Torrenticola jasminae Bader, 1988

Pesic, Vladimir, Saboori, Alireza, Asadi, Mahdieh, Vafaei, Reza & Sanatgar, Elham, 2006, Water mites of the genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from Iran, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 1133 (1), pp. 45-59 : 54-56

Torrenticola jasminae Bader, 1988

( Figs. 29–30 )

Material examined: IR102 Hamedan Province, Gazandar stream ca. 3 km to Toiserkan city (ca. 48º28´E 34º33´N), 26.06.2005, leg. Pesic & Vafaei (0/1/0) ; IR103 Hamedan Province, Baba Pir Ali stream in Baba Pir Ali village (6 km after Toiserkan, ca. 48º25´E 34º40´N), 26.06.2005, leg. Pesic & Vafaei (0/1/0).

Records from the study area: Kerman Province: Simk village— Pesic et al. (2004), Vamegh Abad village— Pesic et al. (2005).

Remarks: The specimens from Hamedan Province are in good agreement with the specimen from Kerman Province ( Pesic et al. 2004). Dorsal length and relative length (in parentheses, given as % of total length) of palp ( Figs. 29–30 ) segments of the female from Gazandar stream: P­1 59 (15.9), P­2 147 (39.7), P­3 56 (15.1), P­4 91 (24.6), P­5 17 (4.6); palp total L 370; L P­2/P­4 ratio 1.6.

Distribution: Iran, Israel, Turkey (Pesic et al. submitted).

Figures

FIGURES 29–30. Torrenticola jasminae Bader, 1988, female: 29 = palp, medial view; 30 = palp, lateral view. Scale bar = 100µm.