title: A new mite of the genus Alliphis Halbert, 1923 from Iran (Acari: Eviphididae), with a summary of the world fauna.
abstract: A new species of mite belonging to the genus Alliphis Halbert, 1923 is described from Iran. The description of Alliphis carinatus Mašán & Babaeian, sp. nov., is based on females collected on an unidentified coprid beetle of the genus Copris Geoffroy, 1762. The new species is unusual in having a strongly sclerotised dorsal shield with longitudinally oriented ridges. Among the 37 species which are or have been included in the genus Alliphis, only 15 of them can be now reliably classified within the genus, excluding Alliphis siculus (Oudemans, 1905) and Alliphis transversus Halliday, 2010, which probably require the new genera. Alliphis halberti Ryke & Meyer, 1957, Alliphis serrochaetae Ramaraju & Mohanasundaram, 1996 and Alliphis trichiensis Ramaraju & Mohanasundaram, 1996, are newly transferred to Alloseius Mašán & Halliday, 2009 (Eviphididae), Neopodocinum Oudemans, 1902 (Macrochelidae) and Copriphis Berlese, 1910 (Eviphididae), respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia.; Email: uzaepema@savba.sk.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mašán
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.; Email: babaeian@ut.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Esmaeil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Babaeian
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Fars Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Fars, Iran.; Email: pounehkafi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Pouneh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kafi
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000469:parasitology; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size