<strong>Two new species and one new record of larvae of the family Johnstonianidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Iran with a key to species of the genus <em>Diplothrombium</em></strong>

JAVAD NOEI; ALIREZA SABOORI; JALIL HAJIZADEH

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.7

Issue: Vol. 3785 No. 2: 3 Apr. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-04-03

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.7

Page range: 241–257

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Two new species and one new record of larvae of the family Johnstonianidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Iran with a key to species of the genus Diplothrombium

JAVAD NOEI⁺⁻
ALIREZA SABOORI⁺⁻
JALIL HAJIZADEH⁺⁻

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, P.O. Box 41635-1314, Rasht, Iran.

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, P.O. Box 41635-1314, Rasht, Iran.

Trombidiformes Parasitengona Diplothrombium Johnstoniana

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Abstract

Diplothrombium sahragardi sp. nov. and Diplothrombium ostovani sp. nov. (Acari: Johnstonianidae) collected from soil samples (off host) in a forest near Asalem city (Iran) are described. Another species of this family Johnstoniana parva Wendt, Wohltmann, Eggers and Otto, 1994 is reported for the first time from Iran. A larva-based key to Diplothrombium is provided.