There are very less number of studies on plant mites from northern part of Kerala, a state province in India. The objective of this study was to have an extensive survey on plant mites from northern part of Kerala. 13 Randomly selected plants were surveyed in this study. A total of 12 species of phytophagous mites belonging to 4 families were recovered. Spider mites from the family Tetranychidae was the most prominent species recovered during our survey. Brinjal presented highest diversity in terms of variety of mites that recovered. This study urges the farmers to consider mites as serious pests and develop a proper pest management program accordingly.
{"title":"Phytophagous mites infesting vegetable crops of Kerala, India","authors":"C. Lekha, Sheela Kinathi","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V8I1.41504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V8I1.41504","url":null,"abstract":"There are very less number of studies on plant mites from northern part of Kerala, a state province in India. The objective of this study was to have an extensive survey on plant mites from northern part of Kerala. 13 Randomly selected plants were surveyed in this study. A total of 12 species of phytophagous mites belonging to 4 families were recovered. Spider mites from the family Tetranychidae was the most prominent species recovered during our survey. Brinjal presented highest diversity in terms of variety of mites that recovered. This study urges the farmers to consider mites as serious pests and develop a proper pest management program accordingly.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2019-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V8I1.41504","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47640655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Majid Moradi Faradonbeh, H. Ostovan, B. OConnor, M. Gheibi, O. Joharchi, F. Macchioni
Pseudolynchia canariensis (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) is a parasite of pigeons but also a host for hyperparasitic mites living on the same avian hosts. Four species and subspecies of mites found on this louse fly, Myialges anchora , Promyialges italicus sp. nov. , Promyialges lophortyx (Astigmata: Epidermoptidae), and Ornithocheyletia hallae hallae (Prostigmata: Cheyletidae), are described or redescribed. One new species of feather mites is described from Tuscany, Pisa, Italy, from Pseudolynchia canariensis (Mcquart, 1840) from Columba livia (Gmelin, 1789). This is the first report of the genera Myialges and Ornithocheyletia for the Iranian fauna, while the subspecies Ornithocheyletia hallae hallae represents a new report for Asia. Specimens of O. hallae from populations in Italy and in Iran differ morphologically. According to these findings, we recognized two subspecies, Ornithocheyletia hallae hallae and O. hallae similis .
{"title":"Promyialges italicus sp. nov. (Astigmata: Epidermoptidae) with redescriptions of mites of the families Epidermoptidae and Cheyletidae (Prostigmata) associated with Pseudolynchia canariensis (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from Iran and Italy","authors":"Majid Moradi Faradonbeh, H. Ostovan, B. OConnor, M. Gheibi, O. Joharchi, F. Macchioni","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V8I1.41265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V8I1.41265","url":null,"abstract":"Pseudolynchia canariensis (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) is a parasite of pigeons but also a host for hyperparasitic mites living on the same avian hosts. Four species and subspecies of mites found on this louse fly, Myialges anchora , Promyialges italicus sp. nov. , Promyialges lophortyx (Astigmata: Epidermoptidae), and Ornithocheyletia hallae hallae (Prostigmata: Cheyletidae), are described or redescribed. One new species of feather mites is described from Tuscany, Pisa, Italy, from Pseudolynchia canariensis (Mcquart, 1840) from Columba livia (Gmelin, 1789). This is the first report of the genera Myialges and Ornithocheyletia for the Iranian fauna, while the subspecies Ornithocheyletia hallae hallae represents a new report for Asia. Specimens of O. hallae from populations in Italy and in Iran differ morphologically. According to these findings, we recognized two subspecies, Ornithocheyletia hallae hallae and O. hallae similis .","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2019-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V8I1.41265","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46521379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A new species belonging to the family Acaridae, Tyrophagus hamedaniensis sp. nov. , is described and illustrated from specimens collected from soil and litter beneath forest trees, Hamedan province, Iran. Also, a key to Iranian species of the genus Tyrophagus is provided.
{"title":"Tyrophagus hamedaniensis sp. nov. (Acari: Acaridae) from Western Iran","authors":"Farshad Masoudian, M. Khanjani, A. Saboori","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V8I1.40690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V8I1.40690","url":null,"abstract":"A new species belonging to the family Acaridae, Tyrophagus hamedaniensis sp. nov. , is described and illustrated from specimens collected from soil and litter beneath forest trees, Hamedan province, Iran. Also, a key to Iranian species of the genus Tyrophagus is provided.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2019-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V8I1.40690","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42601166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In a faunistic survey on edaphic Mesostigmata in some parks in Kerman City, a female specimen of M. caelatus Berlese, 1918 was collected which considered as a new record for Iran mite fauna.
