A new species and new records of Laelaspis Berlese (Acari, Laelapidae) from Iran

By

Joharchi, Omid
Jalaeian, Mahdi
Paktinat-Seeej, Saeed
Ghafarian, Azadeh

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

208

Pages

17-25

Subjects

Formicidae , Iran , Laelapidae , myrmecophiles , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.208.3281

 

Abstract

This paper reports on three species of mites of the genus Laelaspis in Iran – Laelaspis calidus Berlese from Pheidole pallidula, L. humeratus (Berlese) from Tetramorium caespitum and L. dariusi Joharchi & Jalaeian, sp. n. from soil. The new species is described and illustrations provided.