A taxonomic study on the zerconid mites (Acari: Zerconidae) in northwestern Iran: descriptions of three new species with three new records

Mojtaba Mohammad-Doustaresharaf; Mehmet Karaca; Mohammad Bagheri; Raşit Urhan

doi:10.11158/saa.28.3.3

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1 March 2023 A taxonomic study on the zerconid mites (Acari: Zerconidae) in northwestern Iran: descriptions of three new species with three new records

Mojtaba Mohammad-Doustaresharaf, Mehmet Karaca, Mohammad Bagheri, Raşit Urhan

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 28(3):429-460 (2023). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.3.3

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Zerconid mites collected from East and West Azerbaijan provinces of Iran were evaluated from 2013–2017. Eleven Zercon and one Prozercon species were found based on the collected materials. Among them, Zercon ahadiyati sp. nov., Z. azerbaijanensis sp. nov. and Z. tabrizensis sp. nov. were distinguished as new species and described. Besides them, three species, including Z. agnostus, Z. andrei and Z. apladellus were recorded for the first time from the country. Also, an updated key and distribution map to the Iranian Zercon mites, including the new species, were given.

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Mojtaba Mohammad-Doustaresharaf, Mehmet Karaca, Mohammad Bagheri, and Raşit Urhan "A taxonomic study on the zerconid mites (Acari: Zerconidae) in northwestern Iran: descriptions of three new species with three new records," Systematic and Applied Acarology 28(3), 429-460, (1 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.3.3

Received: 17 August 2021; Accepted: 27 January 2023; Published: 1 March 2023

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