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The second species of Biskratrombium (Trombidiformes: Microtrombidiidae) ectoparasitic on phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Iran

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A new species of Biskratrombium (Trombidiformes: Microtrombidiidae), B. persicumn. sp. is described and illustrated, from Fars province, southern Iran. Biskratrombium persicum larvae are ectoparasites of the adults of Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) alexandri (Sinton, 1928), P. (Phlebotomus) papatasi (Scopoli, 1786) and Sergentomyia (Sergentomyia) mervynae (Pringle, 1953) (Diptera: Psychodidae). Fars province is considered as a significant focus of leishmaniasis, a disease which is mostly associated with rural areas; these areas offer favorable habitats to the phlebotomine sandflies due to limited sanitation. This study was performed to identify the natural enemies of sandflies (as leishmania disease vectors) in this region. In this research, B. persicum larvae were removed from their sandfly hosts collected from foci of leishmaniasis (e.g., sheep and goat keeping locations) using sticky traps. Also, the abundance of sandflies infested with the parasitic mite was calculated. Some morphological abnormalities in the species are noted and world parasitengone mites parasitizing phlebotomine sandflies are reviewed.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Miss Sahar Azarmi (Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran) for her help in identifying the host sandflies of the mites. Special thanks go to Dr. Arash Rashed (Dept. of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA) for reviewing the manuscript and polishing its English. Also, we are very thankful to two anonymous referees for their useful comments and corrections which highly improved the quality of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-336, Iran

    Maryam Majidi & Hamidreza Hajiqanbar

  2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

    Alireza Saboori

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Majidi, M., Hajiqanbar, H. & Saboori, A. The second species of Biskratrombium (Trombidiformes: Microtrombidiidae) ectoparasitic on phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Iran. Parasitol Res 119, 795–803 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06600-y

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