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The family Caligonellidae Grandjean (Acari: Raphignathoidea): a new species and key to world species
The taxonomic status of all (77) species in the five genera of the family Caligonellidae Grandjean (Acari: Prostigmata: Raphignathoidea) is evaluated based on distinct and persistent morphological attributes.
J. H. Mirza, M. Kamran, F. J. Alatawi
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A new species of the genus Stigmaeus (Stigmaeidae), S. exilis sp. nov., is described based on the adult females collected from soil in a dead walnut tree hollow from Sansa Gorge, Turkey.
Salih Doğan, Sibel Doğan
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A new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch, 1836 (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae), S. lorestaniensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated. This new species was collected from soil and litter under apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca L.
Mohammad Ahmad-Hosseini +1 more
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Until now, Favognathus insularis (Luxton, 1973) has been only known from the Niue Island. In recent surveys conducted in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, a second record of this species was provided.
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij +2 more
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A catalog of Iranian prostigmatic mites of superfamilies Raphignathoidea & Tetranychoidea (Acari)
This catalog comprises 56 genera and 266 species of mite names of superfamilies Raphignathoidea and Tetranychoidea recorded from Iran at the end of January, 2013.
Gholamreza Beyzavi +3 more
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A second record of Cryptognathus scutellatus Summers & Chaudhri (Trombidiformes: Cryptognathidae)
Cryptognathus scutellatus Summers & Chaudhri (Cryptognathidae) was known only from the holotype - an adult female collected from fleshy bracket fungus, Green Valley, Solano County, California, USA.
Salih Doğan, Sibel Doğan
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Mount Damavand is the highest elevation about 5628 m a.s.l. in Iran. It is an inactive volcanic mountain which was activated in Quaternary Period. It has numerous thermal springs. The peak of Damavand covers permanently snow during the entire year.
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij +2 more
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First report of the Stigmaeus diversus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Iran
Species of the family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) live in soil and on plants in various parts of the world, are usually predators of other mites and a few prey on tree-associated arthropods or parasitize flies (Swift, 1987; Fan & Zhang, 2005 ...
Mojtaba Mohammad Doustaresharaf +1 more
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Raphignathoid mites are important biological control agents of spider and eriophyid mites, and scale insects in agriculture and forestry. Therefore, a study on the fauna of superfamily Raphignathoidea in Zanjan city was carried out during 2012–2013.
Narges Fakhari +3 more
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A study of the raphignathoid mite fauna of fields and orchards in Marand, Northwestern Iran, revealed two new species for the mite fauna of Iran, namely: Eustigmaeus ioaniensis Kapaxidi & Papadoulis, 1999 and Agistemus industani Gonzalez-Roodrigez, 1965 ...
Reza Navaei-Bonab +2 more
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