A new species of Phyllotetranychus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran

Sayed Mosayeb Mahdavi; Malihe Latifi; Mahdieh Asadi

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4565.4.10

A new species of Phyllotetranychus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran

Zootaxa. 2019 Mar 12;4565(4):zootaxa.4565.4.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.4.10.

Authors

Sayed Mosayeb Mahdavi¹, Malihe Latifi, Mahdieh Asadi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Iran. user@example.com.

PMID: 31716458
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.4.10

Abstract

A new species of the flat mite genus Phyllotetranychus Sayed, 1938 (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae), P. hadii sp. nov., is described based on the female, male and larval stages, collected from Washingtonia filifera (Arecaceae) in Iran.

Keywords: Acari, Trombidiformes, Prostigmata, Tenuipalpidae, flat mite, Iran.

MeSH terms

Acari*
Animals
Arecaceae*
Female
Iran
Larva
Male
Mites*