Raphignathus gracilis ( Rack, 1962 )

Hatami, Parisa, Jafari, Shahriar & Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad, 2024, Some raphignathoid mites (Acariformes: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) in Lorestan Province, with re-description of Raphignathus evidus Fan as a new record from Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1), pp. 77-92 : 85-86

Raphignathus gracilis ( Rack, 1962)

Diagnosis (female)

Interscutal membrane dorsomedially with two pairs of setae; opisthosomal shield with four pairs of setae; palpfemur with 2 setae; femur IV with 3 setae; median prodorsal shield adjacent to peritremes interiorly; dorsal setae e1 reach to opisthosomal shield, f1 faraway of anterior margin of opisthosomal shield; endopodal shield associated with coxae III-IV.

Materials examined

One female was collected on 24 Aug. 2020 from rice field ( Oryza sativa ), Qaleh Sangi village; and two females on 26 Aug. 2020 were collected from soil under Pyrus communis ( Rosaceae ), Dolatshah village, Lorestan province.

Distribution

This species was originally described from Germany ( Rack 1962), and also reported from Iran and many other countries, more details on the distribution of this species are given in Beyzavi et al.

(2013), Doğan (2019), Beron (2020) and Mohammad-Doustaresharaf aand Kazemi (2022).