, immersion in oxygenated water and after being placed and washed along clothes in an ordinary washing machine. Adult and larval ticks were separately immersed in tap and oxygenated water for six different time periods: 1, 6, 24, 48, 72 hours and 1 week. Both adults and larvae survived up to 72 hours immersion in tap water. All the ticks immersed in tap water died during the first week; while 53.3% of adult ticks survived one week immersion in oxygenated water. To evaluate the survival rate of ticks in the washing machine, only adults were used and the ticks were placed in a small hub filter before being placed in a Samsung washing machine at three different temperatures (30, 40 and 60°C). At the end of each cycle, we counted the surviving ticks. All ticks survived 30 and 40 °C, while only 13.3% survived at 60 °C. In conclusion, adult and larval stages of <em>A. persicus</em> survived under water for couple of days while washing in regular washing machine did not kill adult ticks under temperatures of 30 and 40 °C. So in order to kill the ticks in clothes temperatures more than 60°C should be used.https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241321_350618eb2ac6a2a99ec9f2d559d604c8.pdfAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81694220260201Demographic characteristics ofBryobia rubrioculus(Acari: Tetrany-chidae) reared on sour cherry leavesat different constant temperatures22123824132210.22073/pja.v4i2.11443ENMohammad AliSoleimaniDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hame-dan, Iran;MohammadKhanjaniDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hame-dan, Iran;BabakZahiriDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hame-dan, Iran;SaeidJavadi KhederiDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hame-dan, Iran;Journal ArticleThe life history of<em> Bryobia rubrioculus</em> Scheuten (Acari: Tetranychidae) on sour cherry leaves was studied based on the age-stage, two-sex life table at nine constant temperatures (15, 17.5, 20, 22.5, 25, 27.5, 30, 32.5 and 33.5 ºC), 60 ± 5% RH and a photoperiod of 16: 8 (L: D) h. The longest and shortest total development time of the mites were obtained as 62.6 ± 1.66 and 14.2 ± 0.20 days at 15 and 32.5 ºC, respectively. As temperature increased from 15 to 32.5 ºC, the life span of the mites decreased from 83.5 ± 2.14 to 24.7 ± 0.39 days, respectively. The highest and lowest total fecundity was observed as 37.3 ± 1.63 and 6.3 ± 1.06 eggs at 17.5 and 15 ºC, respectively. The highest intrinsic rate of increase (<em>r</em>) was obtained as 0.1108 ± 0.005d<sup>-1</sup> at 30 ºC. The mean generation time (<em>T</em>) ranged from 78.1 ± 2.8 to 19.1 ± 0.2 days at 15 and 32.5 ºC. Survi-vorship data (<em>l<sub>x</sub></em>) of adult females were summarized and compared using the shape and scale parameters of the Weibull frequency distribution model. The lower temperature threshold (<em>t</em>) and thermal constant (<em>k</em>) of the immature stages were estimated using the Ikemoto and Takai linear model to be 8.9 ºC and 361.3 degree days (DD), respectively. The optimum temperatures were calculated by selected nonlinear models including Analytis1/Allahyari, Hilbert and Logan, and Logan-6 models to be 33.10, 33.90 and 32.40 ºC, respectively. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241322_6b31aaf8051e04d53610dd2596961030.pdfAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81694220260201First record of Coleopterophagus albiniHaitlinger (Acari: Astigmata: Canestriniidae) from Estonia and Norway23924324132710.22073/pja.v4i2.11445ENRyszardHaitlingernstitute of Biology, Department of Invertebrates Systematics &Ecology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5B, 51 631 Wrocław, Poland;Journal Articlehttps://www.persianacarology.org/article_241327_2899f5a3ba9b0787aa638a4a387e2410.pdfAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81694220260201New recordof the family Nematalycidae (Acari: Sarcoptiformes: Endeostigmata) for the fauna of Iran24524724132810.22073/pja.v4i2.11446ENParisaLotfollahiDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran;0000-0003-3139-8149ElnazMovahedzadehDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran;NaserEivazian KaryDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran;Journal Articlehttps://www.persianacarology.org/article_241328_86af87e2a74371ab73d9b0f91d1fff60.pdf