Amblyseius azerbaijanicus Abbasova, A. meridionalis Berlese, Neoseiulus multiporus (Wu & Li) and Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bakeri (Garman), collected in northern Iran, are new species records for the Phytoseiidae fauna of Iran. Amblyseius azerbaijanicus and A. meridionalis were sampled from soil, and N. multiporus and T. bakeri from the foliage and trunk of plum respectively. Illustrations and measurements are provided for the Iranian specimens. We have also found that the spermatheca in T. bakeri can be differently shaped, depending on the position in which it is viewed, and some suspected synonymies are proposed based on this fact.
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1 June 2008
Four new species records of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) for Iran, and description of variability in the spermatheca of Typhlodromus bakeri
F. Faraji,
H. Sakenin-Chelav,
K. Kamali,
J.A. McMurtry
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 13 • No. 2
June 2008
Vol. 13 • No. 2
June 2008
Iran
new records
Phytoseiidae
spermatheca