Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

New records of soil mites from Pakistan, with description of a new species(Acari: Laelapidae)

Authors
1 Department of Plant Protection, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
2 Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
3 Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
10.22073/pja.v13i4.84483
Abstract
This paper records six species and five genera of mites in the family Laelapidae from soil in Punjab, Pakistan. Five species are recorded from Pakistan for the first time – Euandrolaelaps karawaiewi (Berlese, 1904), Gaeolaelaps minor (Costa, 1968), Gymnolaelaps kabitae Bhattacharyya, 1968, Ololaelaps translineatus (Barilo, 1991), and Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Womersley, 1956). Cosmolaelaps lutosus sp. nov. is described as a new species.
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