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;
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.
Wen,T. , Saboori,A. and Akrami,M. A. (2026). A new sand mite of Schoengastia (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the soil under camel’s thorn in Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology, 1(1), 1-10. doi: 10.22073/pja.v1i1.9930
MLA
Wen,T. , , Saboori,A. , and Akrami,M. A. . "A new sand mite of Schoengastia (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the soil under camel’s thorn in Iran", Persian Journal of Acarology, 1, 1, 2026, 1-10. doi: 10.22073/pja.v1i1.9930
HARVARD
Wen T., Saboori A., Akrami M. A. (2026). 'A new sand mite of Schoengastia (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the soil under camel’s thorn in Iran', Persian Journal of Acarology, 1(1), pp. 1-10. doi: 10.22073/pja.v1i1.9930
CHICAGO
T. Wen, A. Saboori and M. A. Akrami, "A new sand mite of Schoengastia (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the soil under camel’s thorn in Iran," Persian Journal of Acarology, 1 1 (2026): 1-10, doi: 10.22073/pja.v1i1.9930
VANCOUVER
Wen T., Saboori A., Akrami M. A. A new sand mite of Schoengastia (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the soil under camel’s thorn in Iran. Persian J. Acarol., 2026; 1(1): 1-10. doi: 10.22073/pja.v1i1.9930
