Mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with rodents in Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran

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1 Department of Biodiversity, Institute for Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran.

2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

During April 2013 to December 2014, a faunistic study was carried out on mesostigmatic mites associated with rodents in northeastern Iran. In this research two dermanyssoid species were collected: Laelaps algericus Hirst and Hirstionyssus meridianus Zemskaja of which the latter species considered as a new record for mite fauna of Iran.

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Journal of Entomological Society of Iran
Volume 35, Issue 3
December 2015
Pages 95-97

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