Two new mite species of the genus Zygoseius Berlese from Mexico (Acari, Mesostigmata)

Ali Ahadiyat; Frédéric Beaulieu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.629.10121

Two new mite species of the genus Zygoseius Berlese from Mexico (Acari, Mesostigmata)

Zookeys. 2016 Nov 7:(629):11-49. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.629.10121. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Ali Ahadiyat¹, Frédéric Beaulieu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
² Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada.

Abstract

Two new species of mites of the genus Zygoseius Berlese, Zygoseius papaversp. n. and Zygoseius lindquistisp. n., collected from moss and flood debris, respectively, in a creek in Chiapas State, Mexico, are described herein.

Keywords: Chiapas; Gamasina; North America; Pachylaelapidae; taxonomy.