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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2010) 15, 129–134.A new species of the genus Storchia Oudemans (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from northwest Iran
VAHIDEH SADAT SAFASADATI
1, MOHAMMAD KHANJANI2, JABRAIL RAZMJOU1 & SALIH DOĞAN31 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
2 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran (e-mail: mkhanjani@gmail.com)
3 Atatürk University, Kâzım Karabekir Education Faculty, Department of Biology Education, Erzurum, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed (email: mkhanjani@gmail.com).
Abstract
A new species of the genus Storchia, S. ardabiliensis sp. nov., is described and figured based on females collected from grass-covered soil under Corylus avellana Contorta trees (Betulaceae) in Ardabil, Ardabil province, Iran. An updated key to all species of Storchia is also given.
Key words: Acari, Stigmaeidae, Storchia, predatory mites, Iran
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