Mites of superfamily Phytoseioidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) of greenhouses in Rasht County, northern Iran, with new record of a species and an identification key

During 2018 - 2019, fauna of Phytoseioidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) mites associated with greenhouse plants were collected and identified from Rasht County, Guilan Province, north of Iran. In total, twenty-one species belonging to three families; Blattisociidae Garman (Cheiroseius curtipes, Ch. longipes, Lasioseius extremus, L. scapulatus, L. sugawarai, L. youcefi); Podocinidae Berlese (Podocinum sagax, P. pacificum) and Phytoseiidae Berlese (Amblyseius herbicolus, A. largoensis, A. mcmurtryi, A. rademacheri, A. swirskii, Euseius stipulates, Neoseiulus barkeri, N. umbraticus, Phytoseius plumifer, Transeius caspiansis, Typhlodromus athiasae, T. perbibus, T. tubifer) collected from greenhouses of Rasht city. Among them, Podocinum sagax Berlese, 1882 (Podocinidae) is considered as new record for mite fauna of Iran. Detailed morphological characteristics of both sexes of P. sagax based on specimens collected from Iran are given. Moreover, an identification key for Phytoseioidea mites associated with greenhouse plants of Rasht County is provided.