Mites of the genus Antennoseius Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Iran

Kazemi, Shahrooz; L. Moraza, María

doi:10.22073/pja.v2i2.9956

Mites of the genus Antennoseius Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Iran

Authors

Shahrooz Kazemi ¹

María L. Moraza ²

¹ Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, P.O. Box:76315-117, Kerman, Iran;

² Department of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Navarra, No.177, Pamplona, 31080, Spain;

10.22073/pja.v2i2.9956

Abstract

Three species of mites in the subgenus Antennoseius (Antennoseius) Berlese, 1916 associated with ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) are reported for the first time from Iran: A. (A.) longisetus Eidelberg, A. (A.) sabulicola Bregetova and A. (A.) sharonovi Eidelberg. These species and A. (A.) masoviae Sellnick, are diagnosed in detail. Idiosomal poroidotaxy and adenotaxy for the subgenus are illustrated. A. (A.) vysotskajae Sklyar is considered as junior synonym of A. (A.) sharonovi. A key to Iranian species of the genus is presented.

Keywords

Mites

Parasitiformes

Ascinae

Antennoseius

Carabidae

Iran