Preliminary observations on mites found in domesticated animal food factories in Karaj, Iran

Seiedy, Marjan; Saboori, Alireza; Allahyari, Hossein

doi:10.22073/pja.v1i2.9941

Preliminary observations on mites found in domesticated animal food factories in Karaj, Iran

Authors

Marjan Seiedy ¹

Alireza Saboori ²

Hossein Allahyari ²

¹ Department of Animal Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;

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

10.22073/pja.v1i2.9941

Abstract

Between March 2004 and May 2005, 16 species of mites belonging to the suborders Prostigmata and Oribatida, and order Mesostigmata were found in wheat, barley, beet pulp and cottonseed meal (in the residue from, for example, the floor, equipment and the outside of sacks) in five factories producing food for domesticated animals. Mites were not found in samples of maize and bran collected. The factories are all in the Karaj region of Alborz Province in Iran.

Keywords

mites

fauna

Oribatida

Mesostigmata

Prostigmata