Persian Journal of Acarology最新文献

{"title":"Otobius megnini (Acari: Argasidae) in Iran: exotic or established?","authors":"A. Hosseini-Chegeni, J. Khedri, Z. Telmadarraiy, F. Faghihi","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I2.34812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.34812","url":null,"abstract":"Otobius megnini is a tick species which it's larvae and nymphs feed deep in the external ear canal of a variety of ungulates. In this study, twelve adult and four nymph specimens were collected from cattle hosts in Sistan and Baluchestan, and Hamedan Provinces. The specimens were identified using morphological key and the datawas confirmed by molecular assays. In the present study, we could find O. megnini in tick fauna of Iran with new hosts for this species.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":"7 1","pages":"209-216"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.34812","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44469967","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 records of the microdispid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Microdispidae) associated with ants with a review of the family in Iran.","authors":"H. Hajiqanbar, M. Sobhi","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I2.35131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.35131","url":null,"abstract":"Two genera and four species of myrmecophilous microdispid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Microdispidae), associated with various ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), are recorded from northwestern Iran: Unguidispus japonicus Kurosa, 1979 phoretic on Lasius obscuratus Stitz, 1930, Caesarodispus samsinaki (Mahunka, 1967) on Formica sp., C. modestus (Berlese, 1903) on Messor sp. and C . minutus Sevastianov, 1981 on Tetramorium sp. The species C . samsinaki and U . japonicus are recorded for mite fauna of Iran for the first time. A new ant host record is also documented for U. japonicas. The world distributions of the recorded mites are presented. Moreover, all Iranian microdispid records, along with their host/habitat are reviewed and a key to their genera and species is provided.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":"7 1","pages":"105-113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.35131","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41340544","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":"Redescription of paratype female of Prasadiseius achlora (Prasad, 1972) (Acari: Otopheidomenidae)","authors":"V. Prasad","doi":"10.22073/pja.v7i2.35744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v7i2.35744","url":null,"abstract":"Prasadiseius achlora (Prasad, 1972) is redescribed based on photomicrographs of a paratype female specimen. Chaetotaxy of the idiosoma and genua and tibia is given, including corrections to the original description. Photomicrographs of the female's insemination system are provided showing that the species of Prasadiseius probably have a \"laelapid-type\" but do not show the sacculus as it is apparently not chitinized.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/pja.v7i2.35744","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68106255","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":"Two new records of the genus Halolaelaps (Mesostigmata, Halolaelapidae) from Iran","authors":"S. Kazemi, Asma Rajaei, M. Yazdanian","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I2.37376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.37376","url":null,"abstract":"Herein, two species of the genus Halolaelaps Berlese & Trouessart, including H. saproincisus Hirschmann & Gotz and H. curvisetosus (Leitner), are reported for the first time from Iran.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.37376","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45751110","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":"A catalogue of the Iranian Mesostigmata (Acari): additions and updates of the previous catalogue","authors":"A. Nemati, E. Riahi, A. Khalili-Moghadam, D. Gwiazdowicz","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I2.36985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.36985","url":null,"abstract":"The present catalogue deals with the results of a survey carried out on available literature consisted of collected and identified mesostigmatic mites associated with different kinds of host/habitats in Iran. Some family, genera, and species of mesostigmatic mites of Iran which were not included in the checklist provided by Kazemi and Rajaei, 2013 as well as their distribution data are presented. Overall, a total of 371 species out of 127 genera belonging to 39 families were listed in the present paper. Consequently, by considering Phytoseiidae family, the list of mesostigmatic mites reported from different parts of Iran was increased into 47 families, 172 genera and 620 species. It is also worth mentioning that Ololaelaps gamagarensis Jordaan & Loots was considered as junior synonym of O. mooiensis Ryke and Pseudoparasitus talebii Nemati, Malekshahkoohi & Afshari, was considered as junior synonym of P. hajiqanbari Kazemi.