A revised survey of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Iran: new synonyms and descriptions of three new species

摘要

The paper deals with the changes which are necessary in the taxonomy of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran after revision of type material of certain water mites (Hydrachnidia) deposited in the collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Baseland recent field work. The following synonyms are established: Family Sperchontidae: Sperchon amuzgari Bader & Sepasgozarian, 1979 = S. hispidus Koenike, 1895, S. bispinosus Bader & Sepasgosarian, 1982 = S. papillosus Thor, 1901, S. beneckei Bader & Sepasgosarian, 1982 = S. algeriensis Lundblad, 1942; Family Torrenticolidae: Torrenticola baueri Bader & Sepasgozarian, 1987 = T. barsica (Szalay, 1933); Monatractides persicus Pesic & Saboori, 2004 = M.stadleri (Walter, 1924); M. sepasi Bader, 1988 = M. lusitanicus (Lundblad, 1941). Furthermore, three species Atractides (Polymegapus) persicus Pesic & Asadi, Axonopsis (Hexaxonopsis) iranica Pesic & Asadi and A. (Hexaxonopsis) manoojani Pesic & Asadi are described as new to science; the first description ofthe deutonymph is given for Limnesia kochi Smit & Pesic, 2010, a species previously known only from Oman.