Some mesostigmatid mites from Iran with their world distribution

Authors
Fariba Kadkhodae Eliaderani 1
Alireza Nemati 2
Farhan Kocheili 1
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran.
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Shahrekord, Iran.
10.48311/jcp.2013.1077
Abstract
Edaphic Mesostigmata are important, because these feed on arthropods and other invertebrates which may affect on natural equilibrium position of oter living micro-organisms. In order to study the fauna of mesostigmatid mites, samples of soil, litter were collected from different parts of Esfahan region. Mites were extracted by means of Berlese funnel, cleared in Lactic acid and mounted with Hoyer's medium. In this research, the world and Iranian distribution of species with some information about their habitats were provided. Two genera and 3 species were recorded as new records for Iran mite fauna that are marked by an asterisk. The list of identified genera and species is as follows: Ascidae: Arctoseius cetratus (Sellnick, 1940), A. pristinus* Karg, 1962, A. venustulus (Berlese, 1917), Gamasellodes bicolor (Berlese, 1918); Blattisociidae: Lasioseius sugawarai Ehara, 1964, L. youcefi Athias-Henriot, 1959; Melicharidae: Proctolaelaps pygmaeus (Muller, 1860); Parholaspididae: Proparholaspulus* angustatus* Ishikawa, 1987 Trachytidae: Uroseius* traegardhi* (Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1969).
Keywords
Iran
Acari
Mesostigmata
Soil
World distribution
Journal of Crop Protection
Volume 2, Issue 2
June 2013
Pages 127-138