Members of families Macrochelidae and Pachylaelapidae belong to superorder Parasitiformes and are mostly coprophage and edaphic. They are free-living and important predators of plant parasitic nematodes, eggs and larvae of flies. They have a special importance in biological control. In order to identify species of these families in eastern region of Golestan Province, sampling was carried out from soil, compost and dungs during 2009. In this survey two genera and eight species belong to family Macrochelidae and two genera and three species belong to Pachylaelapidae were collected and identified. Among them, one species considered as a new record for Iran, which is marked by an asterisk.
Names of species and families are listed below:
1. Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 1930 Macrocheles glaber (Muller, 1860) M. merdarius (Berlese, 1889) M. subbadius (Berlese, 1904) M. muscaedomesticae (Scopoli, 1772) M. robustulus (Berlese, 1904) M. nr. peniculatus Berlese, 1918 Glyptholaspis confusa (Foa, 1900) G. americana (Berlese, 1888)
Zakeri, V., Kamali, K., & Hajiqanbar, H. R. (2012). Coprophage and edaphic mites of the families Macrochelidae and Pachylaelapidae in eastern region of Golestan Province, Iran. Plant Pest Research, 1(1), 17-23.
MLA
V. Zakeri; K. Kamali; H. R. Hajiqanbar. "Coprophage and edaphic mites of the families Macrochelidae and Pachylaelapidae in eastern region of Golestan Province, Iran". Plant Pest Research, 1, 1, 2012, 17-23.
HARVARD
Zakeri, V., Kamali, K., Hajiqanbar, H. R. (2012). 'Coprophage and edaphic mites of the families Macrochelidae and Pachylaelapidae in eastern region of Golestan Province, Iran', Plant Pest Research, 1(1), pp. 17-23.
VANCOUVER
Zakeri, V., Kamali, K., Hajiqanbar, H. R. Coprophage and edaphic mites of the families Macrochelidae and Pachylaelapidae in eastern region of Golestan Province, Iran. Plant Pest Research, 2012; 1(1): 17-23.
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