First record of the genus Curteria (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran

the family erythraeidae is a relatively high diverse group, which consist of seven subfamilies (abrolophinae witte, 1995, balaustiinae grandjean, 1947, callidoso-matinae southcott, 1957, erythraeinae robineau-desvoidy, 1828, leptinae billberg,1820, myrmicotrombiinae southcott, 1957 and phanolophinae southcott, 1946) (m?kol& wohltmann 2012). curteria is one of 26 genera included in erythraeinae. four larvalspecies of curteria have been reported from the world until now, namely c. episcopalis(c. l. koch, 1837) from finland, germany, poland, the netherlands, c. southcottigabry?, 1992 from germany, hungary, poland, c. ernesti haitlinger, 2004 from spain(canary islands) and c. duzgunesae (saboori, cobano?lu & bayram, 2007) fromturkey (gabry? 1992; haitlinger 2004; wohltmann et al. 2007; saboori et al. 2007;m?kol & wohltmann 2012). wohltmann et al. (2007) described the larval instars of