Arjomandi Elham, Zawal Andrzej, Hajiqanbar Hamidreza, Filip Ewa, Szenejko Magdalena
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran Tarbiat Modares University Tehran Iran.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Limnology, University of Szczecin, Waska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland University of Szczecin Szczecin Poland.
Zookeys. 2019 Jul 22;865:31-38. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.865.34532. eCollection 2019.
The larvae of water mites of the genus parasitise water bugs and water beetles. Larvae of the genus attach to the thorax and abdomen sternites and tergites under the elytra. Up to now six species of were recorded from Iran, but there are no records on larvae parasitising on water beetles. There is some information about parasitising of on water beetles from the genus , which is very well adapted to dry climate. The aim of this paper is to describe the morphology of an unknown larva of the genus , found on .
属的水螨幼虫寄生于水蝽和水甲虫。属的幼虫附着在鞘翅下的胸部和腹部腹板及背板上。截至目前，伊朗已记录到该属的六个物种，但尚无关于寄生于水甲虫幼虫的记录。有一些关于该属寄生于水甲虫的信息，该属非常适应干旱气候。本文的目的是描述在发现的该属一种未知幼虫的形态。
