Fauna of Stigmaeidae and Cryptognathidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Lorestan province, with two new records for Iran fauna

Authors
Mojtaba Rahmati 1
katayoon Kheradmand 1
Sadegh Jafari 2
Mohammad Bagheri 3
1 Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Aboureihan, University of Tehran, Pakdasht, Iran.
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.
3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.
10.48311/jcp.2015.1225
Abstract
A faunestic study on Stigmaeidae and Cryptognathidae families in Lorestan province was carried out during 2012-2013. In this study 18 species were collected and identified, of which Favognathus amygdalus and F. cordylus (Cryptognathidae) were new records for Iranian fauna, also all of the collected species in this study were new records for fauna of Lorestan province. Stigmaeidae with 14 species and Cryptognatidae with four species had the highest and lowest number of identified species, respectively.
Keywords
Acari
Stigmaeidae
Cryptognatidae
Lorestan Province
Favognathus
Journal of Crop Protection
Volume 4, Issue 3
September 2015
Pages 409-418