Notes on Atractothrombium and Fissitrombium (Acari: Trombidiformes: Microtrombidiidae) with description of a new species of Atractothrombium from Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

2 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran and Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Türkiye

Abstract
Atractothrombium joharchii sp. nov. ectoparasitic on an unknown Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) is described from Alborz province, Iran. A re-definition of the genus Atractothrombium is presented. A key to the larval genera of Microtrombidiinae of the world with two median scuta and anterior scutum with longitudinal striations is given. Leg setal formula of two species of Fissitrombium described by Southcott (1994) are given.

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