Two new eyeless mite species from western provinces of Iran: Stigmaeus ladanae n. sp. and Stigmaeus nasrinae n. sp. (Acari: Stigmaeidae)

A. Nazari (1) , M. Khanjani (2) , K. Kamali (1)

1 Department of Entomology
2 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture

Two new species of the genus Stigmaeus, S. ladanae n. sp., collected from soil under apple trees in Abbas Abad Hamedan, Hamedan province and S. nasrinae n. sp., collected from soil under Apera spica-venti (L.) (Poaceae) in Nahavand, Hamedan province, Iran, are described and illustrated.

Mots clés: first record; Walnut; Raphignathoidea; predatory mites; Iran

Domaines: Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie; Zoologie des invertébrés

A. Nazari, M. Khanjani, K. Kamali. Two new eyeless mite species from western provinces of Iran: Stigmaeus ladanae n. sp. and Stigmaeus nasrinae n. sp. (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Acarologia, 2012, 52 (2), pp.173-181. ⟨10.1051/acarologia/20122047⟩. ⟨hal-01567032⟩