Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from southeastern Iran, with supplementary description of Verachthonius cf. laticeps(Brachychthoniidae)

Ordouni, Fatemeh; Ramroodi, Sara; Ali Akrami, Mohammad; Rakhshani, Ehsan

doi:10.22073/pja.v12i2.75578

Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from southeastern Iran, with supplementary description of Verachthonius cf. laticeps(Brachychthoniidae)

Authors

Fatemeh Ordouni ¹

Sara Ramroodi ¹

Mohammad Ali Akrami ²

Ehsan Rakhshani ¹

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

² Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

10.22073/pja.v12i2.75578

Abstract

A survey was conducted on the fauna of oribatid mites (Oribatida) in Sistan and Baluchestan province (southeastern Iran). In total, 23 species belonging to 20 genera and 15 families were collected and identified. According to the results, Cosmochthoniidae, Haplochthoniidae, Galumnidae, Cosmochthonius, and Haplochthonius are the families and genera with the highest number of species. Sellnickochthonius immaculatus (Forsslund, 1942) and Verachthonius cf. laticeps (Strenzke, 1951) are newly recorded for the fauna of Iran. Additional morphological information and new illustrations of the latter species are provided on the basis of new material.

Keywords

Fauna

identification key

new record

Palaearctic

Sistan and Baluchestan

Verachthonius