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Unguidispus japonicus Kurosa 1979

Description

Unguidispus japonicus Kurosa, 1979

Unguidispus japonicus Kurosa, 1979, p. 64, Figs 1–2.

Material examined – The species was obtained during sampling directly from nest of ants in summering of Sabalan Mountain, near Meshguin shahr, Ardabil Province, northwestern Iran, 38° 12' 36.0" N 47 °32' 24.0" E. One female was removed from a vial containing many ants of the species Lasius obscuratus Stitz, 1930, 25 May 2016, leg. M. Sobhi.

Distribution – Japan, Russia, associated with Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758) (Kurosa 1979; Khaustov 2014); Iran, associated with L. obscuratus (current study).

Remarks – The species Unguidispus japonicus is recorded from Iran for the first time. Morover, the association between this mite and ants of the species Lasius obscuratus is new.

Notes

Published as part of Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Sobhi, Mohammad, 2018, New records of the microdispid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Microdispidae) associated with ants with a review of the family in Iran, pp. 105-113 in Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (2) on page 107, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v7i2.35131, http://zenodo.org/record/4634156

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2016-05-25
Family
Scutacaridae
Genus
Unguidispus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Actinedida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kurosa
Species
japonicus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2016-05-25
Taxonomic concept label
Unguidispus japonicus Kurosa, 1979 sec. Hajiqanbar & Sobhi, 2018

References

  • Kurosa, K. (1979) Three new species of Unguidispus (Acari, Heterostigmata, Microdispidae) from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 521: 63 - 71.
  • Khaustov, A. A. (2014) A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari: Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia. ZooKeys, 454: 13 - 28. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 454.8709