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Issue: Vol. 4072 No. 2: 29 Jan. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-01-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.10
Page range: 291–300
Abstract views: 62
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New species of Hexabdella and Neomolgus (Acari: Prostigmata: Bdellidae) from Iran

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Urmia University, Uromia, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Urmia University, Uromia, Iran.
ARC–Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, Queenswood, Pretoria 0121, South Africa. School of Biological Sciences/Zoology, North–West University, Potchefstroom Campus 2520, South Africa
Acari Bdellinae predatory mite Quercus Neomolgus Hexabdella Iran

Abstract

A new species of Hexabdella Van der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann (Acariformes: Bdellidae), H. quercusi Eghbalian, Khanjani, Safaralizadeh, Ueckermann sp. nov., and a new species of Neomolgus Oudemans, N. iraniensis Eghbalian, Khanjani, Safaralizadeh, Ueckermann sp. nov., are described and illustrated. A key is provided for adult females of all known species of Hexabdella, as well as for adult females of Neomolgus from Asian and neighbouring countries, including Iran, Japan and the Siberian region of Russia. All specimens were collected from soil and litter under oak trees, Quercus brantii Lindley (Fagaceae), or from soil and litter under wild almond, Amygdalus scoparia L. (Rosaceae), from western Iran.

 

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