Water mites of the genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from Iran, with description of two new species
Author
Pesic, Vladimir
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Crna Gora, Cetinjski put b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro. E-mail: pesicv @ cg. yu
Author
Saboori, Alireza
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
Author
Asadi, Mahdieh
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
Author
Vafaei, Reza
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
Author
Sanatgar, Elham
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-02-23
1133
1
45
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1133.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1133.1.3
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Torrenticola jasminae
Bader, 1988
(
Figs. 29–30
)
Material examined
:
IR102
Hamedan Province
,
Gazandar
stream ca.
3 km
to
Toiserkan
city (ca.
48º28´E
34º33´N
),
26.06.2005
, leg.
Pesic
&
Vafaei
(0/1/0)
;
IR103
Hamedan Province
,
Baba Pir Ali
stream in
Baba Pir Ali village
(
6 km
after Toiserkan, ca.
48º25´E
34º40´N
),
26.06.2005
, leg.
Pesic
&
Vafaei
(0/1/0).
FIGURES 18–22
.
Torrenticola khorassanula
sp. nov.
, female: 18 = dorsal shield; 19 = idiosoma, ventral view; 20 = gnathosoma and palp, lateral view; 21 = palp, medial view; 22 = chelicera. Scale bars = 100µm.
Records from the study area
:
Kerman Province
: Simk village—
Pesic
et al
. (2004)
, Vamegh Abad village—
Pesic
et al
. (2005)
.
Remarks
: The specimens from
Hamedan Province
are in good agreement with the specimen from
Kerman Province
(
Pesic
et al
. 2004
). Dorsal length and relative length (in parentheses, given as % of total length) of palp (
Figs. 29–30
) segments of the female from Gazandar stream: P1 59 (15.9), P2 147 (39.7), P3 56 (15.1), P4 91 (24.6), P5 17 (4.6); palp total L 370; L P2/P4 ratio 1.6.
Distribution
:
Iran
,
Israel
,
Turkey
(Pesic
et al
. submitted).