Persian Journal of Acarology

Heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) associated with Coleoptera and Hymenoptera in Mazandaran province, northern Iran

Authors

Hamidreza Hajiqanbar
Elham Arjomandi

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran: E-mails: hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir,elham.arjomandi@modares.ac.ir

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v8i4.56685
Abstract
In a study on insect-associated heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) carried out in Mazandaran province, northern Iran, during spring and summer 2016–2017, a total of 13 species from 11 genera of six families were identified. Among them, three species Imparipes sevastianovi Khaustov, 2008, Scutacarus hystrichocentrus Sevastianov, 1983 (Scutacaridae), and Petalomium kurosai Khaustov, 2014 (Neopygmephoridae) are new records for mite fauna of Iran. The S. hystrichocentrus is also new for Asian mite fauna. Eight new host records are documented and the distributions of the mites are revised. Beetles of the family Cerambycidae are recorded as host of the mite families Microdispidae and Scutacaridae for the first time.

Keywords

Ant
bee
beetle
new record
new host record
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 8, Issue 4
Autumn 2019
Pages 343-352

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