<p><strong>Third report of Allochaetophoridae Reck, 1959 (Acari: Trombidiformes) based on the description of a new species from Iran</strong></p>

SAYED MOSAYEB MAHDAVI; MAHDIEH ASADI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.6

Issue: Vol. 4012 No. 2: 3 Sept. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-09-03

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.6

Page range: 361–368

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Third report of Allochaetophoridae Reck, 1959 (Acari: Trombidiformes) based on the description of a new species from Iran

SAYED MOSAYEB MAHDAVI⁺⁻
MAHDIEH ASADI⁺⁻

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

Acari Prostigmata Allochaetophora fauna Phragmites Iran

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Abstract

A new mite species Allochaetophora iranica sp. nov. (Tetranychoidea: Allochaetophoridae), is described and illustrated based on females and deutonymphs collected from Phragmites australis (Poaceae) in Iran (Kerman Province). This is the third report of the family Allochaetophoridae for the world and first report of it from Asia.