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Issue: Vol. 1133 No. 1: 23 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1133.1.3
Page range: 45–59
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 5

Water mites of the genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from Iran, with description of two new species

Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Crna Gora, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
Acari Torrenticola taxonomy new species running waters Iran

Abstract

Nine water mite species of the genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 are reported from Iran. Torrenticola irana and T. khorassanula are described as new to science, and the first records for Iran are given for T. brevirostris (Halbert, 1911), T. barsica (Szalay, 1933), T. amplexa (Koenike, 1908) and T. thori (Halbert, 1944).

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