Neoacarus hibernicus Halbert, 1944

Pesic, Vladimir, Saboori, Alireza, Asadi, Mahdieh & Vafaei, Reza, 2005, Water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from interstitial waters of Iran, with the description of one new species, Zootaxa 1030 (1), pp. 49-60 : 56

Neoacarus hibernicus Halbert, 1944

( Figs. 14–16 )

Material examined: IR52 Markazi Province, Pole Doab stream 15 km after Shahzand city, 21.07.2003, leg. Pesic (0/0/2).

Remarks: The Iranian deutonymphs show a general conformity with the Central European specimens (K. Viets 1955). Differences are found in the shape of posterior margin of Cx­1+2 which is more rounded in our specimens ( Fig. 14 ), while it is more pointed in specimens from Central Europe. However, the attribution of the Iranian populations to the species should be verified by studies on adult specimens. Figures 14­16 show some morphological details of the deutonymph from Markazi Province which represent the first record of the species in the study area.

Distribution: England, Ireland, S France, Central and south­east Europe, Italy, Balkan, Iran.

Figures

FIGURES 14­16. Neoacarus hibernicus Halbert, 1944, deutonymph: 14 = parts of idiosoma, ventral view; 15 = palp, medial view; 16 = palp, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm