Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran

• DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4549.1.1
• Publication Date: 2019-01-22T00:34:48Z
• Authors: ALEXANDR A. STEKO...; ALIREZA SABOORI; MOHSEN SHAMSI; MASOUD HAKIMITABAR
• Keywords: Trombiculidae

Chigger mites of Iran have been revised based on examination type materials in the collection Zoological Museum Moscow University and reference data. Hitherto, 85 species trombiculids were recorded Iran; synonymy, diagnoses, data depositories specimens, lists hosts localities are given for each species. Original measurements holotypes or paratypes provided 46 Four new combinations proposed: Ornithogastia merops (Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde Mesghali, 1970) comb. nov., transferred from Guntherana; O. oenanthe Microtrombicula galerida 1970), Eltonella; M. meriones Eltonella. Comparison our with those original descriptions published by Kudryashova was carried out using statistical methods to establish probable systematic bias between metric obtained different researchers. A key Iranian trombiculid larvae is compiled. With use public geoinformation online resources, actual names coordinates established all 48 sites where chigger collected.