Redescription of Odontoscirus iota Atyeo (Acari: Trombidiformes: Bdellidae) from Iran, with a key to the Iranian species of Odontoscirus

Paktinat-Saeij, Saeid; Rostami, Aylar; Bagheri, Mohammad; Valizadeh, Saeid

doi:10.22073/pja.v9i4.62736

Redescription of Odontoscirus iota Atyeo (Acari: Trombidiformes: Bdellidae) from Iran, with a key to the Iranian species of Odontoscirus

Authors

Saeid Paktinat-Saeij ¹

Aylar Rostami ²

Mohammad Bagheri ¹

Saeid Valizadeh ¹

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran;

² Department of Plant Protection, Miyaneh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Miyaneh, Iran;

10.22073/pja.v9i4.62736

Abstract

Odontoscirus iota Atyeo, 1960 is reported here for the first time from Iran. An additional description is provided for O. iota based on adult females collected from East Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran. An updated key to the species of Odontoscirus from Iran is presented.

Keywords

East Azerbaijan

female

Odontoscirinae

predatory mites

systematics