Academic editor: F. Faraji
Nemati A, Gwiazdowicz DJ (2016) A new genus and species of Laelapidae from Iran with notes on
The
During our survey on
Mites were collected from soil and litter samples from different parts of Iran. Mites were extracted using Berlese funnels, placed in lactic acid at 55 °C for clearing and then mounted in Hoyer’s medium on permanent microslides. Line drawings were made by the use of a drawing tube and figures were elaborated with Corel X-draw software, based on the scanned line drawings. All measurements are given in micrometers (μm). The dorsal setae notation, leg and palp chaetotaxy follows that of Acarological Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University National Museum of Natural History
Female with a three-tined palp tarsal claw; the dorsal seta of the chelicerae present, epistome smooth, corniculi horn-like, internal malae free medially and densely fringed with very elongate hairs, in addition possess two detachments of densely and very elongate hairs at basal part of each internal mala;
Genital shield broad, abutting anal shield, with one pair of setae (
The name of the new genus is derived from the Greek word
This subfamily contains seven genera:
Members of
Comparison among
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two-tined | three tined, third tine occasionally reduced, rarely absent | three-tined, posterior tine small | two-tined | two-tined | three-tined |
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present | absent | absent | absent | absent | absent |
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rounded | straight | straight | nearly rounded or tapered | usually rounded | rounded |
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all on edges of shield | all on edges of shield | at least two pairs well inside edges of shield | with only |
with only |
all on edges of shield |
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absent | present | present | present | usually present | present and not so discernable |
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present | usually present | present | medium size, rounded | absent | medium size, rounded |
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nearly always smooth | denticulate | denticulate | smooth | denticulate | smooth |
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absent | absent | absent | present on whole dorsum | absent | present only on opisthonotal part |
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nearly always scimitar-shaped with small knob at their bases | acicular | acicular | acicular | with different shaped but never acicular | with small knob at their bases |
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only with |
only with |
only with |
with |
only with |
with |
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present | present | present | absent | present | present |
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present | present | present | ? | nearly always present | absent, with separate sub-triangular anal shield |
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absent | absent | absent | ? | absent | present |
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present | present | present | absent | present | absent |
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absent | absent | absent | present | absent | absent |
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present | present | present | absent | present | present |
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absent | absent | absent | present | absent | present |
Khuzestan province: Ahwaz (
Explanation concerning Berlese’ specimens were cited in the following text under notes on the male of
Podonotal region with 23 pairs of thin small setae with small knobs at their base (except for
(n = 7). Figures
(n = 5). Figures
The described males of
Slide 4 Myrm./45 labeled
Holotype, female, Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province, Shahrekord (
(n = 7). Figures
(n = 3). Figures
This species is named in honor of Dr. Frederic Beaulieu (Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada).
The generic definition of
The new species here (
First,
Second, the sternal shield of
Third,
Fourth, the genito-ventral shield in
Fifth, setae
Sixth, in species of
Seventh,
Eighth, the anterior margin of the epistome is smooth and sharply mucronated in
Ninth, species of
Tenth, in
Eleventh, in
There are two pairs of pores on the sternal shield,
Ghaletol, Khuzestan province, nest materials of unknown ant, two females and two males, 2012-2013, coll. A. Nemati; Shahrekord, Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province, nest materials of unknown ant, one female, 2014, coll. A. Nemati; Izeh,, Khuzestan province, nest of
This research was supported by grants no. 89003738 sponsored by the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF). We sincerely thank to INSF for their financial support. We are very grateful to an anonymous reviewer and Dr. Farid Faraji for their constructive comments on earlier version of manuscript, to Dr. Roberto Nanelli (Italy) for his valuable help with specimens of