Persian Journal of Acarology

New records ofthreespeciesof the superfamily Pygmephoroidea (Acari: Heterostigmata)fromAsia

Authors

Masoumeh Filekesh 1
Hamidreza Hajiqanbar 2
Isa Jabaleh 3

1 Department of Plant Protection,University of Science and Culture, Kashmar Branch, Kashmar, Iran

2 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University,14115-336, Tehran, Iran;

3 Department of Plant Protection, University of Science and Culture, Kashmar Branch,Kashmar, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v3i4.10170
Abstract
A survey to study of mites associated with pomegranate in Mahvelat region, Khorasan Razavi province, northeastern Iran, in 2013 led to find three species of the superfamily Pygmephoroidea (Acari: Prostigmata: Heterostigmata) new to mite fauna of Asia. The materials have been collected from soil samples. These three species belong to three families of the mentioned superfamily as follows: Premicrodispus longicaudus Khaustov, 2006 (Microdispidae), Kerdabania variabilis Khaustov, 2009 (Neopygme-phoridae), Neositeroptes opacus Livshits, Mitrovanov & Sharonov, 1986 (Pygmephor-idae). A key to Iranian Pygmephoroidea (excluding Scutacaridae) recovered from soil samples is provided.

Keywords

Mite
Microdispidae
Neopygmephoridae
Pygmephoridae
soil
Iran
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 3, Issue 4
Autumn 2014
Pages 277-283

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