Studies on water mites of the family Hygrobatidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran, I. The water mite genus Atractides Koch, with the description of five new species
Author
Pesic, Vladimir
Author
Saboori, Alireza
Author
Asadi, Mahdieh
Author
Vafaei, Reza
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Zootaxa
2004
495
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157855
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Atractides robustus
(
Sokolow, 1940
)
(
Table 1
)
New records:
IR2 Mazandaran Province, Elburs Mt.,
75 km
S Chalus, higher part of Chalus river, 11ºC,
17.07.2003
, leg. Pesic, Asadi, Saboori & Akrami (1/0/0); ibid.,
18.08.2003
, leg. Pesic (1/0/0); IR6 Mazandaran Province, Elburs Mt., the hygropetric stream near Kandelous (on Kojor road 35°53'17
N 52°12'
21E),
1603 m
asl., 14ºC,
2000 m
a.s.l.,
18.07.2003
, leg. Pesic, Asadi, Saboori & Akrami (0/1/0); IR10 Mazandaran Province, Ramsar, Javaher deh stream near Javaher deh village (36°57'
N 49°49'
E), ca.
500 m
asl., 21ºC,
19.07.2003
, leg. Pesic, Asadi, Saboori & Akrami; IR46 Tehran Province, Charan stream in Charan village (35°54'34
N 51°7'
28E),
2107 m
asl.,
14.08.2003
, leg. Pesic & Saboori (7/3/0); IR25 Kerman Province, Vamegh Abad stream near Vamegh Abad village,
27.07.2003
, leg. Pesic (0/3/0); IR39 Yazd Province, Deh Bala,
60 km
SW from Yazd, 0 5.08.2003, leg. Pesic (1/0/0); IR47 Tehran Province, Elburs Mt., Sijan stream in Sijan village (under Dareh Bridge, 35°55'17
N 51°8'
54E),
2080 m
asl.,
14.08.2003
, leg. Pesic & Saboori (3/6/0); IR48 Tehran Province, Elburs Mt., ca.
40 km
N Karaj, Shahrestanak River,
18.08.2003
, leg. Pesic (3/8/0).
Remarks
: In
Table 1
we give the measurements of the specimens from Charan stream.
Distribution
:
Russia
, Kaukasus, Central and S Europe,
Iran
.