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

Noei, Javad; Maroufpoor, Mostafa; Faizi, Fardin; Ostovan, Hadi

doi:10.22073/pja.v6i2.29406

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;

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