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Redescription of Ameroseius eumorphus Bregetova (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae), a new record of Epicriopsis Berlese from Iran and a new homonym in Ameroseiidae A. Khalili-Moghadam, A. Saboori To cite this version: A. Khalili-Moghadam, A. Saboori. Redescription of Ameroseius eumorphus Bregetova (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae), a new record of Epicriopsis Berlese from Iran and a new homonym in Ameroseiidae. Acarologia, Acarologia, 2016, 56 (4), pp.537-551. 10.1051/acarologia/20164138. hal-01547401 HAL Id: hal-01547401 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01547401 Submitted on 26 Jun 2017 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. 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Acarologia 56(4): 537–551 (2016) DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164138 Redescription of Ameroseius eumorphus Bregetova (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae), a new record of Epicriopsis Berlese from Iran and a new homonym in Ameroseiidae Arsalan KHALILI-MOGHADAM1,2* and Alireza SABOORI1 (Received 21 March 2016; accepted 15 April 2016; published online 21 October 2016) 1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. [email protected] (*Corresponding author), [email protected] 2 Plant Protection Department, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran. ABSTRACT — In this paper we redescribe Ameroseius eumorphus Bregetova, 1977 based on morphological characters of female specimens collected from soil and litter from Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari and Khuzestan Provinces, Iran, using comparison with photographs of its holotype. The world distribution, hosts and habitats of this species are reviewed. Epicriopsis baloghi Kandil, 1978 is recorded for the first time from Iran. Ameroseius qinghaiensis Ma, 2008 is a junior primary homonym of Ameroseius qinghaiensis Li and Yang, 2000 and a new replacement name is proposed for this species. We also present corrected data for leg segment sizes of Ameroseius lidiae in Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori (2014). KEYWORDS — Ameroseiidae; female; Mesostigmata; mite; taxonomy INTRODUCTION 1997, Moraza 2006, Lindquist et al. 2009, Moraes and Narita 2010, Narita et al. 2013, 2015). Amero- Ameroseiid mites with wide ranges of habitats seius Berlese, 1904 is the largest genus in this family including moss, manure, dead wood, fungi cap, comprising about 100 species reported from differ- stored products and so on feed on different materi- ent habitats in various geographical areas (Narita et als and act as predatory, fungivorous and substrate al. 2015). decomposers agents. Some species have been re- ported in associated with mammals, birds, rodents The present information on mites of this fam- and social insects and their nest (Westerboer and ily in Iran is poor. Twenty three species have Bernhard 1963, Allred 1970, Bregetova 1977, Dom- been previously reported (Hajizadeh et al. 2013a,b, row 1979, Evans and Till 1979, Karg 1993, Halliday Kazemi and Rajaei 2013, Nemati et al. 2013, Khalili- 1997, Mašán 1998, Vargas and Polaco 2001, Villegas- Moghadam and Saboori 2014, Khaleghabadian et al. Guzmán et al. 2004, Lindquist et al. 2009). 2015). Different taxonomical studies have been done on The present knowledge on Ameroseius eumorphus ameroseid mites around the world (Westerboer and is based on Bregetova (1977), who provided a brief Bernhard 1963, Bregetova 1977, Karg 1993, Halliday description of the species. Barilo (1986) presented http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/ 537 ISSN 0044-586-X (print). ISSN 2107-7207 (electronic) Khalili-Moghadam A. and Saboori A. some morphological information about A. eumor- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION phus, such as dorsal shield with 28 pairs of lance- olate or very slightly serrate setae, epistome arc- REDESCRIPTION shaped with an elongate, acute and smooth central Ameroseius Berlese, 1904 projection, and ventri-anal shield wider than