Persian Journal of Acarology

Second record of Erythraeus(Zaracarus)coleopterus(Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran with new morphological data

Authors

Javad Noei 1
Mostafa Maroufpoor 2
Fardin Faizi 3
Hadi Ostovan 4

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran;

2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj,

3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;

4 Department of Entomology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran;

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v6i2.29406
Abstract
Erythraeus (Zaracarus) coleopterus Mortazavi, Hajiqanbar & Saboori, 2012 (Acari: Parasitengona: Erythraeidae) was described based on a single specimen from Kerman province, southeastern Iran, associated with a scarabaeid beetle, Cyphonoxia sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). This species reports for the second time from stored grain (off host) in Saqqez and Baneh cities, Kurdistan province, western Iran and presents new morphological data. Finding some specimens help us to augment and correct the original description of E. (Z.) coleopterus. A key to world larval species group of Erythraeus (Zaracarus) is presented which is modified and corrected from Mahmoudi et al. (2014).

Keywords

Erythraeinae
key
Kurdistan
larva
Parasitengona
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 6, Issue 2
Spring 2017
Pages 71-80

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