Description of a new species of Gaeolaelaps (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran

Saeidi, Zarir; Nemati, Alireza; Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan

doi:10.3897/zookeys.612.9678

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“…( 2013 ) Gaeolaelaps izajiensis* Saeidi et al. ( 2016 ) Cosmolaelaps longus* Joharchi and Negm ( 2020 ) Cosmolaelaps siberiensis Joharchi et al. ( 2019 ) Gaeolaelaps aharangani Kazemi et al.…”

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Looking for future biological control agents: the comparative function of the deutosternal groove in mesostigmatid mites

Bowman

2023

Exp Appl Acarol

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The physics of fluid laminar flow through an idealised deutosternum assembly is used for the first time to review predatory feeding designs over 72 different-sized example species from 16 mesostigmatid families in order to inform the finding of new biological control agents. Gnathosomal data are digitised from published sources. Relevant gnathosomal macro- and micro-features are compared and contrasted in detail which may subtly impact the control of channel- or ‘pipe’-based transport of prey liquids around various gnathosomal locations. Relative deutosternal groove width on the mesostigmatid subcapitulum is important but appears unrelated to the closing velocity ratio of the moveable digit. Big mites are adapted for handling large and watery prey. The repeated regular distance between deutosternal transverse ridges (‘Querleisten’) supports the idea of them enabling a regular fluctuating bulging or pulsing droplet-based fluid wave ‘sticking’ and ‘slipping’ along the groove. Phytoseiids are an outlier functional group with a low deutosternal pipe flow per body size designed for slot-like microchannel transport in low volume fluid threads arising from daintily nibbling nearby prey klinorhynchidly. Deutosternal groove denticles are orientated topographically in order to synergise flow and possible mixing of coxal gland-derived droplets and circumcapitular reservoir fluids across the venter of the gnathosomal base back via the hypostome to the prey being masticated by the chelicerae. As well as working with the tritosternum to mechanically clean the deutosternum, denticles may suppress fluid drag. Shallow grooves may support edge-crawling viscous flow. Lateral features may facilitate handling unusual amounts of fluid arising from opportunistic feeding on atypical prey. Various conjectures for confirmatory follow-up are highlighted. Suggestions as to how to triage non-uropodoid species as candidate plant pest control agents are included.

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Looking for future biological control agents: the comparative function of the deutosternal groove in mesostigmatid mites

Bowman

2023

Exp Appl Acarol

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“…To date, 20 species of Gaeolaelaps have been reported from Iran of which nine species (G. jondishapouri Nemati and Kavianpour; G. iranicus Kavianpour and Nemati; G. farajii Nemati and Mohseni; G. orbiculatus Nemati and Mohseni; G. mossadeghi Kavianpour and Nemati; G. khajooii Kazemi et al; G. ahangarani Kazemi and Beaulieu; G. lenis Vatankhah and Nemati; G. izajiensis Saeidi et al) were described as new for science (Nemati and Kavianpour 2013;Nemati and Mohseni 2013;Kavianpour et al 2013;Kazemi et al 2014;Kavianpour and Nemati 2014;Saeidi et al, 2016;Vatankhah et al 2016). The Mangrove or Hara Forests of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf, southern Iran, is a protected area that is dominantly covered by Avicennia marina.…”

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A new species and new record of Gaeolaelaps Evans and Till (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from Iran

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Kazemi

2018

Acarologia

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Herein, a new species of the hypoaspidine mite genus Gaeolaelaps, G. mirzakhaniae n. sp., is described on the basis of adult female and male specimens collected in soil and litter of citrus orchards in Kerman Province, southeastern Iran. Also, supplementary information for G. queenslandicus (Womersley) is presented. Moreover, Gaeolaelaps schusteri (Hirschmann) is reported for the first time from Iran on the basis of specimens collected in Mangrove forests of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf.

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“…Beaulieu (2009) and Kazemi et al (2014) have studied the characteristics of the genus, which contains more than 100 species. In recent years, several species of this genus have been described, which seems to have increased the number of species to more than one hundred (Kavianpour et al 2013, Nemati and Mohseni 2013, Kavianpour and Nemati 2014, Kazemi et al 2014, Saeidi et al 2016, Vatankhah et al 2016. The systematic situation of some species of this genus is unclear.…”

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New data to the knowledge of Gaeolaelaps mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae)

2018

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The present paper is devoted to the study of some morphological changes in the laelapid genus Gaeolaelaps, based on observations on G. queenslandicus (Womersley, 1956), G. angustus (Karg, 1965) and G. tripodiger (Berlese, 1916) [new comb]. According to our observations on the type material of G. angustus, previous redescription of G. queenslandicus (sensu Costa 1966, based on holotype), specimens of this species from Australia and numerous specimens from Iran identified as either G. angustus or G. queenslandicus, notable variations were observed in some morphological characters, which had previously been considered as distinguishing features between the two species. Our analysis indicates that these morphological differences represent intraspecific variation, and therefore the two species names are synonyms. Furthermore, observation of type material of G. tripodiger shows that the two first mentioned species are junior synonyms of G. tripodiger. The original descriptions of G. trifurcatus (Wang and Li, 1965) [new comb.] and G. trifurcatoides (Yan and Ma, 1999) ([new comb.] show no authentic morphological difference from G. tripodiger and those are also junior synonyms of the later. The oldest available name for this species is Gaeolaelaps tripodiger. However, that name is almost unknown, and to use it as a valid name would cause taxonomic confusion. Therefore, we continue to use the widely known name Gaeolaelaps queenslandicus for this species, in the interests of stability.

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Description of a new species of Gaeolaelaps (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

Looking for future biological control agents: the comparative function of the deutosternal groove in mesostigmatid mites

Looking for future biological control agents: the comparative function of the deutosternal groove in mesostigmatid mites

A new species and new record of Gaeolaelaps Evans and Till (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from Iran

New data to the knowledge of Gaeolaelaps mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae)

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