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Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-24
Page range: 235–246
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New species and records of Neopronematus (Acari: Iolinidae) from Iran with a key to world species

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu Ali-Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
Tydeoidea Pronematinae Neopronematus kamalii mite fauna Kermanshah taxonomy

Abstract

In this paper, Neopronematus kamalii Darbemamieh and Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Iolinidae), collected from apricot leaves in Kermanshah province, Iran, is described and illustrated. Also, the following species were collected and identified from Kermanshah province, Iran: Neopronematus rapidus (Kuznetzov, 1972), Neopronematus solani Łaniecka and Kaźmierski, 2013; Neopronematus sepasgosariani Sadeghi, Łaniecka and Kaźmierski, 2012; Neopronematus lundqvisti Sadeghi, Łaniecka and Kaźmierski, 2012; and Neopronematus neglectus (Kuznetzov, 1972). Some information about the genus, morphologically close species, remarks and a key to Neopronematus species of the world are given as well.