Review and identification key for mites of family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Guilan province

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

2 Department of Plant Protection, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran

Abstract

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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Plant Pest Research
Volume 8, Issue 3
December 2018
Pages 15-29

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  • Receive Date: 19 December 2018
  • Accept Date: 19 December 2018

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