Description of a new species of the genus Laelaspis Berlese (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Iran

By

Kazemi, Shahrooz
Mehrzad, Nazanin
Latify, Malihe

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

549

Pages

145-155

Subjects

Dermanyssoidea , myrmecophilus mites , Parasitiformes , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.549.7435

 

Abstract

A new species of the genus Laelaspis Berlese, L. elongatus sp. n. is described based on adult female and male specimens collected in association with Pheidole pallidula (Nylander) (Hym., Formicidae) in Ahwaz, Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran, and also Acinopus (Acinopus) picipes (Olivier) (Col., Carabidae) in Bam, Kerman Province, southeastern Iran.