A review ofthe genus ReticulolaelapsCosta andredescription of R.elsae(Joharchi, Babaeian &Jalalizand) comb. nov.

Nemati, Alireza; Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan; J. Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz

doi:10.22073/pja.v8i2.43017

A review ofthe genus ReticulolaelapsCosta andredescription of R.elsae(Joharchi, Babaeian &Jalalizand) comb. nov.

Authors

Alireza Nemati ¹

Arsalan Khalili-Moghadam ²

Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz ³

¹ Plant Protection Department, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Iran

² Plant Protection Department, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran; E-mail: alireza.nemat@ymail.com, khalili92@ut.ac.ir

³ Poznan University of Life Sciences, Forestry Faculty, Wojska Polskiego 71C, 60–625 Poznań, Poland; E-mail: dagwiazd@up.poznan.pl

10.22073/pja.v8i2.43017

Abstract

Our precise observations on Laelaspisella elsae Joharchi, Babaeian & Jalalizand revealed the genus misidentification. We clarify the genus placement, transfer it to Reticulolaelaps Costa and redescribe it paying attention to some discrepancies in the original description. A new definition and diagnosis of Reticulolaelaps and a key for separation of all known species of this genus are proposed. New information on female morphological characters of Reticulolaelaps faini Costa, 1968 is presented, based on specimens collected from soil in Khuzestan and Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari provinces, Iran. Pseudoparasitus lativentris (Karg) and P. jilinensis Ma are transferred from this genus to Reticulolaelaps. A new definition of the genus Pseudoparasitus is proposed.

Keywords

New definition

Laelaspisella

redescription

Pseudoparasitus

Iran