Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

A new species of Charletonia(Acari: Erythraeidae) described from larvae ectoparasitic on cercopids (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from Iran

Authors
1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;
2 Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Institute of East Azarbaijan province, Tabriz, Iran;
10.22073/pja.v1i1.9929
Abstract
Charletonia shahriari sp. nov. is described and illustrated from larvae ecto-parasitic on undetermined cercopids (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) in a wheat field in Tabriz city, East Azarbaijan province, Iran. It is the second species of this genus with two setae between coxae II and III and solenidion placed in proximal half of genu I.
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