The stigmaeid mites of Iran (Acari: Stigmaeidae)

Abstract

Abstract Seven stigmaeid species, including Parastigmaeus andreae n. sp., Eustigmaeus nasrinae n. sp., Cheylostigmaeus iranensis n. sp., Stigmaeus alvandis n. sp., Ledermulleriopsis medicae n. sp. and L. zahiri n. sp., are described from Iran. Ledermulleriopsis plumosa Willmann, Stigmaeus elongatus Berlese, Stigmaeus unicus Kuznetzov and Storchia robusta (Berlese) are recorded from Iran for the first time. Zetzellia mali (Ewing) and Agistemus macrommatus Gonzalez are redescribed and defined. A key to the species is given