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Hasan Rahmani

Fakhari,N., Rahmani, H., Khanjani, Mo. and Khanjani, Ma. 2013
Fauna of the family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) in Zanjan county, Iran
Abstract


The family Stigmaeidae Koch belongs to the superfamily Raphignathoidea and contains 32 genera, of which 10 genera are recorded from Iran (Khanjani et al., 2012). Genus Stigmaeus Koch is one of the genera which members are predators feeding on scale insects and occurs all over the world. To date, 27 species of the genus have been recorded and described from Iran. During 2011-2013, fauna of the family Stigmaeidae in Zanjan county was studied. In this order, litter and soil samples were taken to the laboratory. Mites extracted by Berlese/Tulgren setup and mounted directly in Hoyer’s medium. In total 11 species, belonging to 3 genera were identified. Among them, one species is new to the world mite fauna which was marked with asterisk (*). Also Stigmaeus shabestariensis Haddad Irani-Nejad, Lotfollahi, Akbari, Bagheri & Ueckermann, 2010 had high populations in certain locations. Identified species are listed as follow: genus Eustigmaeus Berlese, 1910: E. dogani Khanjani, Asali-Fayaz, Mirmoayedi & Ghaedi, 2011; E. nasrinae Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2002; E. segnis (Koch, 1836); genus Ledermuelleriopsis Willmann, 1953: L. punicae Khanjani, Ghiasi, Izadi & Mirmoayedi, 2012; L. zahirii Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2002; genus Stigmaeus Koch, 1836: S. boshroyehensis Khanjani, Izadi, Asali-Fayaz, Raisi, Rostami & Doğan, 2010; S. elongatus Berlese, 1886; S. haddadi Bagheri & Zarei, 2012; S. pilatus Kuznetzov, 1978; S. shabestariensis Haddad Irani-Nejad, Lotfollahi, Akbari, Bagheri & Ueckermann, 2010; S. zanjanicus*sp. nov.

 

 

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