Redefinition of the genus Silphitrombium (Trombidiformes: Neothrombiidae) with description of two new species parasitizing beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Tenebrionidae) from Iran

SAMANEH TASHAKOR; HAMIDREZA HAJIQANBAR; ALIREZA SABOORI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3736.5.2

Issue: Vol. 3736 No. 5: 15 Nov. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-11-15

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.5.2

Page range: 457–470

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**Redefinition of the genus Silphitrombium (Trombidiformes: Neothrombiidae) with description of two new species parasitizing beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Tenebrionidae) from Iran**

SAMANEH TASHAKOR⁺⁻
HAMIDREZA HAJIQANBAR⁺⁻
ALIREZA SABOORI⁺⁻

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran

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

mite insect ectoparasite Prostigmata Parasitengona

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Abstract

Two new species of Silphitrombium Fain, 1992 (Acari: Prostigmata: Neothrombiidae), ectoparasites of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera), are described from Sistan and Baluchestan Province, eastern Iran: S. elateridum sp. nov. on Heteroderes heideni Reitter, 1891 (Col.: Elateridae) and S. iranicum sp. nov. on Opatroides punctulatus Brullé, 1832 (Col.: Tenebrionidae) and the genus Silphitrombium is redefined. It is the first record of the relationship between beetles of the families Elateridae and Tenebrionidae, and mites of the genus Silphitrombium. A key to the species of the genus is presented.