Description of a new species of Gaeolaelaps (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran

By

Saeidi, Zarir
Nemati, Alireza
Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

612

Pages

31-40

Subjects

chaetotaxy , Mesostigmata , mite , soil , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.612.9678

 

Abstract

A new species of Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae), G. izajiensis sp. n. is described based on the morphological characters of adult females which were collected from soil sample in the Izeh and Ghaletol regions of the Khuzestan province, Iran. It can be distinguished from the other members of the genus by some morphological characteristics of dorsal shield, form and reticulation of epigynal shield, the exopodal plates, and the peritremes.