Author/Authors :
Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran , Saboori, Alireza Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran , Nemati, Alireza Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture - Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran , Zahedi Golpayegani, Azadeh Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Abstract :
In this paper, a new species of the genus Laelaspis Berlese, L. angustiseta sp. nov. is described based on morphological characters of the adult female specimens collected in association with Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille) and Tapinoma simrothi Krausse (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
Keywords :
Adult , Dermanyssoidea , description , female , myrmecophilous mites , taxonomy
