A new species of Hypoaspis Canestrini from Iran (Acari: Laelapidae), with a key to the species occurring in the Western Palaearctic Region Author Joharchi, Omid Author Ostovan, Hadi Author Babaeian, Esmaeil text Zootaxa 2014 3846 4 569 576 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.5 baae4f51-f3fb-46ae-9140-69e9066e223c 1175-5326 227953 6C958BFE-6300-433D-BDD8-A0165E6CB668 Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884 : 1569 . Type species: Gamasus krameri G. & R. Canestrini, 1881 , designated by Berlese (1904) . Diagnosis . Dorsal shield oval, without lateral incisions, bearing 35–40 pairs of setae including one or more pairs of Zx setae; some opisthonotal setae greatly elongated, especially Z4 (at least three times as long as J4 ); postanal seta distinctly shorter than para-anals; hypostomal setae h3 distinctly longer than other hypostomal setae; tarsus II with two subterminal blunt spines (setae al1 and pl1 ). This diagnosis will distinguish Hypoaspis from related genera. Coleolaelaps Berlese, 1914 has lateral incisions in the dorsal shield (except Coleolaelaps abnormalis Costa & Hunter, 1971 and C. ferdowsi Joharchi, 2012 ), 28 pairs of dorsal shield setae, Z4 not elongated, tarsus II without subterminal spines, and seta h3 of normal length. Mumulaelaps Clark, 2012 has 22 pairs of dorsal shield setae and Z4 not elongated; and Promacrolaelaps Costa, 1971 has 30-31 pairs of dorsal shield setae, and tarsus II without subterminal spines.