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New records of the genus Pediculaster Vitzthum, 1931 (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoridae) with description of a remarkable new species, associated with Helina sp. (Diptera: Muscidae) from Iran

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A new species of pygmephorid mites, Pediculaster absentia sp. n. (Acari: Prostigmata: Pygmephoridae) is described and illustrated based on phoretic female found in northern forests of Iran, phoretic on muscid flies, Helina spp. (Diptera: Muscidae). Also, Pediculaster muscarius (Martin, 1978), P. martyani Khaustov, 2008 and P. montanus Khaustov, 2008 are recorded on the flies from Iran for the first time. As well as, the variation of hysterosomal setae, along with distributions and host range of recorded species is reviewed.

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We would like to express our thanks to Professor A.A. Khaustov for his helps about the new species. Also, we appreciate Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource for all the supports.

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    Sarina Seyedein, Vahid Rahiminejad & Ahmad Nadimi

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Seyedein, S., Rahiminejad, V. & Nadimi, A. New records of the genus Pediculaster Vitzthum, 1931 (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoridae) with description of a remarkable new species, associated with Helina sp. (Diptera: Muscidae) from Iran. Biologia 76, 1509–1516 (2021). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00657-x

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