{"title":"First record of Macrocheles caelatus Berlese (Mesostigmata, Macrochelidae) from Iran","authors":"F. Saeed, S. Kazemi","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V8I1.43387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V8I1.43387","url":null,"abstract":"In a faunistic survey on edaphic Mesostigmata in some parks in Kerman City, a female specimen of M. caelatus Berlese, 1918 was collected which considered as a new record for Iran mite fauna.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2019-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V8I1.43387","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42895767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asadollah Hosseini Chegeni, E. Mostafavi, A. Mohammadi, A. Mahmoudi, M. Kayedi
In the present study, occurrence of Hyalomma asiaticum on wild rodents was explored. Rodents were trapped using Sherman traps. The tick specimens were collected by forceps from the rodents. Overall, one larva and 59 nymphs of immature ticks were collected on 23 Meriones persicus from three different locations in western Iran. A 408 bp length fragment of nuclear 5.8S /internal transcribed spacer 2 ( ITS2 ) genes was amplified in 60 examined tick specimens using PCR, of which one sample was sequenced, successfully. The BLAST results showed 99% similarity between a new haplotype from this study and two sequences of H. asiaticum from GenBank and. Therefore, we conclude that immature stages of H. asiaticum live on M. persicus and/ or their burrows. This finding helps us to better understand tick's ecology and control tick borne diseases.
{"title":"The parasitism of Persian jird by immature stages of Hyalomma asiaticum (Acari: Ixodidae) and its identification using molecular approaches in Iran","authors":"Asadollah Hosseini Chegeni, E. Mostafavi, A. Mohammadi, A. Mahmoudi, M. Kayedi","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I4.39233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.39233","url":null,"abstract":"In the present study, occurrence of Hyalomma asiaticum on wild rodents was explored. Rodents were trapped using Sherman traps. The tick specimens were collected by forceps from the rodents. Overall, one larva and 59 nymphs of immature ticks were collected on 23 Meriones persicus from three different locations in western Iran. A 408 bp length fragment of nuclear 5.8S /internal transcribed spacer 2 ( ITS2 ) genes was amplified in 60 examined tick specimens using PCR, of which one sample was sequenced, successfully. The BLAST results showed 99% similarity between a new haplotype from this study and two sequences of H. asiaticum from GenBank and. Therefore, we conclude that immature stages of H. asiaticum live on M. persicus and/ or their burrows. This finding helps us to better understand tick's ecology and control tick borne diseases.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.39233","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43293644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Taghizadeh, K. H. Irani-nejad, S. Iranipour, M. Moghaddam
The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, is one of the most economically important pests on a wide range of crops around the world. Consumption rate and functional responses of all larval stages, male and female of Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant) and Orius albidipennis (Rueter) to the varying densities of eggs, protonymphs and females of T. urticae were evaluated under laboratory conditions (27 ± 1 °C, 65 ± 5% RH and 16L/8D h photoperiod). Functional response type was determined by a logistic regression model. The Rogers model was used to estimate attack rate ( a ) and handling time ( T h ). The results indicated that the functional responses of different stages of two predators were type III on T. urticae eggs and type II on T. urticae protonymphs and females. The shortest handling time ( T h ) of both predators were observed on eggs followed by protonymphs and females of T. urticae . The highest and the lowest attack rate ( a ) were observed by the male and first instar larva in S. gilvifrons and female and first instar nymph in O. albidipennis respectively. The maximum daily attack rates ( T/T h ) were 153.5, 114.4 and 76.07 for S. gilvifrons , and 134.1, 91 and 55.3 for O. albidipennis by feeding on egg, protonymph and female T. urticae respectively. The handling time ( T h ) of S. gilvifrons adults were shorter than that of O. albidipennis . The results suggested that both predators exhibited suitable efficacy on all stages of T. urticae , however S. gilvifrons acted more effectively than the other predator in laboratory conditions considering higher consumption rate, shorter handling time and higher attack rate.
{"title":"Daily consumption and functional response of Stethorus gilvifrons (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Orius albidipennis (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) to Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)","authors":"M. Taghizadeh, K. H. Irani-nejad, S. Iranipour, M. Moghaddam","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I4.38181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.38181","url":null,"abstract":"The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, is one of the most economically important pests on a wide range of crops around the world. Consumption rate and functional responses of all larval stages, male and female of Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant) and Orius albidipennis (Rueter) to the varying densities of eggs, protonymphs and females of T. urticae were evaluated under laboratory conditions (27 ± 1 °C, 65 ± 5% RH and 16L/8D h photoperiod). Functional response type was determined by a logistic regression model. The Rogers model was used to estimate attack rate ( a ) and handling time ( T h ). The results indicated that the functional responses of different stages of two predators were type III on T. urticae eggs and type II on T. urticae protonymphs and females. The shortest handling time ( T h ) of both predators were observed on eggs followed by protonymphs and females of T. urticae . The highest and the lowest attack rate ( a ) were observed by the male and first instar larva in S. gilvifrons and female and first instar nymph in O. albidipennis respectively. The maximum daily attack rates ( T/T h ) were 153.5, 114.4 and 76.07 for S. gilvifrons , and 134.1, 91 and 55.3 for O. albidipennis by feeding on egg, protonymph and female T. urticae respectively. The handling time ( T h ) of S. gilvifrons adults were shorter than that of O. albidipennis . The results suggested that both predators exhibited suitable efficacy on all stages of T. urticae , however S. gilvifrons acted more effectively than the other predator in laboratory conditions considering higher consumption rate, shorter handling time and higher attack rate.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.38181","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47417130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A survey was carried out to investigate heterostigmatic mites associated with insects in Borujerd, Lorestan province, western Iran, in 2016. Insects were captured using light traps in the areas. Two species of the family Neopygmephoridae including Allopygmephorus spinisetus Khaustov & Sazhnev, 2016 and A . punctatus Khaustov & Sazhnev, 2016 were identified associated with beetles Drasterius bimaculatus (Rossi, 1790) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and Augyles sp. (Col.: Heteroceridae). Both species are new records for mite fauna of Iran with the former being also new for Asia. Moreover, the association between mites of Allopygmephorus and elaterid beetles is new. A list of Iranian neopygmephorid mites is also provided.
