First record of larval Caeculisoma (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran with description of a new species
Caeculisoma pouyani Noei and Kohansal sp. nov. (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) ectoparasitic on Sphodromerus luteipes Uvarov (Orthoptera: Acrididae), an unidentified Cicadellidae nymph (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) and an unidentified species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Chahkandan and Zahan villages, Birjand, South Khorasan province, Iran, is described and illustrated. The newly described species is the first representative of the genus Caeculisoma Berlese in Iran. A key to the larval species of Caeculisoma of the world is updated.
Authors
- Sara Ramroodi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3039-2618)
- Javad Noei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1161-1064)
- Ehsan Rakhshani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5199-762X)
- Mahnaz Kohansal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-1292)
Institutions
- Zabol University (IR)
- University of Birjand (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acarologia
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.24349/j8kk-8r4k
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Study of Mite Species
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03
Funders
- University of Birjand
- University of Zabol