A contribution to the knowledge ofCharletonia nazeleae (Acari: Erythraeidae)

Kiany, Najmeh; Seiedy, Marjan; Hakimitabar, Masoud; Husemann, Martin

doi:10.22073/pja.v11i4.75712

A contribution to the knowledge ofCharletonia nazeleae (Acari: Erythraeidae)

Authors

Najmeh Kiany ¹

Marjan Seiedy ¹

Masoud Hakimitabar ²

Martin Husemann ³

¹ School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran; Iran

² Department of Horticulture and Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

³ Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum für Natur, Zoology, Hamburg, Germany

10.22073/pja.v11i4.75712

Abstract

Larvae of Charletonia nazeleae Karimi Iravanlou, Kamali & Talebi were previously collected from Karaj, Alborz province, Iran, parasitizing two different acridid grasshopper species. Here, we present new morphological and meristic data based on collecting new mite specimens during surveys to Zagros Mountains, Fars province, Iran and a correction of the previous description by reconsidering the type specimen and augmenting the original data. Also, two new hosts for this species are identified.

Keywords

Acrididae

biometry

Iran

Parasitengona

Trombidiformes