Raphignathus hecmatanensis Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2003

Hatami, Parisa, Jafari, Shahriar & Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad, 2024, Some raphignathoid mites (Acariformes: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) in Lorestan Province, with re-description of Raphignathus evidus Fan as a new record from Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1), pp. 77-92 : 84

Raphignathus hecmatanensis Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2003

Diagnosis (female)

Median porodorsal shield spherical anteriorly and narrow posteriorly; small shields present posterolateral to median prodorsal shields; palpfemur with three setae; interscutal membrane with 2 pairs of setae; opisthosomal shield with 4 setae and f1 close to anterior margin; all dorsal shields punctated; with three pairs of genital setae; femur IV with 3 setae; endopodal shields present around coxae I-IV.

Materials examined

Bisheh village – 26 Oct. 2019 (n = 1), 19 Nov. 2019 (n = 1), from soil under Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ); Veysian city: 9 Sep. 2019 (n = 1), 4 Sep. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Pistacia sp. ( Anacardiaceae ). Taf village: 4 Aug. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ); 20 Sep. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Vitis vinifera ( Vitaceae ). Qaleh Sangi village: 16 Sep. 2020 (n = 9), from soil under Oryza sativa ( Poaceae ) and 24 Aug. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Morus sp. ( Moraceae ). Kamalvand village (33° 26' N, 48° 26' E): 24 Sep. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Zea mays ( Poaceae ). Dolatshah village: 22 Sep. 2019 (n = 2), from soil under Prunus domestica ( Rosaceae ). Faculty of Agriculture of Lorestan University: 3 Jul. 2020 (n = 6), from soil under Buxus sp. ( Buxaceae ). Shorab village: 7 Jun. 2020 (n = 2) and 23 Jul. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ). Pyrjd village: 10 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Prunus armeniaca ( Rosaceae ). Araban village (33° 27' N, 48° 19' E): 29 Jun. 2020 (n = 6), from soil under Alhagi persarum ( Fabaceae ).

Distribution

This species was originally described from Iran ( Khanjani and Ueckermann 2003), and also reported from Crimea, Syria and Turkiye ( Beyzavi et al. 2013; Fakhari et al. 2014; Zarei et al. 2015; Doğan 2019; Beron 2020; Mohammad-Doustaresharaf and Bagheri 2021).