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.36985","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46137634","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":"A population growth model of Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)","authors":"A. Farazmand, M. Amir-maafi","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I2.36245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.36245","url":null,"abstract":"Two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch is a serious pest of different crops over the world. Different strategies are used to regulate the population of this mite. To this end, as a first step, a population growth model has been developed for describing the dynamics of T. urticae population growth. In this regard, the population abundance of T. urticae was estimated weekly from 29 June to 29 September 2016 at two bean fields, each field was planted with Goli and Akhtar cultivars, separately. During each sampling period in each field, 30 plants were randomly chosen and a leaf was selected as a sample unit from the middle of a plant, then a simple population growth model was constructed for T. urticae on two bean cultivars. The result showed that T. urticae had a distinct seasonal pattern of abundance but differed between two cultivars. A logistic growth model was developed based on relationship between the cumulative density of T. urticae and time (day) and demonstrated high prediction capability for T. urticae population on Goli (R 2 = 0.99) and Akhtar (R 2 = 0.99) cultivars. According to the logistic equation, carrying capacity was recorded 463.9 ± 9.73 (mite/leaf) and 59.67 ± 8.72 (mite/leaf) on Goli and Akhtar cultivars, respectively. Furthermore, it has been shown that the logistic growth model can be used to make population predictions. The model parameters estimated for two different cultivars, providing a new mathematical tool for ecologists to predict two-spotted spider mite outbreaks, and ultimately to develop effective two-spotted spider mite control strategies.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.36245","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45075156","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":"In vitro acaricidal effect of Melia azedarach ripe fruit extract against Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae)","authors":"Ardeshir Sariosseiri, A. Moshaverinia, M. Khodaparast, G. Kalidari","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I2.35065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.35065","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to evaluate acaricidal activity of Melia azedarach L. ripe fruit extract against Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer, 1778) under laboratory conditions . For this purpose, hexanic ripe fruit extract of this tree at concentrations 0.25, 0.5, 1, 3, 5 and 10% were prepared with acetone as solvent and treatment groups exposed to these concentrations using Petri dish residual film bioassay method. The positive control was carbaryl while negative control was acetone. The bioassay was repeated five times. The mortality rate of mites in treatment and control groups were assessed 24 h post exposure. All treatment groups showed significantly higher mortality compared to the negative control group (P < 0.05). All concentrations of extract showed moderate or high miticidal effects on D. gallinae as mean mortality of exposed mites to concentrations 0.25, 0.50, 1, 3, 5 and 10% were 40, 43, 60, 62, 79 and 100%, respectively. Carbaryl as a positive control caused 100% mite mortality at 1 mg/ml concentration. The LC50, 90, 99 (lethality concentrations for 50, 90 and 99%) values of this extract were calculated and were 1.78, 5.93 and 9.32%, respectively. The results of the current study revealed that the ripe fruit extract of M. azedarach was highly toxic to D. gallinae .","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I2.35065","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47595439","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":"Classical and geometric morphometric methods reveal differences between specimens of Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) from seven provinces of Iran","authors":"S. Dadgostar, J. Nozari","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I1.32063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I1.32063","url":null,"abstract":"Varroa destructor Anderson & Truman is the most serious pest of honey bee colonies all over the world. Its specimens were assessed by morphometric and geometric morphometric methods using six morphometric traits including body length and width, length and width of the right metapodal shield, length of epigynal and the anal shield for classical morphometrics and six landmarks in ventral surface of mite's body, in seven provinces including Ardabil, Markazi, Qom, Qazvin, Alborz, North Khorasan, and Semnan. Twenty and ten individuals were used for morphometric and geometric morphometric studies, respectively. The ventral surface of each mite slide was prepared and used Digimizer and Tps package software for morphometric and geometric morphometric measurements, respectively. Data were analyzed with Past software. Furthermore, principal component analysis (PCA) was used for both two methods. In addition, Cluster analysis was used to categorize specimens of provinces. The results demonstrated significantly morphometric and geometric morphometric (or shape and size) differences among the specimens of provinces. Qazvin and Ardabil were located in one group with the PCA and Cluster analysis in the classical morphometric method and Alborz mite's dimensions showed a significant difference in morphometric measurements with other provinces. However, in the geometric morphometric method, Ardabil, Markazi, North Khorasan, and Semnan specimens were located in another group. The difference in distribution can be related to geographical factors and methods of measurement.