taxonID	type	description	language	source
523DE20E4F0F9D7EFED518067DB8D37C.taxon	type_taxon	Type species — Raphignathus ruberrimus DugŁs, 1834.	en	Ahaniazad, M., Bagheri, M., Gharakhany, G., Zarei, E. (2012): Raphignathus Azarshahriensis N. Sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Raphignathidae) From Northwest Iran. Acarologia 52 (4): 367-372, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122065, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122065
523DE20E4F0F9D7EFED518067DB8D37C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis — Small mites with soft-sclerotized body, red or yellow colored when they are live; subcapitulum with two pairs of subcapitular setae (m, n) and two pairs of adoral setae (or 1, or 2); palptibia claw small; cheliceral bases fused; peritremes arising from midbasal part of stylophore and extending along anterior margin of idiosoma; idiosoma oval; propodosoma with three shields, one median and two lateral; one pair of eyes on lateral shields present; one pair of small shields may be present between median and lateral propodosomal shields; Opisthosoma with a large shield bearing 3 - 6 pairs of setae; Dorsum with 11 - 12 pairs of setae; two pairs of aggenital setae and three or four pairs of genital setae present; anal opening clearly separated from genital aperture and with three pairs of setae; number of solonidia on tarsi in male and female often is similar but in male dorsal body shields are fused and solonidia of tarsi enlarged (Fan and Yin 2000; Khanjani and Ueckermann 2003; Ghorbani et al. 2011; Bagheri et al. 2012).	en	Ahaniazad, M., Bagheri, M., Gharakhany, G., Zarei, E. (2012): Raphignathus Azarshahriensis N. Sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Raphignathidae) From Northwest Iran. Acarologia 52 (4): 367-372, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122065, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122065
523DE20E4F0F9D7EFED518067DB8D37C.taxon	discussion	Genus Raphignathus DugŁs: Key to the Iranian species	en	Ahaniazad, M., Bagheri, M., Gharakhany, G., Zarei, E. (2012): Raphignathus Azarshahriensis N. Sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Raphignathidae) From Northwest Iran. Acarologia 52 (4): 367-372, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122065, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122065
523DE20E4F0F9D79FC581C4A7D60D6CD.taxon	description	(Figures 1 - 2) Female (n = 4) — Measurements of holotype (measurements of paratypes in parentheses); Length of body (including gnathosoma) 660 (582 – 690); Length of body (excluding gnathosoma) 410 (372 – 440) and width 245 (215 – 276). Dorsum (Figure 1 a) — Body oval; prodorsum with one median and two lateral shields; one pair of small shields behind median shield present; median prodorsomal shield with three pairs of setae (vi, sci and c 1); each lateral shield with three pairs of setae (ve, sce and c 2), one pair of eyes and one pair of cupules (in); interscutal membrane with one pair of setae (d) situated on small platelets. Opisthosomal shield is large and with five pairs of setae (e 1, f 1, h 1, h 2 and h 3) and two pairs of cupules (im and ip); setae e 1 well behind anterior margin of opistosomal shield; all dorsal setae setiform. Lengths of dorsal setae as follows: vi 27 (25 – 27); ve 32 (26 – 33); sci 30 (27 – 31); sce 29 (27 – 30); c 1 25 (21 – 26); c 2 27 (26 – 28); d 1 27 (20 – 27); e 1 24 (23 – 27); f 1 26 (21 – 26); h 1 20 (17 – 20); h 2 20 (18 – 21); h 3 22 (21 – 23); distances between setae as fallow: vi-vi 35 (26 – 37); ve-ve 116 (109 – 124); sci-sci 55 (50 – 59); sce-sce 180 (175 – 183); sci-vi 46 (42 – 47); ve-sce 33 (31 – 35); ve-c 2 51 (46 – 62); sce-c 2 50 (46 – 56); c 1 - c 1 16 (14 – 17); d 1 - d 1 40 (37 – 41); e 1 - e 1 92 (82 – 103); d 1 - e 1 50 (42 – 57); f 1 - f 1 60 (60 – 66); e 1 - f 1 72 (64 – 70); h 1 - h 1 27 (26 – 30); h 1 - h 2 35 (32 – 36); h 2 - h 2 70 (67 – 77); h 3 - h 3 95 (80 – 92). Venter (Figure 1 b) — Endopodal shields between the coxae I-II and III-IV are present; setae 1 a and 3 a on endopodal shields; setae 4 a on membrane posterior to coxae IV; three pairs of genital (g 1 - g 3) and two pairs of aggenital setae (ag 1 - ag 2); the anal plates bear three pairs of pseudanal setae (ps 1 - ps 3). Lengths of anogenital area setae as follows: ag 1 30 (28 – 35); ag 2 27 (23 – 27); g 1 25 (23 – 27); g 2 24 (21 – 23); g 3 25 (21 – 24); ps 1 20 (18 – 20); ps 2 21 (20 – 22); ps 3 21 (20 – 22). Gnathosoma (Figure 1 c) — Length of gnathosoma 250 (210 – 240). Subcapitulum with two pairs of subcapitular setae (m: 39 and n: 40) and two pairs of adoral setae (or 1: 23 and or 2: 25); stylophore conical and striated; palpal chaetotaxy: tarsus with four terminal eupathidia, one long solenidion and four tactile setae; tibia with one developed claw and three tactile setae; genua and femur with two and three tactile setae, respectively. Legs (Figure 2) — Length of legs (from base of coxae to tip of tarsi) as follows: leg I: 390 (360 – 403), leg II: 320 (305 – 328), leg III: 325 (317 – 330) and leg IV: 390 (380 – 418); Chaetotaxy of leg segments (excluding 1 a, 3 a and 4 a) as follows: coxae 2 - 2 - 2 - 1; trochanters 1 - 1 - 2 - 1; femora 6 - 6 - 4 - 4; genuae 5 (+ k) - 5 (+ k) - 4 - 4; tibiae 5 (+ ’, ’ ρ) - 5 (+ ’ ρ) - 5 (+ ’ ρ) - 4 (+ ’ ρ); tarsi 19 (+ ω I, ω II) - 15 (+ ω) - 13 (+ ω) - 13. Male and immature stages — Unknown. Etymology — The new species name " azarshahriensis " refers to the type locality, Azarshahr, Iran. Type material — Holotype female and seven female paratypes of Raphignathus azarshahriensis n. sp. were collected from soil of black cherry, walnut and almond orchards, September 17, 2011, Pirchopan village, Azarshahr, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, by Mansoureh Ahaniazad. The holotype and one paratype female will be deposited in the Arachnida Collection of Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa and six paratypes were deposited in the Acarological Collection, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Iran.	en	Ahaniazad, M., Bagheri, M., Gharakhany, G., Zarei, E. (2012): Raphignathus Azarshahriensis N. Sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Raphignathidae) From Northwest Iran. Acarologia 52 (4): 367-372, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122065, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122065
