Phoretic uropodine mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Iran


Submitted: 27 February 2016
Accepted: 8 May 2016
Published: 19 December 2016
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  • V.R. Farmahiny Farahani Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
  • A. Ahadiyat Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
  • P. Mašán Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • M.A. Dehvari Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
During an investigation on phoretic mite associates of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, in Sistan and Balouchestan Province of Iran, two uropodine species were collected and identified as Centrouropoda almerodai (Uropodidae) and Uroobovella marginata (Dinychidae). This is the first record of the genus Centrouropoda from Iran and the first record of phoretic mites associated with this weevil from the country.

Farmahiny Farahani, V., Ahadiyat, A., Mašán, P., & Dehvari, M. (2016). Phoretic uropodine mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Iran. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 48(3), 317–322. https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2016.5853

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