{"title":"A second record of Cryptognathus scutellatus Summers & Chaudhri (Trombidiformes: Cryptognathidae)","authors":"S. Doğan, S. Doğan","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I4.62089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I4.62089","url":null,"abstract":"Cryptognathus scutellatus Summers & Chaudhri (Cryptognathidae) was known only from the holotype - an adult female collected from fleshy bracket fungus, Green Valley, Solano County, California, USA. Based on a recent faunistic study on raphignathoid mites of Sansa Gorge (Turkey), we found 14 females of C. scutellatus from litter and soil samples. This species was re-described and photographed here based on the Turkish specimens. This record confirms the presence and distinctiveness of C. scutellatus.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47544892","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}
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, A. Rostami, M. Bagheri, S. Valizadeh
{"title":"Redescription of Odontoscirus iota Atyeo (Acari: Trombidiformes: Bdellidae) from Iran, with a key to the Iranian species of Odontoscirus","authors":"Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, A. Rostami, M. Bagheri, S. Valizadeh","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I4.62736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I4.62736","url":null,"abstract":"Odontoscirus iota Atyeo, 1960 is reported here for the first time from Iran. An additional description is provided for O. iota based on adult females collected from East Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran. An updated key to the species of Odontoscirus from Iran is presented.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41845968","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. Amani, J. Khajehali, Majid Moradi-Faradonbeh, F. Macchioni
{"title":"Species diversity of soil mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) under different agricultural land use types","authors":"M. Amani, J. Khajehali, Majid Moradi-Faradonbeh, F. Macchioni","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I4.59610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I4.59610","url":null,"abstract":"Mites are among the most important members of soil arthropod communities, because they are the most diverse in terms of ecological niche and behavior. Due to the sensitivity of soil mites to soil disturbance, their diversity and numbers can be used as ecological indices for assessing disturbances in ecosystems. To determine the effect of land use type on soil mite biodiversity, abundance and biodiversity indices of soil inhabiting mesostigmatic mites were evaluated at eight sites in Saman and Shahrekord, Iran, each site including two adjacent agricultural pieces of land: an orchard and a crop field. The biodiversity of mites was measured by several biodiversity indices and then compared by analysis of variance. The specimens collected belonged to 12 families, 17 genera and 24 species. The biodiversity index values calculated in different months showed that these indices were usually higher in warm months and in orchards than in cold months and crop fields. In the examined crop fields, the diversity index values were lower after harvesting, probably due to soil disturbance by agricultural machinery. There was a significant difference in the Shannon-Wiener's diversity index among different land uses. The maximum and minimum values of this index were recorded at the vine orchard (1.48) and wheat field (0.15) in an elm/wheat site at Shahrekord, respectively. The soil organic matter content was maximum in the vineyard (2.12%) and minimum in the wheat field (0.41%).","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43265185","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}
{"title":"Screening of 55 pinto bean lines for resistance to the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)","authors":"Z. Saeidi","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I3.60788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I3.60788","url":null,"abstract":"Two-spotted spider mite (TSSM) (Tetranychus urticae Koch) is considered as the most important pest of bean in different parts of the world. In this study, 55 lines selected from different germplasms of pinto bean, were screened for resistance to the TSSM in two stages. In the first stage, they were classified into five groups based on the intensity of damage to their leaf disks (from 0, without damage to 6, feeding patches more than 80% of leaf area). Twenty-one lines presented the highest leaf damage index (LDI = 5.30 ± 0.27), therefore, they were excluded from subsequent experiments, except line ‘D521’, which was used as the susceptible check. In the second stage, 34 lines with LDI less than 4, along with line ‘D521’ (as susceptible), were studied using leaf disk bioassay. Based on the results, line ‘D521’ (7.52 ± 1.23 eggs/female/day) supported the highest, whereas, lines ‘L1’ (1.46 ± 0.23), ‘J29’ (1.60 ± 0.26) and ‘L19’ (1.69 ± 0.59 eggs/female/day) supported the lowest level of oviposition. The highest and lowest level of damage was observed on leaf disk of ‘D521’ (5.5 ± 0.40) and ‘L19’ (1.8 ± 0.37), respectively. The studied lines were classified into five groups, based on the mite response to the host (oviposition and mortality) and host response to the mite (damage score). In the cluster analysis, lines ‘D521’, ‘J633’, ‘D524’ and ‘D532’ appeared to be highly susceptible and susceptible, whereas, lines ‘L31’, ‘L329’, ‘L321’, ‘L16’, ‘B417’, ‘B425’, ‘L328’, ‘J29’, ‘J67’, ‘L19’, ‘D3’, ‘L25’ and ‘L1’ were resistant to TSSM, which can be used as the source of resistance in future plant breeding programs.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45547232","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. Darbemamieh, A. Kaźmierski, Saeid Paktinat Saeij
{"title":"New records and remarks on Tydeoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Mazandaran province of Iran","authors":"M. Darbemamieh, A. Kaźmierski, Saeid Paktinat Saeij","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I3.60194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I3.60194","url":null,"abstract":"Two collections of Tydeoidea from Mazandaran province revealed 16 species from six genera in two families. Of these, Tydeus lindquisti (Marshall, 1970) is a new record for Iran and 12 species are new records for the province. Photographs and supplementary data are provided for some species.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47750908","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. Murvanidze, C. Cilbircioğlu, E. Özdemir, Emre İnak
