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Issue: Vol. 1770 No. 1: 16 May. 2008
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2008-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.3
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Paraseiulus Muma from Iran with a key to the known species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)

MITOX Consultants, P. O. Box 92260, 1090 AG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Agriculture & Natural Resources, Research Center of Khorasan Province, Plant Pests & Diseases Department, P. O. Box 91735-488, Mashhad, Iran
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside (current address: P. O. Box 4487, Sunriver, Oregon 97707, USA)
Acari Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Abstract

According to Moraes et al. (2004), twelve species of Paraseiulus Muma are known worldwide, of which six were recorded in Iran (Kamali et al., 2001; Faraji et al., 2007). The genus Paraseiulus is characterized by the absence of caudoventral setae JV2; ventrianal shield sole-shaped, with two pairs of preanal setae and without preanal pores; sternal shield with two pairs of setae; setae ST3 either located on soft cuticle or inserted on platelets and setae ST4 inserted on separate platelets; calyx of spermatheca elongate-tubular, bell-shaped or saccular; fixed cheliceral digit with two or three teeth; legs without macrosetae or with a short macroseta on basitarsus IV. A new species of Paraseiulus is described in this paper and a key is provided to help in the identification of the world species of this genus. The classification system follows Chant and McMurtry (1994) for Typhlodrominae. The notations used for dorsal and ventral setations follow Rowell et al. (1978) and Chant and Yoshida-Shaul (1991) respectively. All measurements are in micrometers (μm). The type material of slide-mounted specimens is deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands (RMNH).

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