Re-description of Bdella muscorumEwing (Acari: Bdellidae) from Western Iran

Eghbalian, Amir Hossein; Khanjani, Mohammad

doi:10.22073/pja.v7i4.41008

Re-description of Bdella muscorumEwing (Acari: Bdellidae) from Western Iran

Authors

Amir Hossein Eghbalian

Mohammad Khanjani

Department of Plant Protection, Collegeof Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran:E–mails: ah_eghbalian@yahoo.com,mkhanjani@gmail.com&khanjani@basu.ac.ir

10.22073/pja.v7i4.41008

Abstract

This paper presents the re-description of Bdella muscorum Ewing, 1909, collected from soil and litter under apricot trees, Prunus armeniaca L. (Rosaceae), Hamedan region, Iran. Also, a key to Iranian Bdella species is provided.

Keywords

Agricultural pests

Bdelloidea

Hamedan region

predator

snout mites