Title of article :
Additional description of Hypochthoniella minutissima (Acari: Oribarida) with a checklist and a key to the enarthronotic oribatid mites of Guilan Province, Iran
Author/Authors :
Mortazavi, Shabnam university of guilan - Faculty of Agricultural Sciences - Department of Plant Protection, رشت, ايران , Hajizadeh, Jalil university of guilan - Faculty of Agricultural Sciences - Department of Plant Protection, رشت, ايران , Akrami, Mohammad Ali shiraz university - College of Agriculture - Department of Plant Protection, شيراز, ايران
Abstract :
Hypochthoniella minutissima (Berlese, 1904) is newly reported from Guilan Province, Iran. After comparison with the original description and redescriptions, we here provide an expanded description, including illustrations of the adult, based on material collected from Guilan Province, Iran. A checklist and an identification key to the 20 species of enarthronotic oribatid mites of Guilan Province are provided. The genus and subgenus Eohypochthonius (Eohypochthonius) Jacot, and the species Eohypochthonius (Eohypochthonius) magnus Aoki, E. (E.) crassisetiger Aoki, Cosmochthonius (Cosmochthonius) plumatus Berlese, Brachychthonius impressus Moritz and B. hungaricus (Balogh) are new records for the Iran mite fauna.
Keywords :
Additional description , Enarthronota , Hypochthonius minutissimus , identification key , new record
Journal title :
Persian Journal of Acarology
Journal title :
Persian Journal of Acarology
