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ISSN 1362-1971 An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996 [Aims] [Editors] [Content] [Subscriptions] [Contact details] [Society Homepage] |
Systematic & Applied Acarology (2006) 11, 211-217New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaroidea) from interstitial waters of Iran, with the description of one new species
VLADIMIR PESIC1, ALIREZA SABOORI2, MAHDIEH ASADI2 & REZA VAFAEI3
1Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Crna Gora, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro. E-mail: pesicv@cg.yu
2Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
3Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak, IranAbstract
New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaroidea) from interstitial waters of Iran are presented. Five species are recorded; Axonopsis caspica sp. nov. is described as new to science; new records from Iran are given of: Stygothrombium sp., Ljania macilenta Koenike, 1908, Kongsbergia pectinigera Motaş & Tanasachi, 1946 and Lobohalacarus weberi (Romijn & K.Viets, 1924).
Key words: Water mites, taxonomy, interstitial waters, new species, Iran
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