Journal of Crop Protection

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

10.48311/jcp.2015.1225
Volume 4, Issue 3
September 2015
Pages 409-418
Journal of Crop Protection

Authors

M. Rahmati 1
K. Kheradmand 1
S. Jafari 2
M. 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.

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

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