Redescription of Eutrombidium tehranicum (Acari: Trombidiformes: Microtrombidiidae), with two new synonyms and remarks on related taxa

Faizi, Fardin; Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza; Talebi, Ali Asghar; Mehrabadi, Mohammad; Saboori, Alireza; Hakimitabar, Masoud

doi:10.22073/pja.v14i3.86877

Redescription of Eutrombidium tehranicum (Acari: Trombidiformes: Microtrombidiidae), with two new synonyms and remarks on related taxa

Authors

Fardin Faizi ¹

Hamidreza Hajiqanbar ¹

Ali Asghar Talebi ¹

Mohammad Mehrabadi ¹

Alireza Saboori ²

Masoud Hakimitabar ³

¹ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

³ Department of Horticulture and Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

10.22073/pja.v14i3.86877

Abstract

We redescribed and illustrated Eutrombidium tehranicum Karimi Iravanlou, Kamali & Talebi, 2002 based on the examination of type material, and new materials collected from three provinces (Kurdestan, Kermanshah, and West Azarbaijan) on new hosts of grasshoppers (Tettigoniidae and Acrididae). Eutrombidium elborzensis Karimi Iravanlou, Kamali & Talebi, 2002 and E. fathipouri Karimi Iravanlou, Kamali & Talebi, 2002 are considered junior synonyms of E. tehranicum. This study provides an updated and corrected description, illustrations, and host records for E. tehranicum, along with a discussion of its taxonomic status and distribution.

Keywords

Eutrombidiinae

Karaj

Orthoptera

Parasitengona

Prostigmata

Varamin