A new species of Myrmozercon Berlese (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) associated with ant from Iran

By

Ghafarian, Azadeh
Joharchi, Omid
Jalalizand, Alireza
Jalaeian, Mahdi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

272

Pages

21-28

Subjects

Ants , Iran , Laelapidae , myrmecophiles , Myrmozercon , nest , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.272.4404

 

Abstract

This paper report on a new species of mites of the genus Myrmozercon associated with ant in Iran – Myrmozercon cyrusi Ghafarian and Joharchi sp. n. was collected associated of the Monomorium sp. in Kenevist Rural District in the Central District of Mashhad County, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran. This new species is described and illustrations provided. Myrmozercon ovatum Karawajew, 1909 is suspected to be a junior synonym of M. brevipes Berlese, 1902 and host-specificity and host range of Myrmozercon are also reviewed.