Published May 13, 2020 | Version v1
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Onchodellus strigifer

  • 1. Department of Plant Protection, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;
  • 2. Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia;

Description

Onchodellus strigifer (Berlese, 1892)

Pachylaelaps strigifer Berlese, 1892: 4.

Onchodellus strigifer.— Mašán, 2007: 110; Mašán & Halliday, 2014: 20.

Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal shield 460–555 long, 300–380 wide (length/width ratio: 1.43–1.61), with two pairs of slightly adjacent slit-shaped gland pores (gd8, gd9) on posterolateral margins of dorsal shield. Dorsal setae smooth. Setae J4 35–46, J5 10–15 (J4 / J5 ratio: 2.69–4.60). Sternal shield 158–179 long. Genitiventral shield 145–185 long, 163–219 wide (length/width ratio: 0.82–0.91). Anal shield 54–70 long, 95–125 wide (length/width ratio: 0.54–0.66). Anterior end of peritreme extending to the level between setae z1 and z2. Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument with 11 pairs of smooth setae.

Specimens examined. Alborz Province, Sharestanak: 1 female, 35° 58’ 09” N, 51° 21’ 06” E, altitude: 2,174 m a.s.l., ant’s nest, 22 June 2009, leg. Omid Joharchi; Taleqan, Mehran Village: 2 females, 36° 12’ 22” N, 50° 56’ 00” E, altitude: 2,104 m a.s.l., ant’s nest, 16 September 2009, leg. Omid Joharchi. Qazvin Province, Abyek County, Ziaran Rural District, Khoznan Village: 1 female, 36° 07’ 18” N, 50° 32’ 59” E, altitude: 1,635 m a.s.l., humus, 27 July 2008, leg. Omid Joharchi. Yazd Province, Taft City, Deh-e Bala Village: 2 females, 31° 36’ 08” N, 54° 07’ 34” E, altitude: 2,482 m a.s.l., soil of walnut tree, 1 April 2013, leg. Zahra Dehghan.

Habitat preference in Iran. Soil, leaf-litter, humus, and ants’ nest.

Provincial distribution in Iran. Alborz, Guilan, Qazvin, Tehran, and Yazd (Ahadiyat & Cheraghali, 2012; Baroozeh & Ahadiyat, 2012; Mojahed et al., 2017; this paper).

World distribution. Asia (Iran) (Mojahed et al., 2017; this paper), Europe (Germany and Italy) (Karg, 1993; Schrader & Bayer, 2000; Mašán, 2007; Mašán & Halliday, 2014).

Notes. Onchodellus strigifer usually occurs in relatively highland areas at the altitudes 1,635 –2,482 m a.s.l., although Mojahed et al. (2017) found just one specimen at a low altitude (72 m a.s.l.). This species is rare in arable land, and occurs mainly in soil with high lime content (Karg, 1993).

Notes

Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648

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