New species records of the family Suctobelbidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran

Authors

MOSTAFA MIRZAIE
MOHAMMAD ALI AKRAMI

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1202-23

Abstract

Suctobelbid mite fauna of the Shendabad region (East Azerbaijan Province) was studied in 2008 to determine the species found in soil samples. There were 4 species identified that are new records for the mite fauna of Iran: Suctobelbella (Flagrosuctobelba) elegantula (Hammer), Suctobelbella (Flagrosuctobelba) nana Shtanchaeva and Subias, Suctobelbella (Suctobelbella) acutidens (Forsslund), and Suctobelba trigona (Michael). One species, Suctobelba aliena Moritz, is new to Asia. An identification key is given for the species.

Keywords

Oribatida, Suctobelbidae, new record, Shendabad, Iran

First Page

835

Last Page

837

Recommended Citation

MIRZAIE, MOSTAFA and AKRAMI, MOHAMMAD ALI (2012) "New species records of the family Suctobelbidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 36: No. 6, Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1202-23
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol36/iss6/17