Abstract
Pogonolaelaps gen. n. a new genus of Laelapidae Berlese is erected and described based on Pogonolaelaps canestrinii (Berlese), comb. n. as well as on specimens which were collected from soil and ant nests in different parts of Iran. Also, a new species Pogonolaelaps beaulieui sp. n. is described based on specimens collected from soil, litter and ant nests in various parts of Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province, Iran. The genus Gymnolaelaps is revised considering species with some morphological deviations. Gymnolaelaps reniculus (Karg, 1981) and Gymnolaelaps triquetrus (Karg, 2003) are removed from this genus and placed in their original genus Pseudoparasitus. The characters of Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, 1969 are discussed in a detail along with a proposal of a new definition.
Highlights
The Laelapidae Berlese comprises a multitude of morphologically and behaviorally diverse mite groups that are free-living or associated with arthropods, mammals and birds (e.g. Strong and Halliday 1994, Faraji and Halliday 2009, Lindquist et al 2009)
Laelaspisella was erected by Marais and Loots (1969) in Laelapinae to accommodate two new species: Laelaspisella macrodorsalis Marais & Loots and L. epigynialis Marais & Loots collected from forest soil in South Africa, Lesotho and Congo
Karg (1989) considered Gymnolaelaps as a subgenus of Pseudoparasitus based on the presence of a three-tined apotele, developed podal shields posterior to coxa IV, epistome with denticulate anterior margin and the presence of 1-3 pairs of setae on lateral edges of an expanded genital shield
Summary
The Laelapidae Berlese comprises a multitude of morphologically and behaviorally diverse mite groups that are free-living or associated with arthropods, mammals and birds (e.g. Strong and Halliday 1994, Faraji and Halliday 2009, Lindquist et al 2009). Laelaspisella was erected by Marais and Loots (1969) in Laelapinae to accommodate two new species: Laelaspisella macrodorsalis Marais & Loots and L. epigynialis Marais & Loots collected from forest soil in South Africa, Lesotho and Congo This genus was considered as a subgenus of Hypoaspis sens. By Karg (1989), who described two additional species, Hypoaspis (Laelaspisella) foramenis Karg, 1989 and Hypoaspis (Laelaspisella) cavitatis Karg, 1982 and as distinct genus by Joharchi and Halliday (2013) The latter authors considered Laelaspisella canestrinii and L. kabitae as two more species of this genus but excluded two mentioned species of Karg of Laelaspisella (Joharchi and Halliday 2013). A new genus and species of Laelapidae from Iran with notes on Gymnolaelaps
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