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Two new myrmecophilous species of the genus Scutacarus (Acari: Prostigmata: Scutacaridae) with world keys to related species groups
Author(s) -
Sobhi Mohammad,
Hajiqanbar Hamidreza,
Mortazavi Azim
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/ens.12255
Subject(s) - myrmecophily , acari , biology , prostigmata , seta , genus , zoology , hymenoptera , ecology
In a survey on heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Heterostigmata) associated with insects including ants in northwestern Iran, two new species of myrmecophilous mites of the genus Scutacarus (Acari: Scutacaridae) were found. They are S. shajariani sp. nov. phoretic on Tetramorium sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and S. ebermanni sp. nov. phoretic on Messor sp. The mentioned new species belong to groups of species with reduced setae e and h 2 , and no setae 4 b , respectively. These two new species are described and illustrated, and world keys are provided for respective species groups.

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