title: Redescription of two species of Oplitis Berlese (Acari, Mesostigmata, Oplitidae) from Iran.
abstract: Two new species records of Oplitidae, Oplitis exopodi Hunter & Farrier, 1975 and Oplitis sarcinulus Hunter & Farrier, 1976 are redescribed based on Iranian specimens from leaf-litter forest in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. A key to the Iranian species of Oplitis is presented.
authors: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
authors: Esmaeil
authors: E
authors: Babaeian
authors: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
authors: Alireza
authors: A
authors: Saboori
authors: Poznan University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Wojska Polskiego 71c, 60-625 Poznań, Poland.
authors: Dariusz J
authors: DJ
authors: Gwiazdowicz
authors: Department Forestry & Forest Economics, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
authors: Vahid
authors: V
authors: Etemad
keywords: Acari; Iran; Parasitiformes; Uropodina; new species; taxonomy