Some raphignathoid mites (Acariformes: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) in Lorestan Province, with re-description of Raphignathus evidus Fan as a new record from Iran
Author
Hatami, Parisa
Author
Jafari, Shahriar
Author
Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad
text
Persian Journal of Acarology
2024
2024-01-15
13
1
77
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https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/21bbd5d8-11c9-30cb-adf3-6918dac96b64/
journal article
10.22073/pja.v13i1.79935
2251-8169
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Raphignathus hecmatanensis
Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2003
Diagnosis (female)
Median porodorsal shield spherical anteriorly and narrow posteriorly; small shields present posterolateral to median prodorsal shields; palpfemur with three setae; interscutal membrane with 2 pairs of setae; opisthosomal shield with 4 setae and
f1
close to anterior margin; all dorsal shields punctated; with three pairs of genital setae; femur IV with 3 setae; endopodal shields present around coxae I-IV.
Materials examined
Bisheh village –
26 Oct. 2019
(n = 1),
19 Nov. 2019
(n = 1), from soil under
Juglans regia
(
Juglandaceae
); Veysian city:
9 Sep. 2019
(n = 1),
4 Sep. 2020
(n = 2), from soil under
Pistacia
sp.
(
Anacardiaceae
). Taf village:
4 Aug. 2020
(n = 2), from soil under
Juglans regia
(
Juglandaceae
);
20 Sep. 2020
(n = 2), from soil under
Vitis vinifera
(
Vitaceae
). Qaleh Sangi village:
16 Sep. 2020
(n = 9), from soil under
Oryza sativa
(
Poaceae
) and
24 Aug. 2020
(n = 2), from soil under
Morus
sp.
(
Moraceae
). Kamalvand village (
33° 26' N
,
48° 26' E
):
24 Sep. 2020
(n = 1), from soil under
Zea mays
(
Poaceae
). Dolatshah village:
22 Sep. 2019
(n = 2), from soil under
Prunus domestica
(
Rosaceae
). Faculty of Agriculture of
Lorestan
University:
3 Jul. 2020
(n = 6), from soil under
Buxus
sp.
(
Buxaceae
). Shorab village:
7 Jun. 2020
(n = 2) and
23 Jul. 2020
(n = 2), from soil under
Quercus
sp.
(
Fagaceae
). Pyrjd village:
10 Aug. 2020
(n = 1), from soil under
Prunus armeniaca
(
Rosaceae
). Araban village (
33° 27' N
,
48° 19' E
):
29 Jun. 2020
(n = 6), from soil under
Alhagi persarum
(
Fabaceae
).
Distribution
This species was originally described from
Iran
(
Khanjani and Ueckermann 2003
), and also reported from Crimea,
Syria
and
Turkiye
(
Beyzavi
et al.
2013
;
Fakhari
et al.
2014
;
Zarei
et al.
2015
;
Doğan 2019
;
Beron 2020
;
Mohammad-Doustaresharaf and Bagheri 2021
).