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10 August 2017 New species and records of Cunaxinae mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Cunaxidae) from Iran
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Bagheri, Tatiane M.M.G. De Castro, Alireza Saboori, Gholamhossein Gharekhani, Hamed Ghobari
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Abstract

One new species of Cunaxa, C. iranica Paktinat-Saeij, Bagheri & Castro sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on female, male and tritonymph collected from Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. The female, male and nymphal stages of Armascirus hastus Shiba, 1986 are redescribed based on Iranian specimens. In addition, the species Cunaxa gordeevae Sergeyenko, 2009 and Rubroscirus khaustovi Sergeyenko, 2006 are recorded for the first time from Iran.

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Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Bagheri, Tatiane M.M.G. De Castro, Alireza Saboori, Gholamhossein Gharekhani, and Hamed Ghobari "New species and records of Cunaxinae mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Cunaxidae) from Iran," Systematic and Applied Acarology 22(9), 1277-1294, (10 August 2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.9.1
Received: 23 April 2017; Accepted: 1 June 2017; Published: 10 August 2017
KEYWORDS
Armascirus
Bdelloidea
Cunaxa
predatory mites
Rubroscirus
taxonomy
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