Neognathus sinaei Samadpour, Khanjani & Asali Fayaz, 2014

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 : 81

Neognathus sinaei Samadpour, Khanjani & Asali Fayaz, 2014

Diagnosis (female)

Dorsal setae small and not reaching to over the base of behind setae; peritremes each with 7–8 links; stylophore with ear-like projection laterally; palp tarsus as long as tibial claw; dorsum with 3 pairs of cupules; coxa IV with 1 seta; genu II without solenidion; genu III with 3 setae; tibia III with 5(+ ω), tibia IV with solenidion, femora I and II with 4 and 3 setae, respectively; tarsi III–IV with 7(+ ω)–7(+ ω).

Materials examined

One female on 27 Jul. 2020, and two females on 6 Jul. 2020 were collected from soil under Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ), Taf village (33° 17' N, 48° 27' E), Khorramabad county, Lorestan province.

Distribution This species was originally described from Iran by Samadpour et al. (2014).