The mite Spatulaphorus gorganica Rahiminejad et Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Pygmephoridae) collected under elytra of the host beetle, Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham, 1802) (Col: Geotrupidae) is described and illustrated from Oak forests of Golestan province, North of Iran. Moreover, host range of the genus is reviewed and a key to world species of the genus Spatulaphorus is provided.
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1 September 2011
A New Species of the Genus Spatulaphorus (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Pygmephoridae) Phoretic on Geotrupes spiniger (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Iran
Vahid Rahiminejad,
Hamidreza Hajiqanbar,
Yaghoub Fathipour
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 61 • No. 3
September 2011
Vol. 61 • No. 3
September 2011
beetle
host range
Iran
mite
phoretic
Scarabaeoidea