A new species of the genus Tuckerella (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tuckerellidae) from Iran

Khadem Safdarkhani Hamid (1) , Mahdieh Asadi (1)

1 Department of Plant Protection

A new mite species Tuckerella parsi n. sp. (Prostigmata: Tuckerellidae) from Tamarix aphylla (Tamaricaceae) is described from Iran. The description of the adult female, adult male, female tritonymph and protonymph and also leg setal designations for this family are provided.

Mots clés: Taxonomy; Peacock mites; new species; Tetranychoidea; Tamarix aphylla

Domaines: Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie; Zoologie des invertébrés

Khadem Safdarkhani Hamid, Mahdieh Asadi. A new species of the genus Tuckerella (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tuckerellidae) from Iran. Acarologia, 2017, 58 (1), pp.15-30. ⟨10.24349/acarologia/20184224⟩. ⟨hal-01670430⟩