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Issue: Vol. 4013 No. 4: 10 Sept. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.3
Page range: 519–530
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new Bdellidae (Trombidiformes: Bdelloidea) from Iran and the status of Neobiscirus Gomelauri, 1963

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
Young Researchers and Elite Club, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran.
Acari Prostigmata Spinibdellinae Bdellinae predatory mites systematics

Abstract

Two new Bdellidae, Biscirus iranensis Paktinat-Saeej & Bagheri sp. nov. and Bdella farabii Paktinat-Saeej & Bagheri sp. nov., are described from northern Iran. The monotypic genus Neobiscirus considered a junior synonym of Biscirus, and its only species therefore considered Biscirus kobachidzei (Gomelauri, 1963) comb. nov.