A study of the genus Empidideicus Becker, 1907 (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) in northern Iran, with description of a new species

Scrophularia dianatnejadii Ranjbar & Rahchamani, a new species from Tehran Province in northern Iran, is described and illustrated. It is closely related to S. amplexicaulis Benth. and shares with it some diagnostic morphological characters such as habit, plant indument, phyllotaxy, and corolla shape and color. Both species are placed in Scrophularia L. sect. Mimulopsis Boiss. Macro- and micromorphological characters of the two are examined and compared. Pollen morphology of these species is investigated using SEM. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, and conservation status of both species are provided.

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First new species of the family Stigmocheylidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Paratydeoidea) from Asia

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.23.11.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (11) ◽

pp. 2159

Author(s):

Mohammad Reza Damavandian ◽

Saeid Paktinat-Saeij

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Identification Key ◽

Mazandaran Province ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Adult Females ◽

The Family ◽

A New Species

A new species, Stigmocheylus persicus sp. nov. (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata: Stigmocheylidae) is described based on adult females from Noor, Mazandaran province, northern Iran. The new species can be distinguished from other species by the following features: non-segmented peritremes; absence of setae c3; presence of setae g2; coxa II with four setae; genu I with nine setae; tarsi I–IV with 24(+2ω)–11(+1ω)-11-10 setae. This finding presents the first new species of the family Stigmocheylidae Berlese, 1910 from Asia. Additionally, an identification key to known species of Stigmocheylus is updated.

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A new species of Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from western Iran

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4444.1.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4444 (1) ◽

pp. 95

Author(s):

ALIREZA ZAMANI ◽

YURI M. MARUSIK ◽

MOHAMMAD JAVAD MALEK-HOSSEINI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dorsal Side ◽

Zagros Mountains ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Western Iran ◽

Eastern Iran ◽

The University ◽

University Of Manchester ◽

A New Species ◽

Median Eyes

Agelenidae is a species rich and globally-distributed spider family comprising 1274 species in 77 genera (World Spider Catalog 2018). In Iran, this family is currently represented by eight species in four genera (Zamani et al. 2018). Being the second largest genus of the family (after Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999), Tegenaria Latreille, 1804, currently encompasses 105 species that are primarily distributed in the Palaearctic (World Spider Catalog 2018; Marusik & Zamani 2015). So far, four species of this genus are known from Iran: Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1758) (western, northern, central and eastern Iran), T. lenkoranica (Guseinov et al., 2005) (northern Iran), T. pagana C.L. Koch, 1840 (northern Iran), and the endemic T. zamanii Marusik et Omelko, 2014 (northern Iran) (Zamani et al. 2018). Two of these species, T. lenkoranica and T. zamanii have been reported from caves (Malek-Hosseini & Zamani 2017). Considering the lack of studies on this genus in Iran, many species are undoubtedly awaiting to be discovered. During the biospeleological investigations of Zagros Mountains, a new species of Tegenaria was collected in western Iran, which is described and illustrated in this paper. The specimens were photographed using an Olympus Camedia E-520 camera attached to an Olympus SZX16 stereomicroscope and digital images were prepared using “CombineZP” image stacking software. Leg ratios were measured on the dorsal side and all measurements are given in millimeters. Measurements of leg are listed as: total length (femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, tarsus). Standard abbreviations were used for the eyes: AME, anterior median eyes; ALE, anterior lateral eyes; PME, posterior median eyes; PLE, posterior lateral eyes. The specimens will be deposited in the Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester (MMUE).

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Description of Prozercon caspiansis sp. nov. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Zerconidae) from Iran, with descriptions of male and larva of P. dominiaki Błaszak, 1979

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.26.9.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fatemeh Moghimi ◽

Ali Ahadiyat ◽

Mehmet Karaca ◽

Hadi Kiadaliri ◽

Raşit Urhan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Mazandaran Province ◽

Northern Iran ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A new species of zerconid mites, Prozercon caspiansis sp. nov. is described based on female, male, and protonymph specimens collected from different forestland areas in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. In addition, the male and larval specimens of P. dominiaki Błaszak were found in the same region and described for the first time. An updated key for the Iranian Prozercon species is provided, and the situation of the Iranian genera and species of the family is briefly discussed.

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A new species of Weiseronyssus Samsinak 1962 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Diplogyniidae) from Iran, with a key for genera

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1824.1.2 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1824 (1) ◽

pp. 17 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

SHAHROOZ KAZEMI ◽

HANS KLOMPEN ◽

MARÍA L. MORAZA ◽

KARIM KAMALI ◽

ALIREZA SABOORI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southern China ◽

Single Species ◽

Generic Diagnosis ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Adult Females ◽

A New Species

A new species of Weiseronyssus (Mesostigmata: Diplogyniidae) is described from adult females and males taken from Oryctes nasicornis (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in northern Iran. The genus was previously known from a single species associated with an undetermined dynastine scarab from southern China. The generic diagnosis is updated and a key to the genera of Diplogyniidae is presented.

