Ghafarian Azadeh, Joharchi Omid, Jalalizand Alireza, Jalaeian Mahdi
Department of Entomology, Collage of Agriculture, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
Zookeys. 2013 Feb 22(272):21-8. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.272.4404. Print 2013.
This paper report on a new species of mites of the genus Myrmozercon associated with ant in Iran - Myrmozercon cyrusi Ghafarian and Joharchi sp. n. was collected associated of the Monomorium sp. in Kenevist Rural District in the Central District of Mashhad County, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran. This new species is described and illustrations provided. Myrmozercon ovatum Karawajew, 1909 is suspected to be a junior synonym of Myrmozercon brevipes Berlese, 1902 and host-specificity and host range of Myrmozercon are also reviewed.
本文报道了在伊朗发现的一种与蚂蚁相关的新种蚁甲螨——赛鲁西蚁甲螨（Myrmozercon cyrusi Ghafarian and Joharchi sp. n.）。该新种是在伊朗霍拉桑拉扎维省马什哈德县中区凯内维斯特乡与小家蚁属（Monomorium sp.）相关联的环境中采集到的。文中对该新种进行了描述并提供了图示。此外，还对1909年卡拉瓦耶夫命名的卵形蚁甲螨（Myrmozercon ovatum）疑似为1902年贝雷塞命名的短足蚁甲螨（Myrmozercon brevipes）的次异名这一情况进行了探讨，同时也对蚁甲螨的宿主特异性和宿主范围进行了综述。
