Stigmaeus lorestaniensis, a new species of the genus Stigmaeus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) fromSouthwest of Iran

Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad; Jafari, Shahriar

doi:10.22073/pja.v11i2.73266

Stigmaeus lorestaniensis, a new species of the genus Stigmaeus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) fromSouthwest of Iran

Authors

Mohammad Ahmad-Hosseini ¹

Shahriar Jafari ²

¹ 1. Research Center of Honey Bee, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran;E-mail: mahmadhoseini@yahoo.com

² 2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran;E-mail: shahriar.jafari@gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v11i2.73266

Abstract

A new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch, 1836 (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae), S. lorestaniensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated. This new species was collected from soil and litter under apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca L. (Rosaceae) in Lorestan province, southwest Iran.

Keywords

Iran

Lorestan Province

new species

predatory mites

Raphignathoidea