Neothrombiidae Feider, 1955
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v10i3.67125 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85987FB-FFE3-2349-856E-26FDD7B2C4F8 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Neothrombiidae Feider, 1955 |
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Neothrombiidae Feider, 1955 View in CoL View at ENA
Material examined
One larva (ARS-20210131-3a) was collected ectoparasitic on Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) ( Acari : Metastigmata: Ixodidae ), IRAN: South Khorasan Province, Sarbisheh city, Doroh region (33° 10' 55" N, 60° 24' 36" E, 3457 m a.s.l.), 3 July 2020, coll. M. Kohansal. The specimen is deposited in the Acarological Collection, Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum ( JAZM), Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran,
Remarks
The families Acrididae , Gryllidae , Gryllotalpidae , Rhaphidophoridae , Tetrigidae ( Insecta: Orthoptera ); Dolichopodidae , Ephydridae , Hybotidae ( Insecta: Diptera ); Silphidae , Tenebrionidae ( Insecta: Coleoptera ); Machilidae ( Insecta: Microcoryphia); Monoscutidae ( Arachnida: Opiliones ) and Scolopendridae ( Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha ) were recorded as host of larval Neothrombiidae ( Felska et al. 2018; Majidi et al. 2018). In this study, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) ( Acari : Metastigmata: Ixodidae ) is recorded as a new host for the family Neothrombiidae . The collected engorged specimen was attached to the leg tarsus I of its host and probably belongs to a new genus of Neothrombiidae . Additional samplings in order to collect more specimens are planned before a formal description will be published.
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