مجله ایرانی کنه شناسی
سال:1398 | دوره:8 | شماره:3 |تعداد مقالات:11

Ornate ticks of the genus Dermacentor are distributed in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Asian and Afrotropical region (Estrada-Peñ a et al. 2017). This genus was erected by Koch (1844) with D. reticulatus (Fabricius, 1794) as the type species (Camicas et al. 1998). Arthur (1960) classified American, Eurasiatic and African Dermacentor species throughout the world. About half of 35 recognized species (ca. 14) are found in the Palearctic region (Guglielmone et al. 2014; Estrada-Peñ a et al. 2017). The greatest species diversity of the genus Dermacentor (10 species) is characteristic of Central Asia and the adjacent territories (Filippova and Panova 1989). Seven Dermacentor species are commonly found on humans exposed to infested vegetation (Estrada-Peñ a and Jongejan 1999). Dermacentor marginatus (Sulzer, 1776) Brumpt, 1913 is a three-host species parasitizing cattle, sheep and goats as usual hosts of adult stages. Larvae and nymphs infest small mammals such as rodents, medium-sized carnivores and also birds (Estrada-Peñ a et al. 2004)...

Species of the family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Trombidiformes), living in soil and on plants in various parts of the world, are usually predators of other mites and a few prey on tree-associated arthropods or parasitize flies (Swift 1987; Fan and Zhang 2005). It is the largest family within the superfamily Raphignathoidea, and was established by Oudemans (1931). This family includes about 600 species in 33 valid genera (Fan et al. 2016; Doğ an et al. 2017; Akyol 2019; Doğ an, 2019; Khaustov 2019). The genus Stigmaeus is one of the largest and most diverse genera in the family, containing 143 valid species up to now and so far 43 species of this genus were recorded or described from Iran (Khanjani et al. 2015; Fan et al. 2016; Khaustov et al. 2017; Da-Costa et al. 2018; Akyol 2019; Majidi et al. 2019)...

Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are hematophagous arthropods that can transmit various pathogens to animal hosts and humans causing detrimental infectious diseases including Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) (Farhadpour et al. 2016). They can readily be identified by their morphological traits. They are generally divided into three families of Nuttalliellidae, a small monotypic family present in South Africa, Argasidae (soft) and Ixodidae (hard) ticks. The latter has a worldwide distribution and are more frequent than soft ticks in temperate regions (Service 2008). Most ticks have a wide spectrum of animal hosts. Only a few species prefer a specific host species for their blood feeding activities (Estrada-Peñ a et al. 2004). Ticks usually feed on a variety of Mammalia, Aves, and Reptilia comprising tortoises (Service 2008). Hard ticks transmit a wide range of pathogens such as viruses, rickettsia, bacteria and protozoa to birds and mammals including man. Most of the diseases caused by these pathogens are carried out through tick bites. In most tick vectors, the transovarial transmission of certain pathogens could occur (Service 2008).

There is a few book on a family of mites which be comprehensive like this book. Mites of this family are associated with main orders of Insects, i. e. Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera and Isoptera which are important in the agriculture. Most members of the family are ectoparasites. This book includes detailed morphology and systematics of Otopheidomenidae as well as comments of the author. Experience is very important in systematics and the author, Dr. Vikram Prasad is published this book after his many year works on otopheidomenids. Morphology is discussed in detail including all parts of the body which I have never seen before in any reference and in systematic part, diagnosis and redescription for many species, some key morphological characters, and chaetotaxy of ganua and tibiae I-IV (See Figs. 1– 3, gnathosoma), and remarks or note for each species as well as some keys are presented. A key is included to identify the 12 species of Otopheidomenidae belonging to two subfamilies (Otopheidomeninae and Prasadoseiinae subfam. nov. ). Another key is provided for identification of seven families of Phytoseioidea (Blattisociidae, Hemipteroseiidae fam. nov., Katydiseiidae, Otopheidomenidae, Phytoseiidae, Podocinidae and Treatiidae) as accepted in this work. Eickwortius termes Zhang and Orthopteroseius sinicus Mo are transferred to Blattisociidae. Genera Nabiseius with four species and Treatia (Syn.: Entomoseius) with four species are included in the family Treatiidae...