A revised survey of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Iran: new synonyms and descriptions of three new species

作者：Asadi Mahdieh; Pesic Vladimir^*; Etemadi Isa

来源：Zootaxa, 2010, (2628): 43-55.

• Acari
• water mites
• taxonomy
• new species
• Iran

The paper deals with the changes which are necessary in the taxonomy of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran after revision of type material of certain water mites (Hydrachnidia) deposited in the collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel and recent field work. The following synonyms are established: Family Sperchontidae: Sperchon amuzgari Bader & Sepasgozarian, 1979 = S. hispidus Koenike, 1895, S. bispinosus Bader & Sepasgosarian, 1982 = S. papillosus Thor, 1901, S. beneckei Bader & Sepasgosarian, 1982 = S. algeriensis Lundblad, 1942; Family Torrenticolidae: Torrenticola baueri Bader & Sepasgozarian, 1987 = T. barsica (Szalay, 1933); Monatractides persicusPesic & Saboori, 2004 = M. stadleri (Walter, 1924); M. sepasi Bader, 1988 = M. lusitanicus (Lundblad, 1941). Furthermore, three species Atractides (Polymegapus) persicus Pesic & Asadi, Axonopsis (Hexaxonopsis) iranica Pesic & Asadi and A. (Hexaxonopsis) manoojani Pesic & Asadi are described as new to science; the first description of the deutonymph is given for Limnesia kochi Smit & Pesic, 2010, a species previously known only from Oman.

• 出版日期2010-9-28