Description of a new species of Pteridopus (Trombidiformes: Chyzeriidae) from southeastern Iran

Haddadi, Malihe; Ramroodi, Sara; Noei, Javad; Rakhshani, Ehsan

doi:10.22073/pja.150402

Description of a new species of Pteridopus (Trombidiformes: Chyzeriidae) from southeastern Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Malihe Haddadi ¹

Sara Ramroodi ¹

Javad Noei ²

Ehsan Rakhshani ¹

¹ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.150402

Abstract

A new species of the genus Pteridopus Newell & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1964, P. bonjarensis Haddadi & Noei sp. nov., from Zabol and Bonjar counties, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran is described and illustrated. It represents the fifth known larval species of this genus worldwide and the third recorded from Iran. An updated key to the world species of the genus is also presented.

Keywords

Larva

new species

Pteridopinae

Sistan and Baluchestan

trap

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