Some Mesostigmatic Mites on Raspberry Shrubs (Rubus spp.) in Central Area of Guilan Province, Iran

During different seasons of 2009-2010 a number of 230 samples were collected from central area of Guilan province، Iran، and as a result، 5323 Mesostigmatic mites on raspberry shrubs (Rubus spp.) in different regions were recovered. According to the results، 33 species belong to 18 genera and seven families of the order were identified. Among the identified species، 12 are new record for Guilan province mite fauna and two species for Iran mite fauna as well. The abundance of Mesostigmatic mites compared with other mite orders was found higher. The collected species according to related families are including: Parasitus sp. *، (Parasitidae); Euseius amissibilis Meshkov، Neoseiulus marginatus (Wainstein)، N. sugonjaevi* (Wainstein & Abbasova)، N. barkeri Hughes، N. multiporus* (Wu & Li)، N. umbraticus (Chant)، N. tauricus* (Livshitz & Kuzenetsov)، Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)، A. rademacheri (Dosse)، Proprioseiopsis okanagensis* (Chant)، Transeius wainsteini (Gomelauri)، T. herbarius* (Wainstein)، Phytoseius plumifer (Canestrini & Fanzago)، P. juvenis Wainstein & Arutunjan، P. spoofi (Oudemans)، Paraseiulus soleiger (Ribaga)، Paraseiulus triporus (Chant & Yoshida-Shaul)، Typhlodromus (A.) georgicus* Wainstein، T. (A.) kazachstanicus* Wainstein (Phytoseiidae); Androlaelaps casalis (Berlese)، Geolaelaps aculeifer (Berlese)، G. queenslandica (Womersley)، G. lubrica Voigts & Oudemans، G. kargi Costa (Laelapidae); Iphidozercon sp. *، Lasioseius frankbakkeri Faraji & Karg، Proctolaelaps pygmaeus (Muller) (Ascidae); Rhodacarus sp. *، (Rhodacaridae); Ameroseius lidiae* Bregetova، A. lanceosetis** Livshitz & Mitrofanov، A. sculptilis** Berlese، (Ameroseiidae); Ologamasus sp. *، (Ologamasidae). New records for Guilan province and Iran mite fauna are marked by one and two asterisk، respectively.