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17 April 2015 A new species and first record of larval Paratrombium (Acari: Trombidiidae) from Iran, with a key to world species
Javad Noei, Alireza Saboori, Jalil Hajizadeh
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Abstract

Larvae of Paratrombium farnazae sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiidae) were collected from soil samples (off their host) in forests in Roodbar and Rezvanshahr cities, and larval P. megalochirum (Berlese, 1910) were collected as ectoparasites of Tetramorium sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Fuman city. All sites are in Guilan province, northern Iran. The new species is described and illustrated, and is the first recorded larva of Paratrombium with a bipectinate medial seta on coxae II and III in the world. Also, we report a species of the genus Paratrombiumin Iran for the first time and as an ectoparasite of the family Formicidae for the second time. A key to world larvae of Paratrombium is provided and the generic diagnosis is amended.

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Javad Noei, Alireza Saboori, and Jalil Hajizadeh "A new species and first record of larval Paratrombium (Acari: Trombidiidae) from Iran, with a key to world species," Systematic and Applied Acarology 20(3), 313-321, (17 April 2015). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.20.3.8
Accepted: 1 December 2014; Published: 17 April 2015
KEYWORDS
Formicidae
Parasitengona
Paratrombiinae
Prostigmata
Tetramorium
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