TY - JOUR
JF - Acarologia
T1 - Teneriffia hajiqanbari sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Teneriffiidae), first record of the genus from Iran, with a key to world species of Teneriffia
VL - 62
IS - 1
SP - 262
EP - 269
PY - 2022
SN - 0044-586X
SN - 2107-7207
PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU - Paktinat-Saeij, Saeid
AU - Kazemi, Shahrooz
UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/jkco-c4nu
DO - 10.24349/jkco-c4nu
DA - 2022-02-21
ET - 2022-02-21
KW - Prostigmata
KW - predatory mites
KW - littoral mites
KW - taxonomy
KW - Hara forests
AB - Teneriffia hajiqanbari n. sp. is described based on female, male, and deutonymph specimens collected in mangrove forests in Qeshm Island, in the eastern part of the Persian Gulf, southern Iran. This new species can be distinguished by following characters: gnathosoma without “clasps” ventrally; palpal oncophysis absent; venter with 17–20 pairs of setae; genital plates with seven pairs of setae (female); dorsal body setae minutely barbed; opisthosomal setae d1, e1 and f1 long and reaching or surpassing the base of next seta; solenidotaxy of tarsi I–IV: 3-3-0-1. Additionally, an identification key to known species of Teneriffia is updated.
ER -