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Hasan Rahmani

 Bigdeli, A., Rahmani, H. and Nemati, A. 2014.        
Some species of ten edaphic families of Mesostigmata (Acari) from Zanjan, Iran.        
Abstract


In order to study on the fauna of some edaphic Mesostigmata families, soil samples were collected from different parts in Zanjan county during 2012-2013. Mites were extracted using Berlese/ Tulgrensetup, cleared in acidlactic and mounted on microscopic slides using Hoyer’s medium. Overall, 25species from ten families were identified. Among them 16 species which are new reports for Zanjna province fauna are signed by one asterisk. The list of identified species according to their families is as follows: Ameroseiidae: Ameroseius corbiculus (Sowerby), Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, Ameroseius plumosus (Oudemans)*, Ameroseius sp.; Ascidae: Antennoseius (Antennoseius) bacatus Athias-Henriot*,Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) sp., Arctoseius cetratus (Sellnick), Gamasellodes bicolor (Berlese)*, Protogamasellus sp.; Blattisociidae: Cheiroseius borealis (Berlese), Lasioseius youcefi Athias-Henriot; Halolaelapidae: Halolaelaps sexclavatus (Berlese)*, Halolaelaps sp.; Laelapidae: Androlaelaps casalis (Berlese)*, Cosmolaelaps lutegiensis (Shcherbak)*, Cosmolaelaps vacua (Michael), Euandrolaelaps karawaiewi (Berlese), Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Gaeolaelaps Canestrini), Gaeolaelaps nolli (Karg)*, Gaeolaelaps oreithyiae (Walter & Oliver)*, Gymnolaelaps canestrinii (Berlese)*, Haemolaelaps fenilis (Megnin)*,Laelaspis astronomicus (C.L. Koch)*, Pneumolaelaps asperatus (Berlese)*, Pseudoparasitus missouriensis (Ewing)*, Pseudoparasitus sp.; Melicharidae: Proctolaelaps pygmaeus (Müller); Pachylaelapidae: Olopachys sp., Onchodellus sp., Pachyseius sp.; Parasitidae: Parasitus consanguineus Oudemans &Voigts*, Parasitus sp.; Parholaspididae: Holaspinaalstoni (Evans)*; Veigaiidae: Veigaia nemorensis (C.L. Koch)*.

 

 

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