Two heterostigmatic mite species (Acari: Dolichocybidae, Podapolipidae) associated with Scarabaeus pius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Iran
- Bahramian, M.
- Hajiqanbar, H.
- Talebi, A A.
Publication date
January 2015
DOI Publisher
Acta Zoologica Hungarica ISSN
1217-8837Abstract
During a study on insect-associated heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata) in southern Isfahan Province, Central Iran, two colonies of mites were found on Scarabaeus pius (Illiger, 1803) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Pavania lanceolata sp. n. Bahramian et Hajiqanbar (Dolichocybidae) that is easily discernible by some modified foliate setae on tarsi I–III; and Tarsopolipus massai Husband, 1989 (Podapolipidae) for which Scarabaeus pius is a new host recor
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