Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

New records of the family Oppiidae (Acari: Sarcoptiformes: Oribatida) for the fauna of Iran

Authors
1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz,Iran;
10.22073/pja.v1i2.9938
Abstract
In this study, seven oppiid mite species (Oribatida: Oppiidae) belonging to six genera identified from Shendabad region (East Azerbaijan province, north-westernIran), of which one genus, one subgenus, six species and one subspecies are new records for mite fauna ofIran. Some of their morphological features and distributions in the world are presented. A key to the subfamilies and genera of Shendabad region is given.
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