Redescription of the little known species, Ralphaudyna iranensis(Acari: Chyzeriidae)

Noei, Javad; Saboori, Alireza; Hajizadeh, Jalil

doi:10.22073/pja.v2i1.9949

Redescription of the little known species, Ralphaudyna iranensis(Acari: Chyzeriidae)

Authors

Javad Noei ¹

Alireza Saboori ²

Jalil Hajizadeh ¹

¹ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, P.O. Box 41635-1314, Rasht, Iran;

² Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;

10.22073/pja.v2i1.9949

Abstract

Larvae of Ralphaudyna iranensis Zhang & Saboori, 1995 are collected ectoparasitic on Lophopilio palpinalis (Herbst, 1799) (Arachnida: Opiliones, Phalangiidae) and from soil (off host) in a forest in Masooleh, Roodbar, Hashtpar, Rasht and Astara cities, Guilan province, Iran and also from grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Abbas Aabad region, Behshahr city, Mazandaran province, Iran. This paper presents new morphological data for R. iranensis.

Keywords

Parasitengona

Trombidiformes

Prostigmata

Lophopilio palpinalis

ectoparasite

Iran