<strong>Two new species of <em>Cyta</em> (Acari: Prostigmata: Bdellidae) from Western Iran </strong>

AMIR HOSSEIN EGHBALIAN; MOHAMMAD KHANJANI; MOHAMMAD HASSAN SAFARALIZADEH; EDWARD A. UECKERMANN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.4.6

Issue: Vol. 3847 No. 4: 11 Aug. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-08-11

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.4.6

Page range: 567–575

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**Two new species of Cyta (Acari: Prostigmata: Bdellidae) from Western Iran**

AMIR HOSSEIN EGHBALIAN⁺⁻
MOHAMMAD KHANJANI⁺⁻
MOHAMMAD HASSAN SAFARALIZADEH⁺⁻
EDWARD A. UECKERMANN⁺⁻

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.

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran. School of Biological Sciences/Zoology, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus 2520, South Africa

taxonomy Acariformes predatory Bdelloidea Kurdistan

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Abstract

This paper reports two new species of Bdellidae, Cyta leliae sp. nov. and Cyta kurdistanicus sp. nov., collected from soil and litter under oak trees, Quercus brantii Lindl. (Fagaceae), wild almond, Amygdalus lycioides Spach (Rosaceae) and grass, Kurdistan Province, Iran. A key is provided to adult female Cyta of the world.