title: World distribution and host range of Podapolipoides spp. (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Podapolipidae), with the description of a new species.
abstract: The ectoparasitic mite Podapolipoides anacridii n. sp. (Heterostigmatina: Podapolipidae), collected from the basal hindwings of Anacridium sp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in central Iran, is described. Podapolipoides Regenfuss, 1968 is defined, and the distribution, host-specificity and host range of its constituent species are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran. hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir
authors.forename: Hamidreza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hajiqanbar
authors.forename: Omid
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Joharchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000469:parasitology*; D058507:Host Specificity; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*