Twenty six new records of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) for Iran fauna

Abstract

During 2000-2004, in a faunistic survey of primitive oribatids (Acari: Oribatida: Macropylina), pycnonotic and poronotic oribatid mites in Mazandaran province, 26 species, 15 genera and 13 families that marked by asterisk are newly recorded from Iran. Also distribution of each species is presented together with the figures of some species. Macropylina: Trhypochthonius* tectorum (Berlese) (Trhypochthoniidae*); Malaconothrus* egregius Berlese (Malaconothridae); Nanhermannia* laevis Sitnikova & Gilyarov (Nanhermanniidae*).Pycnonota: Hermanniella* dolosa Grandjean (Hermanniellidae*); Amerobelba* decedens Berlese (Amerobelbidae*); Amerus* polonicus Kulczynski (Ameridae*); Eremaeus* cordiformis Grandjean (Eremaeidae*); Micreremus gracilior Willmann (Micreremidae); Scapheremaeus patella Berlese (Cymbaeremaeidae); Microzetorchestes* emeryi (Coggi) (Zetorchestidae*); Furcoribula* furcillata (Nordenskiold) (Astegistidae*); Liacarus (L.) coracinus (Koch); L. (L.) brevilamellatus (Mihelcic); L. (Dorycranosus) splendens (Coggi); L. (D.) zachvatkini Kulijev (Liacaridae); Xenillus* (X.) clypeator Robineau-Desvoidy (Xenillidae*); Gustavia* microcephala (Nicolet) (Gustaviidae*).Poronota: Scutovertex minutus (Koch) (Scutoverticidae); Eupelops* acromios (Herman); E. torulosus (Koch) (Phenopelopidae*); Oribatula (Zygoribatula) exarata Berlese; O. (O.) tibialis tibialis (Nicolet); O. (O.) tibialis allifera Subias; O. (O.) pallida Banks (Oribatulidae); Dometorina* plantivaga (Berlese) (Hemileiidae*); Oribatella* sp. (Oribatellidae*); Latilamellobates* naltschicki Shaldybina (Ceratozetidae).

Keywords

• oribatida
• macropylina
• pycnonota
• poronota
• fauna
• mazandaran province