Identification of Mites the Suborder (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Kharameh Region of Fars Province

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

Zeinab Alinezhad ¹ , Hadi Ostovan ² , Shahram Hesami ³ , M. gheybi ⁴

1 - Department of Entomology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
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3 - Department of Entomology, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad University
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Received: 2023-10-19 Accepted : 2024-01-13 Published : 2022-11-22

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Abstract :

The first step in biodiversity studies and integrated pest management is to identify the species in the region. This research was conducted in order to identify the fauna of mites under the order Mesostigmata (Acari: Mesostigmata) from gardens and fields of the Kharameh region of Fars province during 2014-2016. In this research, 10 species from 5 families belonging to mites of the inter-stigma order were collected and identified. Among the collected families, Uroobovella obovata Canestrini & Berlese, 1884 from the Trematuridee family had the highest frequency (18.54%), and Neodiscopoma splendida and Nenteria stylifera Berlese, 1904 from the Uropodidae and Trematuridee families with frequencies of 14.83 and 90% respectively. 13% were in the next rank. It should be mentioned that the identification of these species has not been reported from the Kharameh region of Fars province.