Persian Journal of Acarology

A new sand mite of Schoengastia (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the soil under camel’s thorn in Iran

Authors

Ting-Huan Wen 1
Alireza Saboori 2
Mohammad Ali Akrami 3

1 Medical Acarology Laboratory, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China;

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

3 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz,Iran;

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v1i1.9930
Abstract
A new species of the sand-mite or chigger Schoengastia Oudemans, 1910 collected from the soil under camel’s thorn (Alhagi maurorum Medik) in Iran is described. The diagnosis of the new species is in conformity with the subgenus Priomesochela Vercammen-Grandjean et Langston, 1976, the specific characters are drip-dropping shaped sensilla, shortest scutal setae and least number in idiosomal setae in the subgenus.

Keywords

sand mite, Schoengastia, Priomesochela, Trombiculidae, camel&rsquo
s thorn, new species, Iran
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 1, Issue 1
January 2012
Pages 1-10

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