A new species of Paraneognathus, P. iranicus sp. nov. is described based on females and a deutonymph collected from soil and leaf litter under citrus trees in Mazandaran province. A key to all known species of the genus Paraneognathus is provided. Also Eustigmaeus plumifer (Halbert, 1923) collected from soil of apple orchards in East Azerbaijan province, is re-described.
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1 April 2015
A new species of Paraneognathus from Iran and re-description of Eustigmaeus plumifer (Acari: Trombidiformes: Caligonellidae, Stigmaeidae)
Mohammad Bagheri,
Saeed Paktinat-Saeej,
Alireza Saboori,
Mansoureh Ahaniazad
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 20 • No. 3
April 2015
Vol. 20 • No. 3
April 2015
predatory mites
Prostigmata
Raphignathoidea
taxonomy