A new species and new records of the genus Neotarsonemoides Kaliszewski, 1984 (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from East Azerbaijan province, Northwestern Iran.
Mites of the genus Neotarsonemoides Kaliszewski, 1984 (Acariformes: Tarsonemoidea: Tarsonemidae) were collected in the East Azerbaijan province, Northwestern Iran. Neotarsonemoides (N.) marandicus sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Other species collected include: Neotarsonemoides (N.) evae Magowski, 2002 , N. (N.) multiplex (Kaliszewski, 1983) and N. (N.) occultus (Kaliszewski, 1983) which represent the first records of these species outside of their type locality. Neotarsonemoides (N.) polonicus (Willmann, 1949) and N. (Ototarsonemus) alatus (Livshits, Mitrofanov and Sharonov,1979) are new records for the fauna of Asia, as well as the first record of the subgenus Ototarsonemus in Western Asia. A re-description and illustrations of N. (O.) alatus are provided. An identification key to females of the genus Neotarsonemoides in Iran is provided.
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.; Email: sa.alivand@gmail.com.
Saeide S
SS
Gheblealivand
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.; Email: khaddad@tabrizu.ac.ir.
Karim Haddad
KH
Irani-Nejad
Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran; Email: unknown.
Shahab
S
Manzari
Department of Crop Production and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran; Email: unknown.
Mohammad Moghadam
MM
Vahed
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.; Email: magowski@amu.edu.pl.
Wojciech Ł
WŁ
Magowski
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D013045:Species Specificity