Stigmaeid and pseudocheylid mite fauna (Acari: Prostigmata) inthree northwestern provinces ofIran with description of male and re-description of female ofMediolata belfieldiMomen

Navaei-Bonab, Reza; Kazazi, Majid; Bagheri, Mohammad; Zarei, Elham; A.Ueckermann, Edward

doi:10.22073/pja.v4i4.15333

Stigmaeid and pseudocheylid mite fauna (Acari: Prostigmata) inthree northwestern provinces ofIran with description of male and re-description of female ofMediolata belfieldiMomen

Authors

Reza Navaei-Bonab ¹

Majid Kazazi ²

Mohammad Bagheri ³

Elham Zarei ³

Edward A.Ueckermann ⁴^{, 5}

¹ Young Researchers and Elite Club, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University,Marand, Iran;

² Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–AliSina University, Hamedan, Iran

³ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh,Maragheh, Iran;

⁴ ARC-PPRI, Private Box 134, Queenswood, Pretoria 0121, South Africa;

⁵ School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus 2520, South Africa

10.22073/pja.v4i4.15333

Abstract

A study of the stigmaeid and pseudocheylid mites fauna in northwestern provinces of Iran was carried out during 2012-2014. In this survey, 24 and 4 species of Stigmaeidae (belonging to 7 genera) and Pseudocheylidae were collected and identified, respectively. In this paper the male of Mediolata belfieldi Momen, 1987 is described and the female of the later re-described. A key to the genera of the Iranian Stigmaeidae is included.

Keywords

Acari

fauna

Mediolata

Stigmaeidae

Pseudocheylidae