Persian Journal of Acarology

Mites of the Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata) from Zanjan vicinities and description of male of Stigmaeusshabestariensis

Authors

Narges Fakhari 1
Mohammad Khanjani 2
Hasan Rahmani 1
Masoumeh Khanjani 2

1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran

2 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran;

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v3i3.10151
Abstract
Raphignathoid mites are important biological control agents of spider and eriophyid mites, and scale insects in agriculture and forestry. Therefore, a study on the fauna of superfamily Raphignathoidea in Zanjan city was carried out during 2012–2013. In this survey, 23 species belonging to 8 genera from 4 different families were collected and identified. Among them male of Stigmaeus shabestariensis Haddad Irani-Nejad, Lotfollahi & Akbari, 2010 was recorded for the first time from Zanjan, Iran and was new report to Acari fauna of the world, and also S. shabestariensis Haddad Irani-Nejad Haddad Irani-Nejad, Lotfollahi & Akbari, 2010 was the abundant mite species in Zanjan vicinities in our collected specimens.

Keywords

Spider mites
Camerobiidae
Raphignathidae
Eupallopsellidae
Caligonellidae
Stigmaeidae
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 3, Issue 3
Summer 2014
Pages 187-202

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