Stekolnikov Alexandr A, Saboori Alireza, Shamsi Mohsen, Hakimitabar Masoud
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia..
Zootaxa. 2019 Jan 22;4549(1):1-66. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4549.1.1.
Chigger mites of Iran have been revised based on examination of type materials in the collection of Zoological Museum of Moscow University and reference data. Hitherto, 85 species of trombiculids were recorded in Iran; synonymy, diagnoses, data on depositories of type specimens, lists of hosts and collection localities are given for each species. Original measurements of holotypes or paratypes are provided for 46 species. Four new combinations are proposed: Ornithogastia merops (Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970) comb. nov., transferred from Guntherana; O. oenanthe (Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970) comb. nov., transferred from Guntherana; Microtrombicula galerida (Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970), comb. nov., transferred from Eltonella; and M. meriones (Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970), comb. nov., transferred from Eltonella. Comparison of our measurements of holotypes with those given in the original species descriptions published by Kudryashova was carried out using statistical methods to establish probable systematic bias between metric data obtained by different researchers. A key to species of Iranian trombiculid larvae is compiled. With the use of public geoinformation online resources, actual names and coordinates were established for all 48 sites of Iran where chigger mites were collected.
基于对莫斯科大学动物博物馆馆藏模式标本的检查以及参考数据，对伊朗的恙螨进行了修订。迄今为止，伊朗已记录了85种恙螨科物种；给出了每个物种的同物异名、诊断、模式标本保存地数据、宿主列表和采集地点。为46个物种提供了正模或副模的原始测量数据。提出了四个新组合：从冈瑟恙螨属转移而来的中东小盾恙螨（Ornithogastia merops (Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970) comb. nov.）；从冈瑟恙螨属转移而来的欧斑鸠小盾恙螨（O. oenanthe (Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970) comb. nov.）；从埃尔顿恙螨属转移而来的褐岩鹨微恙螨（Microtrombicula galerida (Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970), comb. nov.）；以及从埃尔顿恙螨属转移而来的子午沙鼠微恙螨（M. meriones (Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970), comb. nov.）。使用统计方法将我们对正模的测量数据与库德里亚绍娃发表的原始物种描述中的数据进行比较，以确定不同研究人员获得的度量数据之间可能存在的系统偏差。编制了伊朗恙螨科幼虫物种检索表。利用公共地理信息在线资源，确定了伊朗采集恙螨的所有48个地点的实际名称和坐标。
