A new genus and three new species of Eviphididae (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with scarab beetles in Iran

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1852, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Kazemi, Shahrooz ^a   Moraza, María L ^b   Kamali, Karim ^a   Saboori, Alireza ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acari; Coleoptera; Cryptoseius; Eviphididae; Iran; Mesostigmata; Metacryptoseius; Scamaphis guyimingi; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; COLEOPTERA; EVIPHIDIDAE; MESOSTIGMATA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 50349086649     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1852.1.1     Document Type: Article

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