A new species of the little-known subgenus Leptus(Amaroptus) (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae)from southeastern Iran

Haddadi, Malihe; Ramroodi, Sara; Noei, Javad; Rakhshani, Ehsan

doi:10.22073/pja.v14i1.86160

A new species of the little-known subgenus Leptus(Amaroptus) (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae)from southeastern Iran

Authors

Malihe Haddadi ¹

Sara Ramroodi ¹

Javad Noei ²

Ehsan Rakhshani ¹

¹ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

10.22073/pja.v14i1.86160

Abstract

A new species of the subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus), L. (A.) saboorii Haddadi & Noei sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on an ectoparasitic larva collected from an unidentified grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Chah Nimeh reservoir, Zahak County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Southeastern Iran). It represents the first record for the occurrence of the subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus) Haitlinger, 2000 in Iran. An updated key to the world species of subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus) is also presented.

Keywords

Acari

Acrididae

larva

Parasitengona

Sistan and Baluchestan