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Issue: Vol. 3861 No. 2: 12 Sept. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.2.6
Page range: 185–192
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new Anoplocheylus species (Acari: Trombidiformes: Pseudocheylidae) from Kurdistan province of Iran

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Student of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Student of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Anystoidea Pseudocheylidae oak trees Astragalus bushes litter

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Anoplocheylus Berlese, 1910 are described: Anoplocheylus marivaniensis sp. nov. collected from soil and rotten leaves under oak trees and Anoplocheylus qorvehiensis sp. nov. from soil under Astragalus sp. bushes in Kurdistan province, Iran. A key to females of all known species of Anoplocheylus is provided, based on original descriptions and other literature.