Two new myrmecophilous species of the genus Scutacarus (Acari: Prostigmata: Scutacaridae) with world keys to related species groups |
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| Authors: | Mohammad Sobhi Hamidreza Hajiqanbar Azim Mortazavi |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran |
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| Abstract: | In a survey on heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Heterostigmata) associated with insects including ants in northwestern Iran, two new species of myrmecophilous mites of the genus Scutacarus (Acari: Scutacaridae) were found. They are S. shajariani sp. nov. phoretic on Tetramorium sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and S. ebermanni sp. nov. phoretic on Messor sp. The mentioned new species belong to groups of species with reduced setae e and h2, and no setae 4b, respectively. These two new species are described and illustrated, and world keys are provided for respective species groups. |
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| Keywords: | ants Heterostigmata Messor mite systematics Tetramorium |
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