Stigmaeus cariae Khanjani , Pishehvar, Mirmoayedi & Khanjani, 2012

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 : 82

Stigmaeus cariae Khanjani, Pishehvar, Mirmoayedi & Khanjani, 2012

Diagnosis (female)

Prodorsal shield reticulated; median hysterosomal shield smooth and with 2 pairs of setae; dorsum with 14 pairs of smooth setae (h3 present); intercalary, zoanal and suranal shields separated; eyes and post-ocular bodies absent; genital setae two pairs; aggenital setae four pairs; eupathidium in palp tarsi bifurcate; genua 5(+1 κ)-2-0-1; tarsus II with 8(+ ω) setae.

Materials examined

Two females were collected on 31 Jul. 2020 from soil under Prunus armeniaca ( Rosaceae ), Taf village; and one female in 16 Sep. 2020 was collected from rice field ( Oryza sativa ), Qaleh Sangi village, Lorestan province.

Distribution

This species was described for the first time from Hamedan ( Iran) by Khanjani et al. (2012), also Mohammad-Doustaresharaf and Bagheri (2021) reported it from Azerbaijan ( Iran).