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Issue: Vol. 2611 No. 1: 14 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2611.1.2
Page range: 16–30
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 1

A new family of trombidioid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) from Iran

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Findorffstr. 11, D-27721 Ritterhude, German
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Acari Parasitengona new species new genus new combination Catocala sp. Noctuidae larva ectoparasite key

Abstract

Achaemenothrombium cyrusi gen. et sp. nov. (Acari, Prostigmata: Trombidioidea) is described and illustrated from larvae ectoparasitic on Catocala sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Tehran, Iran and Achaemenothrombium talebii (Karimi Irvanlou & Kamali, 2001) comb. nov. is redescribed. A new family, Achaemenothrombiidae is proposed for accommodating this genus. A key to families of larval Trombidioidea and to species of Achaemenothrombium (larva) is presented.

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