A NEW SPECIES OF EUSTIGMAEUS BERLESE (ACARI: PROSTIGMATA: STIGMAEIDAE) FROM NORTHWESTERN IRAN

About authors:

Haddad Irani-nejad К., Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Lotfollahi P., Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran

Akbari А., Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Bagheri М., Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran
Ueckermann E. A., Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X 134, Queenswood, Pretoria, South Africa. School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus 2520, South Africa

Annotation:

A new species of Eustigmaeus Berlese (Acari: Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae), Eustigmaeus azerbaijanensis sp. n. is described and illustrated; The new species differs from the closely related species, Eustigmaeus coronaria Kuznetzov, 1977, in the shape of dorsal, ventral and coxal setae and number of paragenital setae. A key to the Iranian species of Eutigmaeus is provided.

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