A new species of Myrmozercon Berlese (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) associated with ant from Iran

Abstract. This paper report on a new species of mites of the genus Myrmozercon associated with ant in Iran – Myrmozercon cyrusi Ghafarian and Joharchi sp. n. was collected associated of the Monomorium sp. in Kenevist Rural District in the Central District of Mashhad County, Khorasan Razavi Province,...

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Autores principales: Ghafarian, Azadeh, Joharchi, Omid, Jalalizand, Alireza, Jalaeian, Mahdi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23794801
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.272.4404
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Sumario:Abstract. This paper report on a new species of mites of the genus Myrmozercon associated with ant in Iran – Myrmozercon cyrusi Ghafarian and Joharchi sp. n. was collected associated of the Monomorium sp. in Kenevist Rural District in the Central District of Mashhad County, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran. This new species is described and illustrations provided. Myrmozercon ovatum Karawajew, 1909 is suspected to be a junior synonym of Myrmozercon brevipes Berlese, 1902 and host-specificity and host range of Myrmozercon are also reviewed.

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