https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2015.4926

Multioppia (Multioppia) biciliata sp. n. new species of oribatid mites from Iran (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae)

Vol. 47 No. 2 (2015)
Submitted: 27 December 2014
Accepted: 16 April 2015
Published: 28 August 2015
Oribatida, Oppiidae, Multioppia, new species, Iran.
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M.A. Akrami
akrami@shirazu.ac.ir
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
S.R. Bastan
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
A new oribatid mite species of the family Oppiidae, Multioppia (Multioppia) biciliata sp. n. is described from Arak, Markazi province, central-western Iran. The new species is characterized by the rounded rostrum; strongly elbowed rostral setae; long sensilli with oblong head, dilated unilaterally, ciliated bilaterally with 15-16 long cilia on outer and 8 short cilia on inner edge; long, thick and bilaterally ciliate notogastral setae; smooth genital and ciliate epimeral, aggenital, anal and adanal setae. An identification key to Iranian species of Multioppia is presented.

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Akrami, M., & Bastan, S. (2015). Multioppia (Multioppia) biciliata sp. n. new species of oribatid mites from Iran (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 47(2), 46–49. https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2015.4926

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