A new species of the genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Iran

Abstract

The Genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till, 1966 is currently one of the largest genera of the family Laelapidae Berlese. The known representatives of this genus are active predators of small invertebrates such as other mites, insect eggs and nematodes. Gaeolaelaps iranicus Kavianpour & Nemati sp. n., was collected from soil and litter in various parts of Iran. The description and figures of this species are given. A key to the Gaeolaelaps species of Iran is provided.

<strong>Two new species of <em>Gaeolaelaps</em> (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran</strong>

“…Two species of this genus, G. jondishapouri G. iranicus Kavianpour et al, 2013 have been described from soil and litter in Iran Kavianpour et al, 2013). In this paper we describe two new species of Gaeolaelaps that have the unusual property of short peritremes, and provide a world-wide to the species that share this character state.…”

“…Gaeolaelaps is one of the largest genera of laelapid mites . Over 80 species are currently included in the genus (Evans & Till, 1966;Karg, 1979Karg, , 1982Karg, , 1993Karg, , 2006Beaulieu, 2009;Walter & Moser, 2010;Trach, 2012;Kavianpour et al, 2013;, 14 of which have been recorded in Iran (Faraji et al, 2008;Kavianpour et al, 2013;. Two species of this genus, G. jondishapouri G.…”

Laelapidae mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) infesting small rodents in the Curonian Spit, Lithuania

“…A large number of the described species, are represented by the Laelapidae family (Moro et al, 2005). Laelapidae mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) are ecologically diverse and may vary from being generalist predators to facultative or even obligate parasites on animals (Beaulieu, 2009;Nemati, Mohseni, 2013;Poláciková, 2013). The Laelapidae family consist of 90 genera and more than 1300 species (Beaulieu et al, 2011).…”

Description of a new species of Gaeolaelaps (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran

“…Twenty species of Gaeolaelaps have been reported from Iran of which nine were described as new for science (Nemati and Kavianpour 2013, Nemati and Mohseni 2013, Kavianpour et al 2013, Kazemi et al 2014, Kavianpour and Nemati 2014, Vatankhah et al 2016). It is noticeable that the majority of these species (seven species) have been collected from soil (Nemati and Kavianpour 2013, Nemati and Mohseni 2013, Kavianpour et al 2013, Kazemi et al 2014, Kavianpour and Nemati 2014), one species (Vatankhah et al 2016) has been described from the nest of Formica sp.…”

“…It is noticeable that the majority of these species (seven species) have been collected from soil (Nemati and Kavianpour 2013, Nemati and Mohseni 2013, Kavianpour et al 2013, Kazemi et al 2014, Kavianpour and Nemati 2014), one species (Vatankhah et al 2016) has been described from the nest of Formica sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and one species from the body of a carabid beetle, Acinopus sp.…”