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Petalomium kurosai Khaustov 2014

Description

Petalomium kurosai Khaustov, 2014

Material examined – 3♀, Mazandaran province, Neka Forest, 14 August 2016, associated with Lasius turcicus Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

World distribution – Russia (Western Siberia), associated with Lasius niger (L.) and Tetramorium caespitum (L.) (Khaustov 2014); Iran (current study).

Remarks – This species is a new record for mite fauna of Iran. Lasius turcicus is also a new host record for this mite species.

Notes

Published as part of Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Arjomandi, Elham, 2019, Heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) associated with Coleoptera and Hymenoptera in Mazandaran province, northern Iran, pp. 343-352 in Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (4) on page 345, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v8i4.56685, http://zenodo.org/record/7173876

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pygmephoridae
Genus
Petalomium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Acari
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Khaustov
Species
kurosai
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Petalomium kurosai Khaustov, 2014 sec. Hajiqanbar & Arjomandi, 2019

References

  • Khaustov, A. A. (2014) A new species of the genus Petalomium (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Neopygmephoridae) from Western Siberia with redescription of Petalomium nataliae (Sevastianov, 1967). Acarina, 22: 100 - 108.