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Issue: Vol. 5360 No. 3: 27 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.5
Page range: 419-428
Abstract views: 162
PDF downloaded: 9

A new mite species of Pseudoleptus Bruyant (Tenuipalpidae), and two new records (Tetranychidae, Linotetranidae) reported from the Caspian Sea coasts in Iran

Department of Plant Protection; College of Agriculture; Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman; Kerman; Iran
Department of Biodiversity; Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences; Graduate University of Advanced Technology; Kerman; Iran; Acarology Laboratory; Ecology Evolution and Organismal Biology; Ohio State University; Columbus; Ohio; United States of America
Department of Plant Protection; Faculty of Agriculture; Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University; Tabriz; Iran
Department of Plant Protection; College of Agriculture; Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman; Kerman; Iran
Acari Trombidiformes flat mites spider mites Tetranychoidea taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the genus Pseudoleptus Bruyant, 1911 (Tenuipalpidae), Pseudoleptus avicennai sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on female specimens collected from bermudagrass, Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae), in Iran. This is the first report of C. dactylon as a host plant for Tenuipalpidae in Iran. In addition, the species Neopetrobia (Neopetrobia) mcgregori (Pritchard & Baker, 1955) (Tetranychidae) and Linotetranus sibiriensis Khaustov & Khaustov, 2023 (Linotetranidae) are recorded for the first time from Iran.

 

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