Persian Journal of Acarology

A new species of Leptus (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran

Authors

Masoud Hakimitabar 1
Alireza Saboori 2
Elnaz Fadaei 3

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

2 Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran,Karaj, Iran;

3 Tarbiat Modares University

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v10i2.65335
Abstract
Leptus (Leptus) pouryayevalii sp. nov. (Acari: Erythraeidae), collected by shaking the leaves of weeds on white tray (off host) from Koushk Bala village, Chalous road, Alborz Province, Iran, is described and illustrated based on larva. This species belongs to the sudanensis species group and hospeticus species subgroup which can be identified based on the following characters: TFe I without solenidion, Ge I with two solenidia.

Keywords

Alborz Province
larva
Leptinae
Prostigmata
sudanensis species group
Trombidiformes
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 10, Issue 2
Spring 2021
Pages 137-143

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