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A new species of Hedya Hübner from Iran with proposed rearrangement of some species currently assigned to Metendothenia Diakonoff (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2879.1.3 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2879 (1) ◽

pp. 33 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

HELEN ALIPANAH ◽

JOAQUÍN BAIXERAS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Combination ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

A New Species

Hedya tritofa, new species, is described and illustrated based on eleven males and five females collected in northern Iran (Gilan, Mazandaran, and Golestan provinces). Morphology and diagnostic characters of Hedya Hübner, 1825, Metendothenia Diakonoff, 1973, the Olethreutes group of genera, and the Neopotamia group of genera are discussed. We propose the resurrection of the combinations Hedya atropunctana (Zetterstedt, 1840), revised status, and H. separatana (Kearfott, 1907), revised status, and the new combination H. inouei (Kawabe, 1987).

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Aethiophenax mycetophagi sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Acarophenacidae), an egg parasitoid of Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Coleoptera: Mycetophagidae) from Iran

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.22.4.9 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 541 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elham Arjomandi ◽

Hamidreza Hajiqanbar ◽

Omid Joharchi

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Egg Parasitoid ◽

Mazandaran Province ◽

Northern Iran ◽

World Species ◽

Adult Females ◽

The World ◽

Oyster Mushrooms ◽

A New Species

A new species of the genus Aethiophenax Mahunka, 1981 (Acari: Prostigmata: Acarophenacidae), A. mycetophagi Arjomandi and Hajiqanbar sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on adult females. Mites were collected from the beneath elytra of hairy fungus beetles, Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1761) (Col.: Tenebrionoidea: Mycetophagidae) grazing on oyster mushrooms on a bough of a tree in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. The new species, as fourth representative of the genus, is characterized by all dorsal setae thin and relatively long (26–35) in comparison with those of congeners; all ventral setae thin, setae 2a longest and 1b shortest of venter of idiosoma; tibiotarsus I with solenidion φ slightly clavate and as long as ω; tarsi II with seta pl” modified and spine-like; genu III with two setae (l’ and v’). A key to the world species of the genus is also provided.

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Laimaphelenchus hyrcanus n. sp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae), a new species from northern Iran

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.9 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3915 (4) ◽

pp. 591 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

ESMAEIL MIRAEIZ ◽

RAMIN HEYDARI ◽

ZAHRA TANHA MAAFI ◽

WIM BERT

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Northern Iran ◽

A New Species

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Description of a new species of Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from northern Iran, supplementary information on G. deinos (Zeman) and redescription of G. schusteri (Hirschmann)

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.25.11.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (11) ◽

pp. 1969-1987

Author(s):

Shahrooz Kazemi ◽

Saeid Paktinat-Saeij ◽

Sepideh Saberi

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Persian Gulf ◽

Supplementary Information ◽

Mangrove Forests ◽

Mazandaran Province ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Qeshm Island ◽

Northern Iran ◽

The Persian Gulf ◽

A New Species

A new species of the laelapid mite genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till, G. tuberculatus sp. nov., is described from female specimens collected in soil and rotten leaves under citrus trees in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. Supplementary information on G. deinos (Zeman) is presented. Gaeolaelaps schusteri (Hirschmann) is redescribed based on the type specimens as well as additional specimens collected from the littoral zone of mangrove forests in Qeshm Island, in the eastern part of the Persian Gulf, southern Iran.

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Eremias papenfussi sp. nov., a new lacertid lizard (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Tehran Province, Iran

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3114.1.6 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3114 (1) ◽

pp. 57 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

OMID MOZAFFARI ◽

FARAHAM AHMADZADEH ◽

JAMES F. PARHAM

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Rocky Mountain ◽

Color Pattern ◽

Mountain Range ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Lacertid Lizard ◽

Alborz Mountain ◽

Tehran Province ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of Eremias lacertid from the Alborz Mountain range in northern Iran (Tehran Province). Eremias papenfussi n. sp. is part of the Eremias subgenus (or morphotype) by virtue of lacking lateral fringes on the fourth toe and color pattern. It can be further differentiated from previously described species assigned to this morphotype by the absence of distinctly keeled upper caudal scales, gular scales that do not extend to the second inframaxiallary scales, color pattern, and scale counts. Eremias papenfussi is found on rocky mountain slopes of the Alborz where it is presumed to have a much broader distribution than demonstrated by the available specimens. Of the 15 species of Eremias known from Iran, E. papenfussi is the fifth species known to inhabit rocky mountain slopes along with E. strauchi, E. lalezharica, E. montanus and E. novo.

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