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Mohammad Khanjani

Mohammad Khanjani

Academic rank: Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 8669197700
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Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture
Address: Department Of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Phone: 34425400

Research

Title
Faunistic study of the genus Tyrophagus (Acari: Acaridae) from Hamedan region, Western Iran
Type
Presentation
Keywords
mite, astigmatid, fungivorous, trees, Iran.
Year
2018
Researchers Farshad Masoudian ، Mohammad Khanjani ،

Abstract

The cosmopolitan genus Tyrophagus (with 35 valid species) was erected by Oudemans, 1924. Most species of this genus are fungivorous, commonly associated with stored products and have a substantial economic impact (Fan & Zhang, 2007). Eight species of Tyrophagus have been recorded in Iran (Masoudian et al., 2018). In this study, fauna of astigmatid mites (genus Tyrophagus) from Hamedan region (Western Iran) was investigated in 2016. The specimens were collected and extracted form soil and litter under trees (e.g. ash, almond, elm, firethorn, hawthorn, oak, plane, poplar, quince, raspberry, sure cherry, walnut, wild plum and white willow) by using a Berlese funnel. The mites were prepared on microscope slides in Hoyer’s medium and examined under an Olympus BX51 microscope. The identified species were as follows: T. longior (Gervais, 1844); T. neiswanderi Johnston & Bruce, 1965; T. perniciosus Zakhvatkin, 1941; T. putrescentiae (Schrank, 1781); T. similis Volgin, 1949; T. sp. and T. vanheurni Oudemans, 1924. Among them T. perniciosus Zakhvatkin was found abundantly in different ecosystems and with highly distribution.