Cyta kreiteri Barbar & Ueckermann, 2017: 1090

Khosravinejad, Maryam, Jafari, Shahriar & Paktinat-Saeij, Saeid, 2020, A part of the Bdelloidea and Raphignathoidea fauna (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) in Lorestan Province, with Cyta kreiteri recorded for the first time from Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (1), pp. 87-92 : 88

Cyta kreiteri Barbar & Ueckermann, 2017: 1090 . ( Fig. 1 )

Diagnosis – Coxae and subcapitulum without reticulations; prodorsal seta mps not reaching the base of co-lateral lps; prodorsal setae at, lps and mps not longitudinally aligned; tibiae I and tarsus III each without trichobothria; coxae IV with 3 setae; trochanters I with 2 setae; basifemora III with 7 setae in female; basifemora IV with 4 (5) setae in female; telofemora II, III and IV with 7–7–4(5) setae in female; genu IV with 7 setae; trichobothrium present only on tibia IV.

Distribution – Syria ( Barbar and Ueckermann 2017).

Remarks – Until now, Cyta kreiteri was reported only from Syria ( Barbar and Ueckermann 2017). The characteristics of the specimens collected are very similar to those of the original description of Barbar and Ueckermann (2017). This species is reported for the first time from Iran.

Material examined – Two females from soil and rotten leaves under walnut tree, Sarmargh village , 15 February 2019, Khorramabad city, Lorestan Province, Iran .

Figures

Figure 1. Cyta kreiteri Barbar & Ueckermann, 2017 (Female) – Dorsal view of idiosoma.