Atractothrombium amirkabiri sp. nov., Ettmuelleria zahediae sp. nov. and Microtrombidium fumani sp. nov. of the subfamily Microtrombidiinae Thor, 1935 are described from Guilan province, northern Iran. Moreover, Enemothrombium culicoidium (Vercammen-Grandjean and Cochrane, 1974) of the subfamily Valgothrombiinae Gabryś, 1999 and Empitrombium makolae Sevsay & Karakurt, 2013 of the Microtrombidiidae incertae sedis are reported for the first time from Iran. All species were collected from soil samples (off host) in a forest.
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30 September 2015
Three new species and two new records of the family Microtrombidiidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Iran
Javad Noei,
Alireza Saboori,
Jalil Hajizadeh
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Atractothrombium
Ettmuelleria
Microtrombidiinae
Microtrombidium
Parasitengona
Trombidiformes
Valgothrombiinae