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Issue: Vol. 3841 No. 3: 28 Jul. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.3.3
Page range: 364–378
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 2

Cheylostigmaeus tarae sp. nov. and Stigmaeus delaramae sp. nov. (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Kurdistan, Iran

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Jehad Keshavarzi Saqqez, Organization of Jehad Keshavarsi of Kurdistan
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.
mite predator Raphignathoidea pear Baneh

Abstract

Two new species belonging to the family Stigmaeidae, Cheylostigmaeus tarae sp. nov. and Stigmaeus delaramae sp. nov., are described from specimens collected from soil and litter under pear trees, Pyrus communis L. (Rosaceae) in Iran. A key to all Iranian species of the genera Cheylostigmaeus (male) and Stigmaeus (female) are provided.