Fauna of the family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) in East Azerbaijan province, Iran
Paper ID : 1036-IPCA5
Authors
samira akbarzadeh *
univercity of maragheh
Abstract
Fauna of the family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. For identification of mite fauna of the family Stigmaeidae in East Azerbaijan province, samplings were done from soil and leaves of orchards, crop and weeds during 2024. Mites were extracted using Berlese-Tullgren funnel, cleared in Nesbitt's fluid and were mounted on microscopic slides using Hoyer's medium. In this study, 8 genera and 30 species were identified of which one species was new species and two species was new record for mite fauna of Iran and marked by two and one asterisks (*), respectively.
Eustigmaeus: Eustigmaeus nasrinae Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2002; E. segnis Koch, 1836; E. setiferus Bagheri et al. 2009; E. anauniensis Canestrini, 1889; E. jiangxiensis Hu, Chen & Huang, 1996; E. pulmifer Halbert, 1923; E. caspianensis Bagheri & Paktinat-Saeej, 2014; E. bisetalis* Doğan, 2004; E. ioanniensis Kapaxidi & Papadoulis, 1999; Eustigmaeus** n. sp. Ledermuelleriopsis: Ledermuelleriopsis plumosa Willmann, 1951; L. zahiri Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2002; L. tamaraski Maleki & Bagheri, 2016; Stigmaeus: Stigmaeus creber* Barilo, 1986; S. echinopus Summers, 1962; S. glypticus Summers, 1962; S. nahavandicus Khanjani et al, 2017; S. longipilis Oudemans, 1927; S. miandoabiensis Bagheri & Zarei, 2012; S. hashtrudiensis Bagheri, 2014; S. pilatus Kuznetzov, 1978; S. shabestariensis Haddad et al, 2010; S. elongatus Berlese, 1886; S. malekii Haddad Irani-Nejad, Bagheri & Khanjani, 2006; Storchia: Storchia robusta (Berlese), Oudemans, 1923; St. mehrvari Bagheri & Gheblealivand, 2012; Parastigmaeus: Parastigmaeus andreae Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2002; Zetzellia: Zetzellia mali Ewing, 1917; Cheylostigmaeus: Cheylostigmaeus gharekhanii Navaei-Bonab & Bagheri, 2011. Ch. hassanpouri Bagheri, 2011.
Keywords
Acari, Stigmaeidae, Trombidiformes, Iran
Status: Abstract Accepted