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Issue: Vol. 3297 No. 1: 2 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3297.1.3
Page range: 41–56
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 12

Three new false spider mites of the genus Pseudoleptus Bruyant (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu - Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu - Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran,
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Collection Manager, Arachnida, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Qld, 4101, South Brisbane, Australia
Acari Tetranychoidea taxonomy identification new species key

Abstract

Three new species of Pseudoleptus are described from Iran: P. hamedaniensis sp. nov. from Bromus tectorum (Poaceae),P. iranensis sp. nov. from Bromus danthoniae (Poaceae), and P. kermanshahiensis sp. nov. from Alopecurus myosuroides(Poaceae). The genus Pseudoleptus is rediagnosed and its relationship with the Aegyptobia macswaini species group discussed. A key to all known species of this genus is given.

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