Two new species and eight new combinations of Pulaeini Berlese (Acari: Cunaxidae) from Iran, with key to species of Lupaeus and Pulaeus in the world

Autor: Tatiane M.M.G. de Castro, Michael J. Skvarla, Gilberto J. de Moraes, Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Bagheri
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Systematic and Applied Acarology. 21:778
ISSN: 1362-1971
DOI: 10.11158/saa.21.6.5
Popis: Two new species of Pulaeini, Lupaeus damavandiani Paktinat-Saeij & Castro sp. nov., and Pulaeus aryani Paktinat-Saeij & Castro sp. nov., are described and illustrated from soil, humus and moss in the Mazandaran province, Iran. Also, the status of two genera are considered. Eight new combinations are proposed, namely L. akbari (Bashir & Afzal, 2009) comb. nov., L. anjumi (Bashir & Afzal, 2007) comb. nov., L. ferventis (Taj & Chaudhri, 1990) comb. nov., L. haurio (Taj & Chaudhri, 1991) comb. nov., L. payatopalpus (Corpuz-Raros, 1996) comb. nov., L. stultus (Taj & Chaudhri, 1991) comb. nov., L. walii (Bashir & Afzal, 2009) comb. nov. and Neocunaxoides neopectinatus (Shiba, 1978) comb. nov. P. razanensis Den Heyer, 2013 syn. nov. considered a junior synonym of P. krama (Chaudhri, 1977). Lupaeus clarae (Den Heyer, 1981b) is reported for the first time from Iran. Keys to the Lupaeus and Pulaeus species of the world are provided.
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