{"title":"Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country","authors":"M. Murvanidze, C. Cilbircioğlu, E. Özdemir, Emre İnak","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I3.61909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I3.61909","url":null,"abstract":"Fifty two species/subspecies of oribatid mites are identified from forest areas in the central Black Sea basin and Central Anatolia. Seventeen species among them are new records for the country. For each species GPS coordinates, habitat, regional and global distribution data are provided and for new records additional remarks with taxonomic, ecological and/or regional peculiarities are given.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47913231","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}
{"title":"Almond spider mite, Schizotetranychus smirnovi (Acari: Tetranychidae): population parameters in laboratory and field conditions","authors":"Z. Saeidi, A. Nemati","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I3.59044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I3.59044","url":null,"abstract":"Schizotetranychus smirnovi Wainstein is a serious pest of almond in Iran and its population has extremely increased recently in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province. Biological parameters of this mitewere determined on almond leaves (Mamaei variety), under laboratory conditions at 27.5 ± 1 °C, 50 ± 10 % RH, and photoperiod of 14:10 (L:D). More-over, population fluctuation of S. smirnovi and its predator, Scolothrips longicornis Priesner, were studied on almond (Mamaei c.v.) under field conditions (from April to October) during two successive years 2008–2009. Laboratory results showed that egg incubation period is the longest (3.25 ± 0.25 and 3.05 ± 0.25 days for female and male, respectively) in the immature stage. In addition, the female total immature period (2.91 ± 0.43 days) is longer than the male (2.87 ± 0.64 days). Female and male longevity were calculated as 13.20 ± 1.10 and 9.25 ± 0.75 days, respectively. Mean fecundity of the mite was calculated as 58.13 ± 6.60 eggs/female. Field studies showed that the mite overwintered as eggs around the buds of almond shoots. Overwintering eggs hatched depending on the climate conditions from the third decade of March (in 2008) to the third decade of April (in 2009). In both years, mite population continuously increased and reached to a maximum density during June and July. According to total degree-days the mite could produce 12–14 generations per year under field conditions. In addition, S. longicornis showed a strong response (F1,25 = 20.58, r = 0.69, P = 0.0001) to the S. smirnovi fluctuations; population of the mite and predatory thrips fluctuated simultaneously. Our findings may provide practical information about the seasonal abundance of S. simrnovi and be useful for agricultural experts and farmers to develop a successful integrated pest management (IPM) program.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48104163","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}
{"title":"New recordsof mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran","authors":"V. Rahiminejad, H. Hajiqanbar","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I3.61223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I3.61223","url":null,"abstract":"Moderate and humid region in north of Iran is home to a rich arthropod fauna, yet the mite fauna of Golestan province, with moderate Caspian climate, is poorly studied systematically. In this study, we conducted a faunistic study on heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eleutherengonides) associated with insects in Golestan Province. We used both day and overnight sampling methods to capture host insects in sampling sites. Thirteen species of seven heterostigmatic families were identified: Dolichocybidae (one species), Caraboacaridae (one species), Trochometridi-idae (one species), Neopygmephoridae (three species), Pygmephoridae (three species), Scutacaridae (two species) and Microdispidae (two species). The genus Formicomotes and subgenus Imparipes (Sporichneuthes) are new records for Iran and Asia, respectively. Beyond this, 13 new insect host records are reported for heterostigmatic mites. Finally, the world distribution of the recovered mites is reviewed.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V9I3.61223","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45513690","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}
S. Pidhorna, K. Chernychko, D. Kivganov, V. Trach, O. Deli
{"title":"New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine","authors":"S. Pidhorna, K. Chernychko, D. Kivganov, V. Trach, O. Deli","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I3.60299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I3.60299","url":null,"abstract":"New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata, Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine are presented. Three genera (Betasyringophiloidus Skoracki, 2011; Neoaulonastus Skoracki, 2004; TorotroglaKethley, 1970) and 11 species (Betasyringophiloidus saxicolus Skoracki, 2011; B. phoenicurus Skoracki, 2011; Neoaulonastus bisetatus (Fritsch, 1958); Syringophilopsis acrocephali Skoracki, 1999; S. blaszaki Skoracki & Dabert, 1999; S. fringillae (Fritsch, 1958); S. hirundus Skoracki, 2004; S. kazmierski Skoracki, 2004; S. rusticus Skoracki, 2004; Torotrogla rubeculi Skoracki, 2004; T. merulae Skoracki, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2000) are recorded for the first time in Ukraine. New host record for S. rusticus Skoracki, 2004 is given. The syringophilid fauna presently recorded from Ukraine is summarized and keyed.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44993996","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}
{"title":"New occurrence of Ledermuelleriopsis aminiae (Acariformes: Stigmaeidae) in Turkey and first descriptions of its nymphal stages","authors":"S. Doğan, S. Doğan","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V9I3.60205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V9I3.60205","url":null,"abstract":"Seventy-two females, one male, seven deutonymphs and two protonymphs specimens of Ledermuelleriopsis aminiae Nazari & Khanjani, 2017 were collected from Pulumur Valley, Turkey. Descriptions and illustrations of the nymph stages on the collected specimens of the species were given and the adult specimens were briefly described. This is the first record of L. aminiae from Turkey, and the first description of nymphal stages of the species. In addition, abnormalities in the number of intercoxal and aggenital setae in the female and male specimens of L. aminiae were mentioned here.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49210572","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}