Eustigmaeus nasrinae Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2002

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

Eustigmaeus nasrinae Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2002

Diagnosis (female)

Dorsal shields ornamented with irregularly shaped dimples which vary from small, with 5 vacuoles, to large with more than 10 vacuoles; dorsal body setae blunt tipped; eyes present; endopedal shield smooth and entire; setae on endopodal shields barbed; suranal shield ornamented and dimples on suranal shield vague and without vacuoles; trochanter III with two setae; genua II with 3(+ ĸ) setae; femur II with four setae; tarsus II with 9(+ ω); tarsus IV with 7 setae.

Materials examined

Two females were collected from soil under Pyrus communis ( Rosaceae ) 26 Aug. 2020, Dolatshah village, Lorestan province.

Distribution

This species has only been reported from Iran ( Beyzavi et al. 2013; Mohammadi et al. 2013; Fakhari et al. 2014; Rahmati et al. 2015).