Tyrophagus hamedaniensissp. nov.(Acari: Acaridae) from Western Iran

Masoudian, Farshad; Khanjani, Mohammad; Saboori, Alireza

doi:10.22073/pja.v8i1.40690

Tyrophagus hamedaniensissp. nov.(Acari: Acaridae) from Western Iran

Authors

Farshad Masoudian ¹

Mohammad Khanjani ²

Alireza Saboori ³

¹ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran;E-mails: f.masoodian@gmail.com,mkhanjani@gmail.com

² Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran; E-mails: f.masoodian @gmail.com, mkhanjani@gmail.com

³ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran; E-mail: saboori@ut.ac.ir

10.22073/pja.v8i1.40690

Abstract

A new species belonging to the family Acaridae, Tyrophagus hamedaniensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated from specimens collected from soil and litter beneath forest trees, Hamedan province, Iran. Also, a key to Iranian species of the genus Tyrophagus is provided.

Keywords

Description

fungivorous

Hamedan

mite

Sarcoptiformes