Persian Journal of Acarology

Three new records of the superfamily Uropodoidea (Acari: Meso-stigmata: Uropodina) from Iran, and a key to the known Iranian species of Uropodoidea

Authors

Shahrooz Kazemi 1
Jenő Kontschán 2

1 Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environ-mental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran;

2 Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest, P.O. Box 102, Hungary and Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Szent István University, H-2100, Gödöllő, Páter Károly str. 1.,Hungary;

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v3i1.10125
Abstract
Based on studies on edaphic mites of the superfamily Uropodoidea in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, three new records of the families Uropodidae and Trematuridae were collected and identified as follows: Neodiscopoma splendida (Kramer), Uropoda (Uropoda) fumicola (Schweizer) and Trichouropoda spatulifera (Moniez). Also, a key to the known Iranian species of Uropodoidea is presented.

Keywords

Soil mites
Uropodidae
Trematuridae
Mazandaran
Iran
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 3, Issue 1
Winter 2014
Pages 9-16

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