Fauna and identification key for prostigmatid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with greenhouses in Rasht city

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

Abstract

During 2018-2019, fauna of prostigmatid (Acari: Prostimata) mites associated with greenhouse plants were investigated in Rasht city, Guilan province, Northern Iran. In this study totally, 25 species from 20 genera and 12 families were collected and identified. The list of identified species base on family is as follows. New records for Iran and Guilan province are marked by two and one asterisks, respectively.
Anystidae: Anystis baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758); Bdellidae: Cyta latirostris (Hermann, 1804)*, Spinibdella cronini (Baker and Balock, 1944); :; Camerobiidae: Tycherobius sp.**; Cheyletidae: Cheletomorpha lepidopterorum (Show, 1794), Cheyletus eruditus (Schrank, 1781), C. ferox Banks, 1906**, C. rapax Oudemans, 1903**; Cunaxidae: Armascirus cerris Kaluz, 2009**, Coleoscirus simplex (Ewing, 1917), Coleoscirus tuberculatus Den Heyer, 1978*; Erythraeidae: Abrolophus iraninejadi Saboori and Hajiqanbar, 2005, Erythraeus (Zaracarus) ueckermanni Saboori, Nowzari & Bagheri-Zenouz, 2004; Raphignathidae: Raphignathus hecmatanaensis Khanjani and Ueckermann, 2003; Tarsonemidae: Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks,1904); Tenuipalpidae: Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu, 1875, Pentamerismus ueckermanni Khanjani and Gotoh, 2008*; Tetranychidae: Panonychus citri (McGregor, 1916), Petrobia (Petrobia) latens (Müller, 1776), Petrobia (Tetranychina) harti (Ewing, 1909)*; Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836; Triophtydeidae:Triophtydeus immanis Kuznetzov, 1973*, 1973; Tydeidae: Brachytydeus mali (Oudemans, 1929), Tydeus kochi Oudemans, 1928*, T. meshkinensis  André, Ueckermann and. Rahmani, 2010.
 

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