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  1 - Effects of plant species on diversity of soil Gamasina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Eram botanical garden
  S. Javan H. Ostovan Sh. Hesami
  Mites are one of the largest and most diverse subclasses of Arachnida with a worldwide distribution. The order includes 456 families and more than 56000 species. In this study mesostigmatic soil mite fauna was studied as indicators of biodiversity in soil beneath 20 dif More

  Mites are one of the largest and most diverse subclasses of Arachnida with a worldwide distribution. The order includes 456 families and more than 56000 species. In this study mesostigmatic soil mite fauna was studied as indicators of biodiversity in soil beneath 20 different plants selected from Eram botanical garden located in Shiraz (Fars province in Iran). Regular sampling of the selected soil areas performed as a year (between 2014-2015). A total of 4874 mite specimens of 50 species belonging to 32 genus from 19 families were collected. Species diversity was calculated using Simpson index of diversity and Shannon-Wiener index. The highest and lowest species diversity observed in Redhorse chestnut and Lavender in this investigation two speciments Sessiluncus n.sp. and Zercon n.sp. were new for the science. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Species diversity of Mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Darab region
  S. Memarzadeh Hadi Ostovan Sh. Hesami M. gheybu
  Mites are one of the largest groups of Arachnida with global distribution. Mesostigmatic mites are the largest order (in both number and distribution) among super order mites Parasitiformes. In a recent study by Fauna Mesostigmatic mites were studied as biodiversity ind More

  Mites are one of the largest groups of Arachnida with global distribution. Mesostigmatic mites are the largest order (in both number and distribution) among super order mites Parasitiformes. In a recent study by Fauna Mesostigmatic mites were studied as biodiversity index from Darab region (Fars province-Iran).Continuous tree soil sampling was done in the spring and summer of 2021and 2022 from the northern and southern orchards. In total, the number of 1641 specimens belonging to 37 species from 15 families and 18 plant hosts were collected in two replicates. Variance analysis in the form of factorial experiment with three factors of year, region and season with two replications based on completely random design and mean comparisons based on Duncan's test at probability level of 5% using Minitab 16 software and biodiversity index using Past software (version 4.02) was done. The highest frequency of mites collected in fruit orchards in the north and south of Darab region in 2021 and 2022, it was related to orange tree with 688 specimens. Total mite specimens collected in North and South in both 2021 and 2022, it showed that the Laelapidae family had the highest percentage among the 15 investigated families. In this research, two species Nenteria n.sp. and Macrodinychus n.sp. were new to the world that is being described. Manuscript profile
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  3 - Taxonomic study of the soil laelapid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in different habitats of Shahrood region-Iran
  Parisa Ghorani Masoud Hakimitabar Omid Joharchi Hamed Ghobari
  Laelapidae is a large and cosmopolitan family comprises a multitude of morphologically and behaviorally diverse mites that are free-living predators that inhabit soil-litter habitats or associated with arthropods, mammals, or birds. This study is based on survey on soil More

  Laelapidae is a large and cosmopolitan family comprises a multitude of morphologically and behaviorally diverse mites that are free-living predators that inhabit soil-litter habitats or associated with arthropods, mammals, or birds. This study is based on survey on soil inhabiting Laelapidae that was carried in 2015 from different habitats of Shahrood region. Soils and litter were collected then transferred to laboratory and put in Berlese-Tullgren funnel. Mites were extracted using it. Specimens were preserved in 75% ethanol and cleared in Lactic acid. Mites were then directly mounted into Faure medium on microscopic slides. Figures were capture and measurements were calculated using a CH2 Olympus microscope. In this study, 19 species belonging 10 genera and three subfamilies were collected and identified, all species considered as new records for the mite’s fauna of Semnan Province. Identified species are as follows: Subfamily Hypoaspidinae: Cosmolaelaps rectangularis (Sheals, 1926); Cosmolaelaps vacua (Michael, 1891); Cosmolaelaps lutegiensis (Shcherbak, 1971); Gaeolaelaps aculieifer (Canestrini, 1884); Gaeolaelaps angusta (Karg, 1965); Gaeolaelaps kargi (Costa, 1968); Gaeolaelaps nolli (Karg, 1962); Gaeolaelaps queenslandicus (Womersley, 1956); Euandrolaelaps karaawaiewi (Berlese 1903); Euandrolaelaps sardoa (Berles, 1911); Pseudoparasitus dentatus (Halbert, 1920); Pseudoparasitus hajiganbari Kazemi, 2014; Ololaelaps gamagarensis (Jordaan & Loots, 1987); Subfamily Melittiphidinae: Laelaspis pennatus (Joharchi & Halliday, 2012); Laelaspis dariusi Joharchi & Jalaeian, 2012; Laelaspisella berlesi; Joharchi, 2016 Gymnolaelaps myrmophilus (Michael, 1891);. Subfamily Laelapinae: Haemolaelaps shealsi (Costa, 1968); Haemolaelaps casalis (Berlese, 1887).   Manuscript profile