Persian Journal of Acarology

A new species of the genus Laelaspis Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran

Authors

Esmaeil Babaeian 1
Omid Joharchi 2
Ali Asghar Seraj 3

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;

2 Department of Plant Protection, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran;

3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v2i3.10039
Abstract
A new species of melittiphine laelapid mites, Laelaspis mossadeghi Babaeian & Joharchi sp. nov. associated with Messor sp. and Tapinoma sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is described and illustrated from Iran.

Keywords

Acari
Taxonomy
Mesostigmata
Laelaspis
ants
Iran
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 2, Issue 3
Summer 2013
Pages 353-360

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