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Issue: Vol. 2727 No. 1: 21 Dec. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-12-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2727.1.3
Page range: 34–44
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 1

Stigmaeus boshroyehensis sp. nov. (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from eastern Iran, with re-description of Stigmaeus pilatus Kuznetzov

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu Ali-Sina University, Hamaden, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Aser University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu Ali-Sina University, Hamaden, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Aser University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
Department of Biology Education, Kâzım Karabekir Education Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Acari Stigmaeidae Stigmaeus predatory mites Iran

Abstract

A new species of the genus Stigmaeus, S. boshroyehensis sp. nov., is described and figured based on females. Specimens were collected from soil under pistachio trees at Boshroyeh vicinity, south Khorasan province, Iran. Also a known species, S. pilatus Kuznetzov, collected from soil under plum and apple trees at Maryanaj vicinity, Hamedan province, Iran, is re-described. A key to all known Iranian species of the genus is provided.

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