| Predatory raphignathoid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) in Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran |
| Paper ID : 1149-IPCA5 |
| Authors |
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Saeid Paktinat-Saeij *1, Mohammad Bagheri2, Alireza Saboori3 1Plant Protection Research Department, Semnan (Shahrood) Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Shahrood, Iran 2Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran 3Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran |
| Abstract |
| Most of the biodiversity of agricultural systems resides in soil. Soil animal and microbial diversity is part of the biological resources of agroecosystems, and must be considered in the management decisions. Mites of the superfamily Raphignathoidea are worldwide in distribution, abundant in most of the geographical regions, and are even found in the Antarctic region. Most members of the Raphignathoidea are important predatory mites in suborder Prostigmata. These mites are mainly associated with a variety of habitats such as plant aerial parts and soil. To identify raphignathoid mites, sampling was conducted from 2013 to 2014 in various locations within the crop fields and orchards of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Collected specimens were extracted using the Berlese-Tullgren funnel and put into AGA solution. Mites were cleared in Lactic Asid and Nessbit’s fluids and then microscopic slides were mounted in Hoyer’s medium and then dried on iron plates in an oven, at about 50 ºC for two weeks. During this study, a total number of 15 species belonging to 9 genera and 4 families were recorded. The identified species are as follows: Caligonellidae: Caligonella haddadi Bagheri & Maleki, 2013; Neognathus eupalopus Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989; N. terrestris (Summers & Schlinger, 1955); Cryptognathidae: Cryptognathus lagena Kramer, 1879; Favognathus gersoni Luxton, 1993; F. pongolensis Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989; Raphignathidae: Raphignathus gracilis (Rack, 1962); R. zhaoi Hu, Jing & Liang, 1995; Stigmaeidae: Cheylostigmaeus gharakhanii Navaei-Bonab & Bagheri, 2011; Eustigmaeus caspianensis Bagheri & Paktinat Saeej, 2014; E. nasrinae Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2002; E. segnis (Koch, 1836); E. seemani Khanjani, Firozfar, Mirmoayedi & Asali Fayaz, 2013; Storchia robusta (Berlese, 1885); Zetzellia sp. |
| Keywords |
| predatory mites, Prostigmata, Raphignathoidea, species diversity, Iran |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
