Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of
Iran.
Abstract: (6525 Views)
During 1999-2002, in the course of a faunistic survey of oribatid mites of Iran, twelve species of higher or brachypyline oribatid mites (Brachypylina) belonging to eleven gen-era and seven families from various localities of Iran were collected: Aleurodamaeus* se-tosus (Aleurodamaeidae*); Licnobelba* alestensis (Licnobelbidae*); Licnodamaeus fissu-ratus, L. pulcherrimus (Licnodamaeidae); Damaeus* sp., Subbelba* sp., Belba* cf. minuta (Damaeidae); Damaeolus* cf. ornatissimus, Fosseremus quadripertitus (Damaeolidae); Ber-lesezetes aegypticus (Microzetidae); Galumna tarsipennata, Pilogalumna boevi (Galumni-dae). All the species, six genera and two families, that are the first recorded from Iran are marked by an asterisk.
Received: 2010/01/30 | Accepted: 2010/01/30 | Published: 2010/01/30