Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

New hostand the second recordof Charletonia shahriari (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) from Iran

Authors
Masoud Hakimitabar 1
Elnaz Fadaei 1
Martin Husemann 2
Saeed Mohamadzade Namin 3
1 Department of Horticulture and Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran; E-mail: hakimitabar@yahoo.com
2 Centrum für Naturkunde, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Varamin-Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran.
10.22073/pja.v7i3.38343
Abstract
Charletonia shahriari Saboori, Azimi & Shirdel, 2012 was described based on larvae, ectoparasitic on undetermined cercopids (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) in a wheat field in Tabriz city, East Azarbaijan Province (Saboori et al. 2012), Iran. In this paper, four specimens of the species were collected; ectoparasitic on an orthopteran host (Calliptamus italicus (Linnaeus)) in Gorgan city, Golestan Province and some additional biometric data are provided. 
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Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 7, Issue 3
Summer 2018
Pages 289-291