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First record of larval Caeculisoma (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran with description of a new species

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Caeculisoma pouyani Noei and Kohansal sp. nov. (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) ectoparasitic on Sphodromerus luteipes Uvarov (Orthoptera: Acrididae), an unidentified Cicadellidae nymph (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) and an unidentified species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Chahkandan and Zahan villages, Birjand, South Khorasan province, Iran, is described and illustrated. The newly described species is the first representative of the genus Caeculisoma Berlese in Iran. A key to the larval species of Caeculisoma of the world is updated.

Source: Acarologia

DOI: 10.24349/j8kk-8r4k

Authors: Mahnaz Kohansal, Javad Noei, Sara Ramroodi, Ehsan Rakhshani

Institutions: Zabol University, University of Birjand

Language: English

Topic: Study of Mite Species

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: University of Birjand, University of Zabol

Award: G6226122044