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I1.32063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41981285","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":"First species record of Schizogyniidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Trigynaspida) from Asia","authors":"A. Nemati, A. Khalili-Moghadam","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I1.34987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I1.34987","url":null,"abstract":"In addition to the female genital structures, the most Trigynaspida is diagnosed by the following combination of characters in the adults: presence of eight setae on femora IV, absence of an unpaired postanal seta, presence of the setae av4 and pv4 on tarsi IV, presence of four anterolateral setae ( al ) on tarsi II–IV, absence of salivary styli in gnathosoma and presence of hypopharyngeal styli in gnathosoma (Kethley 1977; Kim 2004). So far seven species belonging to six trigynaspid families have been reported from Iran: Asternoseiidae, Antennophoridae, Celaenopsidae, Cercomegistidae, Diplogyniidae and Schizogyniidae (Kazemi and Rajaei 2013, Kazemi and Paktinat Saeej 2013, Nemati et al. 2014). The Schizogyniidae Tragardh, 1950 a poorly known family (Ryke 1957; Kinn 1966; Karg 1977) was recorded for the first time from Palearctic region by Nemati et al. (2014). This family includes only six genera and eleven species (Ryke 1957; Kinn 1966; Trach and Seeman 2014) with the following morphological characters: usually having latigynial plates fused with ventral shield (except in Mixogynium) ; ventral shield broadest posterior to coxae IV; metasternal shields separate, fused with sternal shield or fused together into a single plate; anal plate free or fused with ventral plate; metapodal plates usually represented by large shields (except in Mixogynium), free or fused with peritremal plate (Kinn 1966; Trach and Seeman 2014). In this survey mites were separated around mouth parts of carabid beetles , Scarites sp. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) that have been deposited in Entomological Collection, Plant Protection Department, Agricultural College, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz in 1998. Mites were cleaned in Lacto-phenol, mounted in Hoyer’s medium and deposited in Acarological laboratory, Plant Protection Department, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord (APAS). Study was done using Olympus microscope equipped with phase-contrast and digital camera. Measurements are given in micrometers (µm).","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I1.34987","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46952687","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":"Reciprocal intraguild predation between Neoseiulus barkeri and Amblyseius swirskii (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae); does experience affect anti-intraguild predation behaviors?","authors":"Mehdi Bohloolzadeh, A. Z. Golpayegani, A. Saboori, Hosein Allahyari","doi":"10.22073/PJA.V7I1.33806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22073/PJA.V7I1.33806","url":null,"abstract":"In order to increase their inclusive fitness, animals predominantly probe their changing environment for predation cues to adopt appropriate antipredator strategies and decrease the costs of defensive behavior. Intraguild predation (IGP) occurs when a predator kills and consumes individuals of another predator which is its competitor for a shared prey. IGP is prevalent among predatory mites of the family Phytoseiidae which are used as biological control agents of agricultural pests worldwide. Phytoseiid mite mothers usually display antipredator behaviors to avoid or reduce IGP risk of their juveniles. When facing a novel IGP risk, experience may enable the mothers to display more efficient antipredator responses. We studied the effect of experience on reciprocal antipredator behaviors of an indigenous predatory phytoseiid mite, i.e., Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, and an exotic one, i.e., Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, as biological control candidates for integrated pest management strategies in Iran. First, we determined the occurrence of IGP and mutual risk of the predators within the guild; IGP occurred reciprocally and A. swirskii was the stronger IG predator. Second, in choice situations between a patch with only shared prey and a patch with shared prey plus IGP risk cues, we scrutinized patch choice, oviposition site selection and ability to counterattack by females of each species that had either experienced the IGP risk or not. The experience did not affect patch choice and oviposition behaviors of the species whereas it elicited an increase in their predation on IG predator juveniles. We suggest that the presence of IG predator juveniles and cues may not significantly modify the distribution of the IG prey species. The reinforced counterattack behavior in experienced females showed that both species were able to tune their antipredator behavior after exposure to IG predators. Consequences of the antipredator behaviors in experienced IG prey females on distribution and possibilities of the coexistence of the study species are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37567,"journal":{"name":"Persian Journal of Acarology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22073/PJA.V7I1.33806","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49574562","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}