Some new records of mesostigmatid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with greenhouse plants from Iran

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Amir Ghasemi
Jalil Hajizadeh

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During 2018-2019, fauna of mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with greenhouse plants were collected and identified in Rasht region, Guilan Province, Northern Iran. Totally, 62 species belonging to 36 genera and 17 families were collected and identified. Among them, 6 species Cilliba sellnicki (Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1964), Epicrius canestrinii (Haller, 1881), Vulgarogamasus trouessarti (Berlese, 1892), Rhodacarellus epigynalis Sheals, 1956, Gamasolaelaps excisus (Koch, 1879) and Proctolaelaps holoventris Moraes et al., 2016 are new record for mite’s fauna of Iran.

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Ghasemi, A., & Hajizadeh, J. (2021). Some new records of mesostigmatid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with greenhouse plants from Iran. Journal of Biological Studies, 4(1), 24–40. https://doi.org/10.62400/jbs.v4i1.5611
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