Redescription of the water mite Eylais extendens(Müller)(Acari, Eylaidae)larva based on material collected from Iran

Hajizadeh, Jalil; Hosseini, Reza

doi:10.22073/pja.v11i1.71579

Redescription of the water mite Eylais extendens(Müller)(Acari, Eylaidae)larva based on material collected from Iran

Authors

Jalil Hajizadeh ¹

Reza Hosseini ²

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; E-mails:hajizadeh@guilan.ac.ir, rhosseini@guilan.ac.ir

10.22073/pja.v11i1.71579

Abstract

Larvae of water mite, Eylais extendens (Müller, 1776) (Acari, Eylaidae) were collected from water burrowing beetles (Noteridae), predaceous diving beetles (Dytiscidae) and variegated mud-living beetles (Heteroceridae) from Guilan province, Iran, captured by light traps. The redescription and illustration of taxonomic characters of the larva were made based on specimens collected from Guilan province, Northern Iran. This is the first record of larval hosts of E. extendens from Iran.

Keywords

Dytiscidae

Guilan province

Heteroceridae

Noteridae

parasitism