Published August 8, 2005 | Version v1
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Lethaxona pygmaea K. Viets 1932

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Crna Gora, Cetinjski put b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro (pesicv @ cg. yu) Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran

Description

Lethaxona pygmaea K. Viets, 1932

Material examined: IR32 Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Province, Mian Rudan stream near Mian Rudan (between Chelgerd and Dimeh), approximately 2100 m asl., 01.08.2003, leg. Pesic (0/9/1).

Remarks: Hyporheobiontic species. This is the first record from Iran.

Distribution: Central Europe, Spain, French Pyrenees, Italy (Sardinia, Sicily), Balkan, Iran.

Notes

Published as part of Pesic, Vladimir, Saboori, Alireza, Asadi, Mahdieh & Vafaei, Reza, 2005, Water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from interstitial waters of Iran, with the description of one new species, pp. 49-60 in Zootaxa 1030 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1030.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5050339

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Aturidae
Genus
Lethaxona
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
K. Viets
Species
pygmaea
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lethaxona pygmaea Viets, 1932 sec. Pesic, Saboori, Asadi & Vafaei, 2005

References

  • Viets, K. (1932) Dritte Mitteilung uber Wassermilben aus unterirdischen Gewassern. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 100, 292 - 299.