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Two new larval species of the genus Erythraeus (Erythraeus) (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran

Mohammad Khanjani, Alinaghi Mirmoayedi, Bahman Asali Fayaz, Tahereh Sharifian

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Two new species of the subgenus Erythraeus are described from western Iran: Erythraeus (Erythraeus) populi sp. nov.from pear lace bug, Stephanitis pyri F. (Heteroptera: Tingidae), and E. (E.) chrysoperlae sp. nov. from a green lacewing,Chrysoperla kolthoffi (Navas) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). A key to the Iranian larval species of the subgenus Erythraeus (Erythraeus) is given, as is data on leg setae and measurements for all 44 species of the subgenus.

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Key concepts: Biology, Chrysopidae, Subgenus, Neuroptera, Acari, Key (lock), Prostigmata, Zoology