Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

First report of subfamily Africasiinae (Hydrachnidia:Athienemanniidae) from Western Palearcticbased on the description of a new species

Authors
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture,Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;E-mail:isa.etemadi@yahoo.com, m.asadi@uk.ac.ir
10.22073/pja.v8i4.51528
Abstract
A new species of the genus Africasia (Hydrachnidia: Athienemanniidae), A. iranica sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on females and males collected from a spring in Khuzestan province in Iran. This is the first report of the family Athienemanniidae from Iran.
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