Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran
Author
Mojahed, Samaneh
. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; E-mails: samaneh. mojahed @ yahoo. com, hajizadeh @ guilan. ac. ir, Rhosseini @ guilan. ac. ir
Author
Hajizadeh, Jalil
. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; E-mails: samaneh. mojahed @ yahoo. com, hajizadeh @ guilan. ac. ir, Rhosseini @ guilan. ac. ir
Author
Hosseini, Reza
. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; E-mails: samaneh. mojahed @ yahoo. com, hajizadeh @ guilan. ac. ir, Rhosseini @ guilan. ac. ir
Author
Ahadiyat, Ali
. Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; E-mails: ali. ahadiyat @ hotmail. com & a. ahadiyat @ srbiau. ac. ir
text
Persian Journal of Acarology
2017
2017-10-15
6
4
269
285
https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b291baa7-d39d-322b-b94d-4d97866901cf/
journal article
10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712
2251-8169
7174046
Onchodellus hispani
(Berlese, 1908)
Diagnosis
Female with dorsal shield oval, middle-sized, 568 long, 368 wide (length/width ratio: 1.54), marginal section reticulate and median section lineate. Dorsal shield setae
J1
40,
J2–3
76,
J4
,
J5
long (
J4
72,
J5
44) and slightly differing in length (
J4
/
J5
ratio: 1.63). Sternal shield 200 long, 100 wide (length/width ratio: 2), lateral and median surfaces reticulate and smooth, respectively. Genitiventral shield 208 long, 224 wide, (length/width ratio: 0.92), median section with no reticulation. Anal shield subtriangular and smooth, 64 long, 120 wide, (length/width ratio: 0.53). Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument with 15 pairs of smooth setae. Tarsus II with one spur-like distal seta.
Material examined –
1 female
,
Saravan forest
, from soil and humus under pine tree,
11 July 2015
.
Distribution and habitats in
Iran
–
This species was found in soil from
Kerman province
(Region not mentioned) (
Ahmadi 2002
).
World distribution –
European countries (e.g.
Bulgaria
,
Italy
,
Poland
and
Slovakia
) (
Karg 1993
;
Mašán 2007
;
Mašán and Halliday 2009
,
2014a
;
Mašán and Mihál 2009
).
Note –
This is the first record of this species in
Guilan province
.