Systematic & Applied Acarology
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An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996


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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2005) 10, 149-154

A new species of larval Abrolophus (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran

ALIREZA SABOORI 1 & HAMIDREZA HAJIQANBAR2
1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran; e-mail: saboori@ut.ac.ir
2 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Abrolophus iraninejadi sp. nov. (Acari: Erythraeidae) is described from a larva collected in soil from Miandoab, Iran. It is the second species of this genus with brushlike seta on the palp.

Key words: Acari, Erythraeidae, new species, Abrolophus, Iran

 

References

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Haitlinger, R. & Saboori, A. (1996) Seven new larval mites (Acari, Prostigmata, Erythraeidae) from Iran. Miscellania Zoologica, 19 (2), 117–131.

Yao, H., Sinder, R. J. & Sinder, R. M. (2000) Larval and post-larval stages of a new Abrolophus species (Acari: Erythraeidae) from a deciduous forest in northern Michigan, USA. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 5, 149–155.

 


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