Revised diagnosis of the genus Geophilophagus (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Neopygmephoridae) with description of two new species from Iran
The diagnosis of the genus Geophilophagus Goux (Acari: Neopygmephoridae) is revised. Two new species, namely, Geophilophagus latisetosus Khaustov & Faizi sp. nov. and G. iraniensis Khaustov & Faizi sp. nov., collected on centipedes of the family Geophilidae, are described from Iran. A key to the species of Geophilophagus is also provided.
Authors
- Ali Asghar Talebi
- Fardin Faizi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6157-5241)
- Alexander A. Khaustov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-112X)
- Mohammad Mehrabadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2981-7308)
- Alireza Saboori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3101-1330)
- Hamidreza Hajiqanbarr
Institutions
- Tarbiat Modares University (IR)
- University of Tehran (IR)
- University of Tyumen (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Systematic and Applied Acarology
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.30.6.1
- Primary Topic
- Study of Mite Species
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00