3.3.2.3 Trombidiidae
The worldwide family Trombidiidae includes three subfamilies, 25 genera and more
than 253 species (Zhang et al. 2011). As other Parasitengonina, the larvae are a
parasite of many arthropods (protelean parasites) while, usually red and
hypertrichous deutonymphs and adults are predators of small invertebrates in various
habitats (Walter et al. 2009). Many parasitengone mites including this family are
usually long-lived so that one generation is often completed in one year or more. A
list of trombidiids and their hosts was prepared by Welbourn (1983) and later
updated by Zhang (1998). Makol and Wohltmann (2012, 2013) provided annotated
checklists of three superfamilies of terrestrial Parasitengona including
Table 3.3 Some selective larval species of the Iranian erythraeids parasitizing insect pests
Erythraeid mite
Insect host
References
Abalakeus gonabadensis
Ahmadi et al. (2012)
Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera:
Aphididae); Dociostaurus cf. tartarus
(Stshelkanovtzev) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Ahmadi et al.
(2012)
Charletonia baluchestanica
Tashakor et al. (2015)
Ochrilidia sp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Tashakor et al.
(2015)
Charletonia behbahanensis
Haitlinger and Saboori 2008
Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg)
(Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Haitlinger and
Saboori (2008)
Charletonia damavandica
Karimi Iravanlou et al. 2002a
Acrotylus insubricus (Scopoli); Mioscirtus
wagneri (Eversmann) (Orthoptera:
Acrididae)
Karimi
Iravanlou et al.
(2002a)
Charletonia mehranensis
Haitlinger and Saboori (2007)
Anacridium aegyptium (L.) (Orthoptera:
Acrididae)
Haitlinger and
Saboori (2007)
Charletonia nazeleae Karimi
Iravanlou (2002a)
Heliopteryx humeralis (Kuthy);
Ramburiella turcomana (Fischer von Wald
heim) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Karimi
Iravanlou et al.
(2002a)
Charletonia saboorii Karimi
Iravanlou et al. (2002a)
Heteracris littoralis (Rambur) (Orthoptera:
Acrididae)
Karimi
Iravanlou et al.
(2002a)
Erythraeus (Erythraeus)
populi Khanjani et al. (2012)
Stephanitis pyri (F.) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) Khanjani et al.
(2012)
Erythraeus (Erythraeus)
shojaii Saboori and
Babolmorad (2000)
Monosteira unicostata (Mulsant and Rey)
(Hemiptera: Tingidae)
Saboori and
Babolmorad
(2000)
Iraniella moharramipouri
Karimi Iravanlou et al.
(2002b)
Oedipoda miniata (Pallas) (Orthoptera:
Acrididae)
Karimi
Iravanlou et al.
(2002b)
Lasioerythraeus saboorii
Khanjani et al. (2011)
Aphis punicae Passerini (Hemiptera:
Aphididae)
Khanjani et al.
(2011)
Leptus kamalii Karimi
Iravanlou and Saboori (2001)
Dociostaurus hauensteini (Bolivar)
(Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Karimi
Iravanlou and
Saboori (2001)
Momorangia binaloudensis
Noei et al. (2015)
Apamea impedita (Christoph) (Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae)
Noei et al.
(2015)
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