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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2007) 12, 47–54.First record of the little known genus
Andrevella Southcott, 1961 (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran, with a description of a new speciesALIREZA SABOORI
1, HAMIDREZA HAJIQANBAR2 & KARIM KAMALI21Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. E-mail: saboori@ut.ac.ir
2Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
E-mail: hajiqanbar1360@yahoo.com
Abstract
The genus Andrevella (Acari: Erythraeidae) is recorded for the first time from Iran. Andrevella persiangulfia sp. nov., represented by a larva collected as free-living on soil on a Persian Gulf beach is described. It is the second species of this little known genus. A modified generic diagnosis of Andrevella is provided.
Key words: Acari, Erythraeidae, new species, Andrevella, Iran
References
André, M. (1930) Contribution à l’étude des Acariens de la faune Française (2e note). Deux formes d’Erythraeidae (stade larvaire). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 55, 544–548.
Southcott, R.V. (1961) Studies on the systematics and biology of the Erythraeoidea (Acarina), with a critical revision of the genera and subfamilies. Australian Journal of Zoology, 9(3), 367–610.
Southcott, R.V. (1993) A new larval Charletonia (Acarina: Erythraeidae) from Spain. Acarologia, 36(1), 51–56.
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