Oribatid mites of Oripodoidea (Acari: Oribatida) from northwest of Iran with additional description of Scheloribates (Scheloribates) labyrinthicus
Author
Gol, Tahereh Taghipour
. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran; E-mails: taghipourgol @ yahoo. com; mbagheri 20022002. mb @ gmail. com
Author
Bagheri, Mohammad
. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran; E-mails: taghipourgol @ yahoo. com; mbagheri 20022002. mb @ gmail. com
Author
Ahaniazad, Mansoureh
. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran; E-mail: man. ahaniazad @ yahoo. com
man.ahaniazad@yahoo.com
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Persian Journal of Acarology
2017
2017-04-15
6
2
81
93
journal article
10.22073/pja.v6i2.28227
2251-8169
4634075
D5345AA0-B930-45F6-947D-E52ABF68F12E
Scheloribates
(
S.
)
laevigatus
* (C.L. Koch, 1835)
Material examined
–
Table 2
(37, 40, 48).
Distribution
– Semicosmopolitan (Holarctic and Paleotropical) (
Subías 2004
, updated 2016).
Iranian localities
– Heyran, Arasbaran and Jolfa (
Akrami 2015
); Marand (Lotfollahi
et. al.
2016).
Note
–
Weigmann
et al.
(2015)
considered
S. laevigatus
as a synonym of
S. labyrinthicus
but, they did not give any reason for their action. We do not follow these authors because the labyrinth-like ornamentation is unique and consistent in all populations of
S. labyrinthicus
but all populations of
S. laevigatus
cuticle is smooth and without obvious ornamentation.