A new species of Montenegtrombium, M. baloutchi sp. nov. (Acari: Microtrombidiidae), is described from Kandovan region, Alborz Province, Iran. The larval mites were collected as ectoparasites of three grasshopper hosts including Acridia sp., Oedipoda schochii Brunner von Wattenwyl and Chorthippus brunneus (Thunberg) (Orthoptera: Acrididae).
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15 February 2016
First non-European species of the genus Montenegtrombium (Acari: Microtrombidiidae) ectoparasitic on Acrididae (Orthoptera) from Iran
Hamid Reza Masoumi,
Alireza Saboori,
Marjan Seiedy
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 21 • No. 3
March 2016
Vol. 21 • No. 3
March 2016
Acridia sp.
Chorthippus brunneus
Montenegtrombium baloutchi sp. nov.
Oedipoda schochii
Trombidiformes