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Issue: Vol. 4032 No. 3: 16 Oct. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.2
Page range: 264–276
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

Tydeus shabestariensis sp. nov. and description of the male of Neopronematus sepasgosariani (Acari: Tydeoidea), with a key to the Iranian species of Tydeus

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.
Acari Iolinidae new record taxonomy Tydeidae Lorryia

Abstract

A new species of the family Tydeidae from Iran, Tydeus shabestariensis sp. nov., is described from adult males and females collected from soil in apple orchards. A key to species of Tydeus of Iran, based on females, is provided. The male of Neopronematus sepasgosariani (Tydeoidea: Iolinidae) is also described and illustrated for the first time.