Ameroseiid Mites (Acari: Ameroseiidae) in Some Parts of Iran with Redescription of Ameroseius Lidiae Bregetova
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J. Crop Prot. 2014, 3 (Supplementary): 673-682___________________________________________ Research article Ameroseiid mites (Acari: Ameroseiidae) in some parts of Iran with redescription of Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova 1, 2* 1 Arsalan Khalili-Moghadam and Alireza Saboori 1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. 2. Plant Protection Department, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran. Abstract: This paper reports some species of Ameroseiidae from various habitats in different parts of Iran. Ameroseius bassolase (Vargass, 2001) has been reported from Iran, but it was a misidentification of Sertitympanum aegyptiacus Nasr & Abow-Awad, 1984. Redescription of Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, 1977 based on female specimens is also presented. Keywords: Taxonomy, soil, mite, Mesostigmata, Ameroseiidae, Iran Introduction12 genus of ameroseiid mites. Over 140 species are currently included in the genus (Beaulieu et al., Mites of the family Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961 2011; Halliday, 1997), 20 species of ameroseiid have wide ranges of habitat. Some of them have mites have been recorded in Iran (Hajizadeh et al., established close phoretic relationships with other 2013a; Hajizadeh et al., 2013b; Kazemi and arthropods and, less commonly, with vertebrates. Rajaei, 2013; Nemati et al., 2013). The Iranian Species of Ameroseiidae representing the genera mites of the family Ameroseiidae are poorly Ameroseius and Hattena have been collected from known. The only studies that have been done on the heads of nectar-feeding birds in Australasia this family are restricted to the lists of species (Allred, 1970; Domrow, 1979). Members of this with some distribution data (Hajizadeh et al., family have a wide range of terrestrial and above 2013a; Kazemi and Rajaei, 2013; Nemati et al., ground substrates, including moss, rotting straw, 2013) and redescription of A. lanceosetis Livshitz compost, manure, forest humus, decaying wood, & Mitrofanov, 1975 (Hajizadeh et al., 2013a). bracket fungi, stored foods, and the nests of Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, 1977 was described mammals, birds, and social insects; inflorescences very briefly and inadequately based on specimens may also be invaded (Evans and Till, 1979; from mouth of Dnepr River in a hollow in a Bregetova, 1977; Karg, 1993; Halliday, 1997). No willow in USSR. The present information observations have confirmed a predatory feeding (Bregetova, 1977) about its morphological behavior for any ameroseiid species. Some characters is very poor. In this paper some new Ameroseius species are fungivorous associates of distribution data of this family in Chaharmahal Va bracket fungi and the decaying wood of trees that Bakhtiari, Esfahan and Khuzestan provinces, and have succumbed to attacks by bark- and wood- redescription of A. lidiae are presented. boring beetles (Westerboer and Bernhard, 1963; Lindquist et al. 2009). Ameroseius is the largest Materials and Methods Handling Editor: Mohammad Khanjani Mites were collected from various habitats from ________________________________ different parts of Iran. Mites were extracted from * Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] samples using Berlese funnels, cleared in lactic Received: 09 February 2014, Accepted: 15 June 2014 Published online: 30 July 2014 acid at 55 °C and then mounted in Hoyer’s 673 Ameroseiid mites of Iran __________________________________________________________ J. Crop Prot. medium on permanent microslides. Line drawings Nemati, 10.4.2009; Boldaji, Choghakhor (31° 55´ were made by use of a drawing tube and figures 12" N 50° 56´ 31" E, H: 2298 m), decaying wood, were performed with Corel X-draw software, based 2F, coll. A. Khalili-Moghadam, 30.5.2013. Esfahan on the scanned line drawings. Measurements of province, Esfahan (32° 38´ 27" N 51° 47´ 13" E, H: structures were expressed as mean (minimum- 1590), soil, 2F, coll. A. Nemati, 2007 and 2010. maximum) ranges in micrometers (μm). The dorsal Khuzestan province, Izeh (31° 49´ 52" N 49° 52´ 9" setae notation followed that of Lindquist & Evans E, alt 845 m), soil, 2F, coll. A. Nemati, 2011. (1965). Length of the dorsal shield is the distance Note: Ameroseius bassolase (Vargass, 2001) was from its anteromedian edge anterior to bases of collected and recorded from Fars province setae j1 to its posteromedian edge posterior to bases (Marvdasht) in soil (Kazemi and Rajaei, 2013; of setae Z5; width of dorsal shield was measured at Soleimani et al. 2011). We examined some widest part; length of the sternal shield was specimens collected by Soleimani et al. (2011), measured along midline from anterior edge to its and also other specimens which were collected in posterior margin, width measured between coxae I- this survey. According to studied specimens, our II (widest point) and at the insertion of st2; The data does not support this record and we believe length of ventri-anal shield is midline from the that it was a misidentification of S. aegyptiacus. anterior margin to the posterior edge of the Ameroseius corbiculus (Sowerby, 1806) cribrum, and width was measured at widest point. Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province, Shahrekord Setae were measured at level of insertions to their (32° 19´ 55" N 50° 51´ 1" E, H: 2074 m), soil, tips. Lengths of leg segments were measured 1M, coll. A. Khalili-Moghadam, 2012; Boldaji dorsomedially, and tarsi were measured without the and Choghakhor (31° 55´ 12" N 50° 56´ 31" E, H: stalk and pretarsus. Specimens which this paper is 2298 m), decaying wood, 5F, coll., A. Khalili- based on are deposited in the Acarological Moghadam, 30.5.2013; Golestan province, Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Gorgan (36° 47´ 30" N 54° 24´ 10" E, H: 318 m), Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, leaf litter, 2F, 1M, coll., A. Nemati, 2011. Shahrekord and some of them are deposited in Ameroseius plumosus (Oudemans, 1902) Zoological museum, Department of Plant Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province, Shahrekord Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of (32° 19´ 55" N 50° 51´ 1" E, H: 2074 m), soil, 1F, Tehran, Karaj, Iran. The coordinate information in coll., A. Khalili-Moghadam, 2008. the form of latitude and longitude were cited for Epicriopsis horridus (Kramer, 1876) ease of finding the place (city or region) of species Golestan province, Gorgan (36° 47´ 30" N 54° collection and does not refer to the sampling 24´ 10" E, H: 318 m), leaf litter, 2F, coll., A. location. Abbreviations used in the paper are as Nemati, 2011. follows: F = female, M = male. Redescription Results Genus Ameroseius Berlese, 1904 Syn.: Ameroseius Berlese, 1904: 258. Type List of ameroseiid mites collected in this survey species: Seius echinatus C. L. Koch, 1839, by is as follows: original designation (= Acarus corbicula Sertitympanum aegyptiacus Nasr & Abow- Sowerby, 1806 = Seius muricatus Koch, 1839). Awad, 1984 Kleemannia Oudemans, 1930: 135. Type Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province, Shahrekord species: Zercon pavidus Koch, 1839, by (32° 19´ 55" N 50° 51´ 1" E, H: 2074 m), soil, 3F, original designation. Synonymy by Westerboer coll. A. Nemati, 2007 and 1F, coll. A. Khalili- & Bernhard, 1963. Moghadam, 2011; Saman (32° 27´ 45" N 50° 55´ Primoseius Womersley, 1956: 116. Type 11" E, H: 1935 m), soil, 2F, coll. A. Nemati, species: Zercoseius macauleyi Hughes, 1948, by 26.12.2006 and 26.12.2008; Farokhshahr (32° 16´ original designation. Synonymy by Hughes, 1961. 1" N 50° 58´ 45" E, H: 2109 m), soil, 1F, coll. A. Genus diagnosis. See Halliday (1997). 674 Khalili-Moghadam amd Saboori _________________________ J. Crop Prot. (2014) Vol. 3 (Supplementary) Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, 1977 (Figures 1–12) area of cribrum posterior to post-anal seta. Six pairs Specimens examined. of opisthogastric setae (Jv1–Jv5, Zv2) smooth and Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province, Ben (32° 33´ acicular on soft cuticle. Opisthogaster surface with 44" N 50° 44´ 13" E, H: 2218 m), soil, 6F; six pairs of lyrifissures and a pair of elongate Hafshejan (32° 12´ 58" N 50° 47´ 29" E, H: 2048 metapodal platelets. Remnants of endopodal shield m), rotting wood, 2F; Farokhshahr, Dezak (32° represented by a triangular platelet between coxae 16´ 14" N 50° 58´ 39" E, H: 2104 m), soil, 1F; II and III, and a narrower, curved platelet between Shahrekord (32° 20´ 1" N 50° 51´ 14" E, H: 2092 coxae III and IV. Exopodal shields not observed. m), soil, 1F; Shahrekord, soil, 1F; Saman (32° 27´ Peritreme almost reaching level of setae j1. 31" N 50° 54´ 49" E, H: 1927 m), soil, 1F. Peritrematal shield wide, with nearly wider area at Female (n = 5) level of coxae II-III, with one pair of pores at level Dorsal idiosoma. Dorsal shield oval-shaped, 492 of coxa III and on arc post-stigmatal plate. (473–510) long, width at level of setae r3 295 Gnathosoma. Hypostome (Fig. 5) with 3 pairs of (286–307), (Fig. 1); entirely reticulated and with smooth simple setae; h1 (16–17), h2 (14–15) and some deep depressions; with 29 pairs of setae, 19 h3 (15). Deutosternal groove with seven rows of 2– pairs on podonotum (j1-2, j4-6, z2-3, z5-6, s1-6, 4 denticles, the anterior- most with one tooth-like r2-5) and 10 pairs on opisthonotum (J2, J4, Z1- projection, the denticles of sixth row not 3, Z5, S2-5) with Z5 (Fig. 3) which is the longest. discernible. Basal section of hypostome with two Seta j1 (Fig. 2) slightly wider than the other rows of denticles posterior to palp-coxal setae. dorsal setae and with distinct barbs. Dorsal setae Corniculi bifid. Epistome arc-shaped and with vary in length (Table 1). Cuticle between dorsal smooth anterior margin (Fig. 6). Fixed cheliceral and ventral sides of body bears no setae. Pore- digit 19 (16–20) long, with an apical tooth and like structures on podonotal and opisthonotal three robust teeth, movable digit 21 (19–23) long regions were not clear and not observed. and with one small subapical tooth, middle Ventral idiosoma (Fig. 4). Tritosternum with cheliceral segment 43 (31–50) long and with dorsal columnar base (8) and pilose laciniae 34 (31–37) lyrifissure, dorsal seta not observed (Fig.