<p><strong>CHECKLIST OF THE WATER MITES (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA) OF IRAN: SECOND SUPPLEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF ONE NEW SPECIES</strong></p>

Abstract

As a supplement to the list of the mite fauna of Iran compiled by Pešić and Saboori (2007), an additional faunistic list of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran is presented based on recently published data. The total number of species and subspecies of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) recorded from Iran up to date is 186 species, in 43 genera and 25 families. Based on new material, one new species, Atractides elburzensis n. sp. is described from a stream in N Iran.

New records of the water mite genus Atractides Koch, 1837 from Iran (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae)

“…Female -Integument striated, muscle insertions unsclerotized. Glandularia enlarged (Dgl-3 38 µm); secondary sclerotization generally less extended than in males (see Pešić et al 2014), but clearly visible in the irregular margins of the glandularia, coxae and genital sclerites. Mediocaudal margin Cx-I convex, apodemes of Cx-II in an obtuse angle.…”

“…In Iran, the genus Atractides includes 30 species (Schwoerbel and Sepasgozarian1976, Pešić and Asadi 2002, Pešić and Vafaei 2009, Asadi et al 2010, Pešić et al 2004a,b, 2005a,b, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2019. Most of these species belong to Atractides s.s., while two species belong to Polymegapus K. Viets, 1926(i.e., A. cf.…”

New record of a parasitising species of Hydrachna (Acari, Hydrachnidia) on water beetles Eretes griseus (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Dytiscinae, Eretini)

“…v aillanti , H.sistanica , H.globosalacerata ), and two of them ( H.sepasgozariani , H. cf. v aillanti ) belong to the Hydrachnaprocessifera group of species (Pešić and Saboori 2007; Pešić et al 2012, 2014). Larvae were described only for H.cruenta , H.skorikowi , and H.globosa (Wainstein 1980).…”

Faunal Diversity and Distribution of Hygrobatidae Koch, 1842 Species (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of Turkey and Three Neighboring Countries

“…The Hygrobatidae species recorded from Turkey and neighboring countries. (Turkey:Erman et al, 2010Erman et al, , 2019 Iran: Pešić and Saboori 2007;Pešić et al, 2014; Greece and Bulgaria: Pešić et al, 2010, 2018) …”