First report of two parasitengone larvae on mantids Bolivariabrachyptera, and Rivetinainermis (Insecta: Mantodea) from Iran

Mirzaee, Zohreh; Arbabi, Masoud; Sadeghi, Saber

doi:10.22073/pja.v10i2.63947

First report of two parasitengone larvae on mantids Bolivariabrachyptera, and Rivetinainermis (Insecta: Mantodea) from Iran

Authors

Zohreh Mirzaee ¹

Masoud Arbabi ²

Saber Sadeghi ¹

¹ Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz,Iran;

² Agricultural Zoology Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran,

10.22073/pja.v10i2.63947

Abstract

During a mantid fauna survey in Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad province (Iran) in 2019, the parasitengone mite larvae with red-orange color mostly found on thorax of two mantid species (Bolivaria brachyptera, Rivetina inermis). According to larval stage, two species of Parasitengona identified as Dolichothrombium sp. (Trombidiidae) and Eutrombidium aegyptium (Microtrombidiidae). Mite larvae abundance on the thorax may emphasize an impact on the survival and reproduction of the collected mantids. This is the first occurrence of parasitengone larvae on mantids of Iran reported here.

Keywords

Dolichothrombium

Eutrombidium

Microtrombidiidae

new host record

Trombidiidae