University of Guilan Plant Pest Research 2538-6123 8 3 2018 11 22 Review and identification key for mites of family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Guilan province Review and identification key for mites of family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Guilan province 15 29 3109 10.22124/iprj.2018.3109 FA J. Hajizadeh Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran O. Joharchi Department of Plant Protection, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran Journal Article 2018 12 19 In this study, fauna of laelapidae mites (Laelapidae) of Guilan province have been reviewed. The examined specimens of Guilan province belonged to a period of twenty years from 1998 to 2018 that are present in mite collection of Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at University of Guilan, Rasht Iran. The number of examined specimens was about 2000 mites, which are preserved as slide-mounted specimens. A total of 46 species from 16 genera Androlaelaps, Cosmolaelaps, Euandrolaelaps, Eulaelaps, Gaeolaelaps, Gymnolaelaps, Haemogamasus, Hypoaspis, Laelaspis, Laelaspisella, Ololaelaps, Pnemolaelaps, Pseudoparasitus, Reticulolaelaps Stratiolaelapsand Stratiolaelaps of laelapid mites were introduced from Guilan province, an identification key to genus and species were also provided. Gaeolaelaps iranicus Kavianpour & Nemati and Hypoaspis (Hypoaspisella) linteyini (Samsinak) which collected in recent surveys are introduced as new record for Guilan province mites fauna. The male specimen of G. iranicus, which has not been reported so far, is also collected and described from Guilan province. In this study, fauna of laelapidae mites (Laelapidae) of Guilan province have been reviewed. The examined specimens of Guilan province belonged to a period of twenty years from 1998 to 2018 that are present in mite collection of Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at University of Guilan, Rasht Iran. The number of examined specimens was about 2000 mites, which are preserved as slide-mounted specimens. A total of 46 species from 16 genera Androlaelaps, Cosmolaelaps, Euandrolaelaps, Eulaelaps, Gaeolaelaps, Gymnolaelaps, Haemogamasus, Hypoaspis, Laelaspis, Laelaspisella, Ololaelaps, Pnemolaelaps, Pseudoparasitus, Reticulolaelaps Stratiolaelapsand Stratiolaelaps of laelapid mites were introduced from Guilan province, an identification key to genus and species were also provided. Gaeolaelaps iranicus Kavianpour & Nemati and Hypoaspis (Hypoaspisella) linteyini (Samsinak) which collected in recent surveys are introduced as new record for Guilan province mites fauna. The male specimen of G. iranicus, which has not been reported so far, is also collected and described from Guilan province.

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