Sahebeh Ghasemi-Moghadam

• Ph.D
• Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch

Adamystis ekaterinae Ghasemi-Moghadam & Saboorisp. nov. is described and illustrated based on adult females collected from soil in the Chitgar Forest Park, Iran. This new species is distinguished by having dimpled vacuoles between sci and sce on lateral propodosoma; one pair of eyes associated with postocular bodies; smooth dorsal idiosomal shield;...

Abiotic factors, such as temperature, humidity, soil elements, along with biotic factors affect terrestrial arthropod communities. Since the application of agricultural fertilizers with the entrance of different elements causes changes in the soil physicochemical conditions, fertilizers may cause fluctuation in the population density of edaphic art...

Tetranychoid communities from urban landscapes of Tehran area were compared in 2012. The landscapes covering two main climates of Tehran Province and the related regions were mostly planted with Ulmus, Platanus, Ficus and Morus trees. A total of 259 mite specimens, belonging to two families, were collected. Cenopalpus meyerae was the dominant speci...

Mites of the genus Dinogamasus are usually found in association with carpenter bees. Approximately 45 species of the genus have been described, almost all from the Oriental and Afrotropical Regions. A new species of laelapid mite, Dinogamasus kazerunensis sp. nov. associated with Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) pubescens Spinola (Hymenoptera: Apidae), is d...

A new pachylaelapid mite species of the genus Onchodellus, O. masani sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on female specimens from Iran. The new species is compared with congeneric species with shortened peritremes. The new regional distributions for three examined species, Onchodellus hispani (Berlese), O. karawaiewi (Berlese), and O. stri...

Pachyseius masanisimilis Ahadiyat and Ghasemi Moghadam sp. nov. is described based on female specimens collected from soil, leaf litter and humus of fruit trees in highland areas of north part of Tehran Province of Iran.

Following of a survey in 1391 which was conducted on the edaphic mites’ fauna in Lavij Region of Nour County in Mazandaran Province, numerous species of the family Laelapidae were collected and identified. For this purpose, samplings were randomly taken from soil, humus and litter from different regions. After transferring the materials to the labo...

Mites of the family Laelapidae are widely distributed in the world. Many species of this family are free living mites or are associated with arthropods, mammals, or birds. This family comprises nine subfamilies, among them there are some predators living in soil, litter or in the nests of vertebrates or invertebrates. Also, some species are conside...