long. In this paper, redescription of A. eumorphus is pre- Ameroseius Berlese, 1904: 258. Type species: Seius sented based on morphological characters of female echinatus C.L. Koch, 1839: 13. specimens, using comparison with photographs of Kleemannia Oudemans, 1930: 135. Synonymy by the holotype in Academy of Sciences, Museum of Westerboer and Bernhard, 1963: 479. Type species: Anthropology and Ethnography, St. Petersburg, Zercon pavidus C.L. Koch, 1839: 10. Russia. A new record of Epicriopsis for Iranian mite Primoseius Womersley, 1956: 116. Synonymy by fauna is presented. Ameroseius qinghaiensis Ma, 2008 Hughes, 1961: 246. Type species: Zercoseius is a junior primary homonym of Ameroseius qing- macauleyi Hughes, 1948: 146. haiensis Li and Yang, 2000 and a new replacement For diagnosis of the genus see Halliday (1997) name proposed for this species. Corrected data and Narita et al. (2013). of leg segment sizes of Ameroseius lidiae in Khalili- Moghadam and Saboori (2014) is presented. Ameroseius eumorphus Bregetova, 1977 (Figures 1-3) A. eumorphus Bregetova, 1977: 153. A. eumorphus - Narita et al. 2013: 7. MATERIALS AND METHODS Diagnosis — Palp tarsal claws and corniculi two and three tined respectively; setae h1 about twice Soil and litter samples were collected from differ- thicker than h2 and h3; fixed cheliceral digit with ent parts of Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari and Khuzes- four large teeth near the base of digit and subapi- tan Provinces. Mites were extracted from samples cal offset gabelzahn. Dorsal shield with 28 pairs using Berlese funnels, cleared in lactic acid at 55 of lanceolate setae and very slightly serrate (j1 leaf- °C and then mounted in Hoyer’s medium on per- shaped), tips of J2 and J4 do not reach the base of J4 manent microscope slides. Line drawings were and Z5, respectively. Opisthogasteric region with 6 made using a phase-contrast Olympus BX52 micro- pairs of setae, 2 of which on the ventri-anal shield scope equipped with a drawing tube. Figures were (in addition to circumanal setae). Ventri-anal shield performed with Corel X-draw software, based on wider than long, anterior margin with clearly de- the scanned line drawings. Measurements are ex- pression, pre-anal setae (Jv2) set closed together. pressed as mean (minimum-maximum) ranges in micrometers (µm). The dorsal setae notation and Adult female (Figures 1-3) (5 specimens mea- leg chaetotaxy followed that of Lindquist & Evans sured) (1965) and Evans (1963b), respectively. Lengths of Gnathosoma (Figure 1A) — Hypostomal and leg segments were measured dorsomedially, and palpcoxal setae smooth; h1 26 (26-27), h2 21 (20- tarsi were measured with the stalk and pretar- 22), h3 18 (16-19) and pc 24 (22-26). Deutosternal sus. Specimens on which this paper is based groove narrow; transverse rows of denticles not dis- on are deposited in the Acarological Laboratory, cernable on any of the specimens examined. Cor- Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural Col- niculi trifid. Epistome arc-shaped with an elon- lege, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord (APAS) gate, acute and smooth central projection (Figure and some of them are deposited in the Acarolog- 1B). Chelicera with dorsal seta and dorsal lyrifis- ical collection of Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum sure, fixed cheliceral digit 24 (22-26) long, with four (JAZM), Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of large teeth near the base of digit and subapical off- Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. set gabelzahn, setaceous pilus dentilis not observed, 538 Acarologia 56(4): 537–551 (2016) FIGURE 1: Ameroseius eumorphus Bregetova, 1997 (female): A – Hypostome, B – epistome, C – Chelicera, D – apotele. movable digit 22 (22-24) long and with 2 small sub- 34). A few setae reach the bases of the subsequent apical teeth, middle cheliceral segment 53 (50-56) setae of each series but tips of J2 and J4 do not reach long (Figure 1C). Palpus 72 (66-79) long; number of the base of J4 and Z5, respectively. Pore-like struc- setae from trochanter