A new mite species of Pseudoleptus Bruyant (Tenuipalpidae), and two new records (Tetranychidae, Linotetranidae) reported from the Caspian Sea coasts in Iran

Sayed Mosayeb Mahdavi; Shahrooz Kazemi; Mojtaba Mohammad-Doustaresharaf; Mahdieh Asadi

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.5

A new mite species of Pseudoleptus Bruyant (Tenuipalpidae), and two new records (Tetranychidae, Linotetranidae) reported from the Caspian Sea coasts in Iran

Zootaxa. 2023 Oct 27;5360(3):419-428. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.5.

Authors

Sayed Mosayeb Mahdavi¹, Shahrooz Kazemi², Mojtaba Mohammad-Doustaresharaf³, Mahdieh Asadi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Protection; College of Agriculture; Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman; Kerman; Iran. mahdavi.mosayeb@outlook.com.
² Department of Biodiversity; Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences; Graduate University of Advanced Technology; Kerman; Iran; Acarology Laboratory; Ecology Evolution and Organismal Biology; Ohio State University; Columbus; Ohio; United States of America. shahroozkazemi@yahoo.com.
³ Department of Plant Protection; Faculty of Agriculture; Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University; Tabriz; Iran. mojtaba.doostar@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Plant Protection; College of Agriculture; Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman; Kerman; Iran. m.asadi@uk.ac.ir.

PMID: 38220605
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.5

Abstract

A new species of the genus Pseudoleptus Bruyant, 1911 (Tenuipalpidae), Pseudoleptus avicennai sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on female specimens collected from bermudagrass, Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae), in Iran. This is the first report of C. dactylon as a host plant for Tenuipalpidae in Iran. In addition, the species Neopetrobia (Neopetrobia) mcgregori (Pritchard & Baker, 1955) (Tetranychidae) and Linotetranus sibiriensis Khaustov & Khaustov, 2023 (Linotetranidae) are recorded for the first time from Iran.

MeSH terms

Animals
Caspian Sea
Iran
Mites*
Poaceae
Tetranychidae*