Raphignathus gracilis ( Rack, 1962 )

Mohammad-Doustaresharaf, Mojtaba & Bagheri, Mohammad, 2021, Raphignathoid mites (Acariformes: Raphignathoidea) in parts of the Azerbaijan provinces of Iran, Acarological Studies 3 (2), pp. 56-65 : 59

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https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.865260

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Raphignathus gracilis ( Rack, 1962 )
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Raphignathus gracilis ( Rack, 1962)

This species is widely distributed in 17 countries and originally described from Germany ( Rack, 1962; Beron, 2020). It was also previously recorded from different part of Iran ( Beyzavi et al., 2013; Mohammad-Doustaresharaf and Bagheri, 2018).

Material examined: Three females, soil, Khoda Afarin (Vaygan) (38° 55′ 07″ N, 46° 46 ' 58 '' E, 1350 m), 14 July 2016; four females, soil under oak tree ( Quercus sp. ), Oshnaviyeh (Miraveh) (36° 58′ 48″ N, 45° 01 ' 30 '' E, 1694 m), 1 July 2017; coll. M. Mohammad-Doustaresharaf.

Beron, P. 2020. Acarorum catalogus VII. Trombidiformes, Prostigmata, Raphignathoidea. Fam. Barbutiidae, Caligonellidae, Camerobiidae, Cryptognathidae, Dasythyreidae, Dytiscacaridae, Eupalopsellidae, Homocaligidae, Mecognathidae, Raphignathidae, Stigmaeidae, Xenocaligonellididae. Pensoft & National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Bulgaria, 306 pp.

Beyzavi, G., Ueckermann, E. A., Faraji, F. and Ostovan, H. 2013. A catalog of Iranian prostigmatic mites of superfamilies Raphignathoidea & Tetranychoidea (Acari). Persian Journal of Acarology, 2 (3): 389 - 474. doi: 10.22073 / pja. v 2 i 3.10042

Mohammad-Doustaresharaf, M. and Bagheri, M. 2018. Mites fauna of the genera Stigmaeus and Raphignathus (Acari: Stigmaeidae, Raphignathidae) from Arasbaran forest. In: Proceedings of the 23 rd Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 27 - 30 August, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, p. 1616. [In Persian]

Rack, G. 1962. Milben aus Taubennestern mit Beschreibung einer neren Art, Acheles gracilis (Acarina, Raphignathidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 168 (7 - 10): 275 - 292. [In German]