تنوع گونه‌ای کنه‌های زیرراسته‌ی پیش‌سُفتیان (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) شهرستان بابلسر، استان مازندران، ایران

The prostigmatic mites represent a large assemblage of morphologically, biologically, and ecologically diverse groups, encompassing 36 superfamilies. Many of these superfamilies consist largely of predatory or parasitic species. To identify prostigmatic mites, sampling was conducted from 2021 to 2022 in various locations within the citrus orchards of Babolsar County, Mazandaran Province. Collected specimens were extracted using the Berlese-Tullgren funnel, cleared in lactic acid, and then mounted on microscope slides using Hoyer’s medium. During this study, a total of 26 species belonging to 22 genera and 12 families were recorded including new species from the genera Adamystis Cunliffe, 1957 and Bak Yunker, 1961 which will be described in the future. The identified species are as follows:
Adamystidae: Adamystis sp. nov.; Cheyletidae: Bak sp. nov.; Anystidae: Anystis baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758); Bdellidae: Bdella muscorum Ewing, 1909; Cyta latirostris Hermann, 1804; Spinibdella cronini (Baker & Balock, 1944); Odontoscirus mazandaranensis Paktinat-Saeij, Bagheri & Hernandes, 2016; Cunaxidae: Coleoscirus buartsus Den Heyer, 1980; Cunaxa gordeevae Sergeyenko, 2009; Lupaeus valentinae Sergeyenko, 2011; Pulaeus karma (Chaudhri, 1977); Caligonellidae: Caligonella haddadi Bagheri & Maleki, 2013; Neognathus terrestris (Summers & Schlinger, 1955); Cryptognathidae: Favognathus mirazii Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2008; F. pongolensis Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989; Raphignathidae: Raphignathus gracilis (Rack, 1962); R. zhaoi Hu, Jing & Liang, 1995; Stigmaeidae: Eustimaeus nasrinae Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2002; E. jiangxiensis Hu, Chen & Huang, 1996; Stigmaeus elongatus Berlese, 1886; S. pilatus Kuznetzov, 1978; Scutacaridae: Imparipes lentus (Khaustov, 2008); Scutacarus eucomus (Berlese, 1908); Erythraeidae: Erythraeus sp.; Trombiculidae: Euschoengastia sp.; Trombidiidae: Allothrombium pulvinum Ewing, 1917.