Immature survival and development of alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), were examined at 15 constant temperature

Seven stigmaeid species, including Parastigmaeus andreae n. sp., Eustigmaeus nasrinae n. sp., Cheylostigmaeus iranensis n. sp., Stigmaeus alvandis n. sp., Ledermulleriopsis medicae n. sp. and L. zahiri n. sp., are described from Iran. Ledermulleriopsis plumosa Willmann, Stigmaeus elongatus Berlese, Stigmaeus unicus Kuznetzov and Storchia robusta (Berlese) are recorded from Iran for the first time. Zetzellia mali (Ewing) and Agistemus macrommatus Gonzalez are redescribed and defined. A key to the species is given

The Iranian Cunaxinae dealt with in this paper comprise three known species of one genus. They are Cunaxa grobleri den Heyer, 1979a den Heyer, J. 1979a. Descriptions of seven African species of Cunaxa Von Heyden, 1826 (Actinedida: Acari) with remarks on the genus. Phytophylactica, 11(1): 23–42. [Google Scholar] , Cunaxa capreolus (Berlese, 1889 Berlese, A. 1889. Acari Italiani Myriapoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Redia 14: 78–105; Fasc., 57(9): 63 [Google Scholar] ) and Cunaxa setirostris (Hermann, 1804 Hermann, JF. 1804. “Ciron (Scirus)”. In Memoire Apterologique Ouvrage couronné en 1790 par la Societé d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 60–62. Strasbourg: F.-L. Hammer. [Google Scholar] ). The first description of a male of Cunaxa capreolus is provided. The first two species are reported for the first time from Iran. All species are figured and a key is provided.