Introduction of mites collected from light traps in Rasht city

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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Abstract

In a study on mites associated with captured insects by light traps in Rasht city, Guilan province, Iran, 24 species belonging to 22 genera of 14 families were collected and identified as follows. New records for mite’s fauna of Guilan province are marked with one asterisk above each species name.
Mesostigmata: Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, 1977 (Ameroseiidae); Lasioseius extremus (Daneshvar, 1987) (Blattisociidae); Gaeolaelaps praesternalis (Willmann, 1949), Gymnolaelaps myrmophila (Michael, 1891), Hypoaspis maryamae Joharchi and  Halliday, 2011٭, Laelaspis pennatus Joharchi and  Halliday, 2012, Pseudoparasitus missouriensis (Ewing, 1909) (Laelapidae);  Macrocheles insignitus (Berlese, 1918), Macrocheles scutatus (Berlese, 1904)٭ (Macrochelidae); Proctolaelaps holoventris Moraes, Britto, Mineiro and Halliday, 2016 (Melicharidae); Parasitus kempersi Oudemans 1902 (Parasitidae); Amblyseius meridionalis Berlese, 1914, Amblyseius ampellosus Wu and Lan, 1991٭, Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, 1948, (Phytoseiidae); Trachyuropoda hirschmanni Pečina, 1980٭, Urojanetia excavata (Wasmann, 1899)٭ (Trachyuropodidae); Prostigmata: Coleoscirus simplex (Ewing, 1917) (Cunaxidae); Leptus (Leptus) trimaculatus (Rossi, 1794); Erythraeus (Zaracarus) budapestensis Fain and  Ripka, 1998, Charletonia krendowskyi (Feider, 1954), (Erythraeidae); Eylais extendens (Müller, 1776) (Eylaidae); Hydrachna skorikowi Piersig, 1990 (Hydrachnidae); Allopygmephorus persicus Khaustov and Hajiqanbar, 2006٭ (Neopygmephoridae); Scutacarus sphaeroideus Karafiat, 1959٭ (Scutacaridae).

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Volume 12, Issue 1
June 2022
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