Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

A new species of the genus Eustigmaeus Berlese (Acari: Trombidi-formes: Stigmaeidae) from north of Iran

Authors
Mohammad Bagheri 1
Saeed Paktinat Saeej 1
Tofigheh Nuri Mir 2
Mohsen Yazdanian 2
Forough Ranjbar Varandi 2
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran;
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran;
10.22073/pja.v3i3.10150
Abstract
A new species of Eustigmaeus, E. caspianensis Bagheri & Paktinat Saeej sp. nov., is described based on females collected from soil, humus and moss in the Mazandaran and Golestan provinces, Iran.
Keywords
Acari
Raphignathoidea
predatory mites
soil
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 3, Issue 3
Summer 2014
Pages 177-186