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

Filekesh, Masoumeh; Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza; Jabaleh, Isa

doi:10.22073/pja.v3i4.10170

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

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