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

Saboori, Alireza; Azimi, Solmaz; Shirdel, Davood

doi:10.22073/pja.v1i1.9929

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

Authors

Alireza Saboori ¹

Solmaz Azimi ¹

Davood Shirdel ²

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.

Keywords

Trombidiformes

Charletonia shahriari sp. nov

larva

ectoparasite

Cercopidae

Iran