Complementary data on Graptoppia (Stenoppia) italica (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae) collected from Iran

View on Scopus The oribatid mite of the family Oppiidae, Graptoppia (Stenoppia) italica (Bernini, ۱۹۷۳) (syn.: Oppia heterotricha Bernini, ۱۹۶۹) is redescribed based on females collected from soil in Sistan-o Baluchestan (Southeastern Iran) and South Khorasan (Central-Eastern Iran) provinces. Detailed descriptions of the gnathosoma and legs are also provided for the first time. The original description does not reflect the characters of the pubescence of the setae (cilia), characters on the lateral side of the ano-adanal region, as well as the true length of anal and adanal setae. Through the new finding of Graptoppia italica in Iran, the number of Oribatids in the family Opiidae raised to ۸۱ species.

کلیدواژه ها:

Oppiid mite ، redescription ، morphology ، systematics ، soil ، eastern Iran