Achaemenothrombium saboorii Noei, 2021

Kohansal, Mahnaz, Noei, Javad, Ramroodi, Sara & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2021, New data on Cicaditrombium lorestanensis Noei (Acari: Trombidiidae), Achaemenothrombium saboorii Noei (Acari: Achaemenothrombiidae) and the family Neothrombiidae, Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (23), pp. 239-247 : 242-243

Achaemenothrombium saboorii Noei, 2021

Material examined

One larva (ARS-20210131-2a) was collected ectoparasitic on Dichagyris leucomelas Brandt ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ), IRAN: South Khorasan Province, Darmiyan city, Dorokhsh region (33° 08' 22" N, 59° 42' 54" E, 6345 m a.s.l.), 24 July 2020, coll. M. Kohansal; one larva (ARS- 20210131-2d) – the same data except for Hyponephele lupina (O. Costa) ( Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae ); one larva (ARS-20210131-2c) – the same data except for Drasteria saisani (Staudinger) ( Lepidoptera : Erebidae ) and one larva (ARS-20210131-2b) – the same data except on an unidentified moth ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ). All four specimens had started to feed and were engorged. Two specimens (ARS-20210131-2a–2b) are deposited in the Acarological Collection, Acarological Society of Iran, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran and two specimens (ARS-20210131-2c–2d) - in the collection of the Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Iran ( DPPZ).

Remarks

Achaemenothrombium saboorii was described based on larvae ectoparasitic on Drasteria cailino (Lefèbvre) , D. flexuosa (Ménétriés) , D. saisani (Staudinger) ( Lepidoptera : Erebidae ), Gnopharmia colchidaria (Lederer) ( Lepidoptera : Geometridae ), Stiphrometasia monialis (Erschoff) ( Lepidoptera : Crambidae ), Bryophila moeonis (Lederer) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) and Platycleis intermedia (Audinet-Serville) ( Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae ) ( Noei and Rabieh 2021). Achaemenothrombium saboorii is recorded for the second time from South Khorasan Province, Iran ectoparasitic on Dichagyris leucomelas Brandt ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ), Drasteria saisani (Staudinger) ( Lepidoptera : Erebidae ) and Hyponephele lupina (O. Costa) ( Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae ). Dichagyris leucomelas and H. lupine are recorded as new hosts for A. saboorii .

The leg setal formula and measurements are given in Tables 2 and 3 , respectively. The specimens collected in the present study fit the data on A. saboorii given by Noei and Rabieh (2021) based on Table 2 and 3 .

* 4σ on one side of symmetry axis in four specimens, 2σ on one side of symmetry axis in one specimen; ** 4ω on one side of symmetry axis in one specimen; *** 4φ on one side of symmetry axis in six specimens, 5φ on one side of symmetry axis in one specimen; 4 * 2σ on one side of symmetry axis in four specimens; 5 * 17 specimens with two setae on coxa II, six specimens with three setae, 3/ 2 in two specimens and 2/ 4 in one specimen; 6 * 2σ on one side of symmetry axis in three specimens, one specimen without solenidion on one side of symmetry axis.