Redescription of two species of Oplitis Berlese (Acari, Mesostigmata, Oplitidae) from Iran

By

Babaeian, Esmaeil
Saboori, Alireza
Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., 1966-
Etemad, Vahid

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

610

Pages

13-22

Subjects

Acari , Iran , new species , Parasitiformes , taxonomy , Uropodina

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.610.9965

 

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.