اولین گزارش گونهSchizotetranychus ugarovi (Acari: Tetranychidae) از ایران

In a faunistic of Tetranychidae mites in Sirjan (Kerman province) in 2017, Schizotetranychus ugarovi Wainstein, 1960 was collected from Alhagi maurorum. Leaves and twigs infested by the mites were collected and transferred to the laborator Samples were washed in a solution of water and commercial detergent (5%). This solution was filtered using a sieve (400 Mesh). Mites retained in the sieve were washedwith 70% ethanol into a Petri dish and were collected from the ethanol solution under a stereomicroscope, cleared with lactic acid (at 45°c in oven) and mounted in Hoyer’s medium. The genus Schizotetranychus is one of the largest genera in the Tetranychidae and currently comprises 119 species. Female idiosoma more or less oval, longer than wide and dorsal integument striate. Dorsal idiosomal setae are longer than distances between consecutive setae. Tibia I of female with 9 tactile and one sensory setae. The identification of species in this genus is based primarily on characters of the male aedeagus. In this species the chaetotaxy of legs I–IV tibia is 9(1)–6–6–6 and the shape of a aedeagus is diagnostic. Already Seven species of Schizotetranychus is known from Iran, comprising S. garmani Pritchard & Baker, 1955, S. hindustanicus Hirst, 1924, S. sayedi Attiah, 1967, S. schizopus Zacher, 1913, S. smirnovi Wainstein, 1954, S. iraniensis Mahdavi & Asadi, 2015 and S. ugarovi Wainstein, 1960. This widespread genus is well represented in country and considering the minimal work on spider mites in Iran, many more species would be expected This is a new report for tetranychids fauna of Iran.