Charletonia shahriari Saboori, Azimi & Shirdel, 2012

Hakimitabar, Masoud, Fadaei, Elnaz, Husemann, Martin & Namin, Saeed Mohamadzade, 2018, New host and the second record of Charletonia shahriari (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) from Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (3), pp. 289-291 : 289-290

Charletonia shahriari Saboori, Azimi & Shirdel, 2012

Diagnosis (based on the original description and new materials) – Larva: two setae between coxae II & III; fnTi = 18-18-18; 200 <Ti III <250; solenidion placed in proximal half of Ge I; chelicerae striated and punctate.

Additional metric data are provided in Table 1.

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Tabriz Tabriz Character 1a 1b 1c 1d range n = 4 Character 1a 1b 1c 1d range n = 4

SD 97 111 99 94 94–111 92–99 Ta I (H) 20 20 19 18 18–20 18

W 74 82 82 82 74–82 82–99 Ti I 181 205 196 191 181–205 191–203 AW 52 64 79 59 52–79 62–72 Ge I 146 156 149 149 146–156 141–164 MW 54 67 59 62 54–67 62–69 TFe I 92 104 92 92 92–104 85–102 PW 64 72 69 69 64–72 69–74 BFe I 99 101 114 99 99–114 99–109 SBa 10 10 12 - 10–12 13–15 Tr I 57 57 59 62 57–62 50–56 SBp 20 20 20 - 20 15–22 Cx I 64 64 59 62 59–64 50–64 ISD 67 79 69 67 67–79 69–74 Leg I 703 869 834 814 703–869 785–863 AP 45 50 45 45 45–50 20–22 Ta II (L) 144 166 156 149 144–166 149–161 AL 40 47 45 42 40–47 40–42 TaII (H) 17 18 17 18 17–18 18

ML 37 45 40 37 37–45 37–41 Ti II 153 173 149 163 149–173 169–183 PL 37 47 42 40 37–47 40–44 Ge II 121 129 124 124 121–129 122–134 ASens 72 69 69 64 64–72 62–69 TFe II 74 89 79 82 74–89 75–92 PSens 87 99 92 - 87–99 75–99 BFe II 92 92 97 89 89–97 84–90

1a 53 57 62 60 53–62 60–62 TrII 54 62 57 59 54–62 50–55

1b 62 69 64 64 64–69 64–67 CxII 67 69 64 67 64–69 62–65

2a 50 57 52 45 45–57 60–62 Leg II 705 780 725 733 705–780 718–789 2b 1 59 67 62 54 54–67 40–57 Ta III (L) 168 186 191 156 156–191 164–174 2b 2 40 47 40 45 40–47 36–51 Ta III (H) 18 19 18 18 18–19 18–20

3a 42 45 43 47 42–47 50–52 Ti III 223 255 235 225 223–255 230–248 3b 1 52 59 50 54 50–59 44–57 Ge III 168 158 171 156 156–171 144–161 3b 2 37 47 40 42 37–47 50–52 TFe III 106 119 106 111 106–119 107–119 GL 131 149 141 134 131–149 - BFe III 116 124 124 97 97–124 112–117 Ga 35 40 32 32 32–40 22–24 Tr III 62 67 59 62 59–67 50–62 aHy 15 24 17 17 15–24 30–50 Cx III 67 67 67 64 64–67 62–67 pHy 30 40 37 32 30–40 - Leg III 911 975 953 871 871–975 881–947 Ta I (L) 161 181 166 161 161–181 161–169 IP 2460 2624 2512 2418 2418–2624 2684–2603

Corrected data compared with original description: fnTi I-III is corrected to 18-18-18 (16- 16- 17 in the original description), also fnTa I-III is corrected to 29-30-30 (29-31- 32 in the original description), gnathosoma with two hypostomalae but in the original paper cited only one hypostomala.

The result of this study showed that Charletonia shahriari may have wider host spectrum and geographic distribution in Iran than previously assumed. It was found from two different climatic regions of Iran i.e. East Azarbaijan (cold semi-arid climate) and Golestan provinces (temperate climate). Orthoptera are reported as a new host for this species. Shahkouh and its surrounding area are intact regions as a result it is expected to find more species in this region.

NEW HOST AND THE SECOND RECORD OF CHARLETONIA SHAHRIARI