REDESCRIPTION OF FOUR SPECIES OF THE GENUS TYROPHAGUS (ACARI: ACARIDAE) FROM WESTERN IRAN

About authors:

Masoudian F., Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Khanjani M., Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Saboori A., Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Haddad Irani-nejad К., Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Annotation:

We redescribe four species of the genus Tyrophagus Oudemans (Acari: Acaridae): T. longior (Gervais), T. similis Volgin, T. vanheurni Oudemans and T. neiswanderi Johnston and Bruce, collected from the forest soil and tree litter in Hamedan province, Western Iran. We note minor differences between our specimens and other published descriptions of these species. 

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2018-26-1-111-132

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