title: Description of a new species of Cosmolaelaps Berlese and the male of C. brevipedestra (Karg) from Iran, with notes on some other species of Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae).
abstract: We describe a new species of mite, Cosmolaelaps malmiriensis sp. nov., based on morphological characters of the adult female. We also describe the male of C. brevipedestra (Karg, 1985) and re-describe its female. Gaeolaelaps angustiscutatus (Willmann, 1951), and Gymnolaelaps markewitschi (Pirianyk, 1959) are transferred into Cosmolaelaps. Cosmolaelaps acutiscutus Teng, 1982 and C. subacutiscutus Bai & Wang, 2005 appear to be junior synonyms of C. angustiscutatus. Cosmolaelaps confinisetarum Moreira et al., 2014 is synonymised with C. guttulata (Karg, 1978).
authors.affiliation: Plant Protection Department, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.; Email: nemati.alireza@agr.sku.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nemati
authors.affiliation: Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Wojska Polskiego 71C, 60-625 Poznań, Poland.; Email: dagwiazd@up.poznan.pl.
authors.forename: Dariusz J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gwiazdowicz
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size; D012987:Soil / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D012987:Soil