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Issue: Vol. 1788 No. 1: 9 Jun. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-06-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1788.1.5
Page range: 57–65
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 2

A new genus and species of mites of the family Caraboacaridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Iran

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran
Nikita Botanical Gardens, National Scientific Center, Yalta, Crimea, 98648, Ukraine
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of North Khorasan, P.O. Box 94155-1378, Bojnord, Iran
Acari Mite Caraboacaridae Minicaraboacarus quadridiscalis new genus new species Carabidae Iran

Abstract

A new genus and species of mites of the family Caraboacaridae (Acari: Heterostigmata), Minicaraboacarus quadridiscalis Hajiqanbar and Khaustov n. gen., n. sp. associated with Cymbionotum semelederi (Chaudoir, 1851) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is described from Iran. The leg chaetotaxy and solenidiotaxy of mites of the family Caraboacaridae are discussed.

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