Persian Journal of Acarology

New recordsof mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran

Authors

Vahid Rahiminejad 1
Hamidreza Hajiqanbar 2

1 1.Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran; E-mail:hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir 2.Current address:Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource, Golestan, Iran.

2 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran; E-mail:hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v9i3.61223
Abstract
Moderate and humid region in north of Iran is home to a rich arthropod fauna, yet the mite fauna of Golestan province, with moderate Caspian climate, is poorly studied systematically. In this study, we conducted a faunistic study on heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eleutherengonides) associated with insects in Golestan Province. We used both day and overnight sampling methods to capture host insects in sampling sites. Thirteen species of seven heterostigmatic families were identified: Dolichocybidae (one species), Caraboacaridae (one species), Trochometridiidae (one species), Neopygmephoridae (three species), Pygmephoridae (three species), Scutacaridae (two species) and Microdispidae (two species). The genus Formicomotes and subgenus Imparipes (Sporichneuthes) are new records for Iran and Asia, respectively. Beyond this, 13 new insect host records are reported for heterostigmatic mites. Finally, the world distribution of the recovered mites is reviewed.

Keywords

Female
insect
new host record
north of Iran
phoresy
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 9, Issue 3
Summer 2020
Pages 233-242

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