Redescription of two species of Oplitis Berlese (Acari, Mesostigmata, Oplitidae) from Iran.

ABSTRACT: Two new species records of Oplitidae, Oplitis exopodi Hunter & Farrier, 1975 and Oplitis sarcinulus Hunter & Farrier, 1976 are redescribed based on Iranian specimens from leaf-litter forest in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. A key to the Iranian species of Oplitis is presented.

SUBMITTER: Babaeian E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4992810 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature