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Issue: Vol. 2746 No. 1: 21 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2746.1.5
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 7

A new species of the family Trochometridiidae (Acari: Heterostigmatina) associated with Paulusiella sp. (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Iran

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Coleoptera mite insect Trochometridium kermanicum sp. nov. host range Prostigmata

Abstract

The mite species Trochometridium kermanicum Mortazavi & Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Trochometridiidae) associated with an elaterid beetle of the genus Paulusiella (Insecta: Coleoptera) is described from Iran. This is the first record of association between trochometridiid mites and beetles of the family Elateridae. The host range of the family Trochometridiidae is reviewed and a key to world genera and species is provided.

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