New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaroidea) from interstitial waters of Iran are presented. Five species are recorded; Axonopsis caspica sp. nov. is described as new to science; new records from Iran are given of: Stygothrombium sp., Ljania macilenta Koenike, 1908, Kongsbergia pectinigera Motas & Tanasachi, 1946 and Lobohalacarus weberi (Romijn & K.Viets, 1924).
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1 October 2006
New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaroidea) from interstitial waters of Iran, with the description of one new species
Vladimir Pesic,
Alireza Saboori,
Mahdieh Asadi,
Reza Vafaei
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interstitial waters
Iran
new species
taxonomy
Water mites