{"title":"New records of the genus Allopygmephorus (Acari: Neopygmephoridae) with a list of the species of the family Neopygmephoridae in Iran","authors":"Amin Navabi, H. Hajiqanbar, A. Mortazavi","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I4.40314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.40314","url":null,"abstract":"A survey was carried out to investigate heterostigmatic mites associated with insects in Borujerd, Lorestan province, western Iran, in 2016. Insects were captured using light traps in the areas. Two species of the family Neopygmephoridae including Allopygmephorus spinisetus Khaustov & Sazhnev, 2016 and A . punctatus Khaustov & Sazhnev, 2016 were identified associated with beetles Drasterius bimaculatus (Rossi, 1790) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and Augyles sp. (Col.: Heteroceridae). Both species are new records for mite fauna of Iran with the former being also new for Asia. Moreover, the association between mites of Allopygmephorus and elaterid beetles is new. A list of Iranian neopygmephorid mites is also provided.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.40314","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42730263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper presents the re-description of Bdella muscorum Ewing, 1909, collected from soil and litter under apricot trees, Prunus armeniaca L. (Rosaceae), Hamedan region, Iran. Also, a key to Iranian Bdella species is provided.
{"title":"Re-description of Bdella muscorum Ewing (Acari: Bdellidae) from Western Iran","authors":"Amir Hossein Eghbalian, M. Khanjani","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I4.41008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.41008","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the re-description of Bdella muscorum Ewing, 1909, collected from soil and litter under apricot trees, Prunus armeniaca L. (Rosaceae), Hamedan region, Iran. Also, a key to Iranian Bdella species is provided.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.41008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46861761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Animal droppings constitute an ephemeral habitat where specialized invertebrate communities including significant abundance of mites live together. In order to study the Mesostigmata mites associated with manure, samples were taken from different manure types of domestic animals and poultry in Ahvaz and its vicinity in Khuzestan Province, southwestern of Iran, over a period of two years (2015-2017). Here we report 20 species belonging to eight families of Mesostigmata, among which 14 species are new records for the fauna of Khuzestan Province. The genus and species Leitneria pugio (Karg, 1961) is newly recorded from Iran. The genus and species were previously only recorded in Europe. Also, Uroobovella varians Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1962 is recorded for the first time from Iran based on deutonymph stage. We further provide collection data for each species along with a key for known Iranian species of the genus Uroobovella .
{"title":"Some mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Parasitiformes) of Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran","authors":"S. Farahi, P. Shishehbor, A. Nemati","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I4.38663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.38663","url":null,"abstract":"Animal droppings constitute an ephemeral habitat where specialized invertebrate communities including significant abundance of mites live together. In order to study the Mesostigmata mites associated with manure, samples were taken from different manure types of domestic animals and poultry in Ahvaz and its vicinity in Khuzestan Province, southwestern of Iran, over a period of two years (2015-2017). Here we report 20 species belonging to eight families of Mesostigmata, among which 14 species are new records for the fauna of Khuzestan Province. The genus and species Leitneria pugio (Karg, 1961) is newly recorded from Iran. The genus and species were previously only recorded in Europe. Also, Uroobovella varians Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1962 is recorded for the first time from Iran based on deutonymph stage. We further provide collection data for each species along with a key for known Iranian species of the genus Uroobovella .","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47888484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lassenia hemsinensis Noei, Saboori & Cobanoglu sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tanaupodidae) collected from Hemsin, Rize, Turkey, on Rumex sp. (Polygonaceae) (off host) is described. A key to the species of Lassenia (larva) of the world is also provided.
{"title":"A new species of Lassenia (Acari: Tanaupodidae) from Turkey","authors":"J. Noei, Emre İnak, S. Çobanoğlu, A. Saboori","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I4.40281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.40281","url":null,"abstract":"Lassenia hemsinensis Noei, Saboori & Cobanoglu sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tanaupodidae) collected from Hemsin, Rize, Turkey, on Rumex sp. (Polygonaceae) (off host) is described. A key to the species of Lassenia (larva) of the world is also provided.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I4.40281","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46146724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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