Title of article
Spatulaphorus geotruporum (Acari: Pygmephoridae) a new record for mites fauna of Asia, with some notes on the genus
Author/Authors
Seyedein ، Sarina - Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource , Seyedein ، Sarina - Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource , Rahiminejad ، Vahid - Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource , Rahiminejad ، Vahid - Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource , Nadimi ، Ahmad - Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource , Nadimi ، Ahmad - Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource
Pages
7
From page
79
To page
85
Abstract
During a comprehensive survey of the heterostigmatic mites associated with dung beetles in the hyrcanian forests, northern Iran, several colonies of the pygmephoroid mites including four species of the genus Spatulaphorus Rack, 1993, S. copridis Khaustov, 2007, S. gorganica Rahiminejad #38; Hajiqanbar, 2011, S. vladimiri Khaustov, 2005 and S. geotruporum Khaustov, 2005 phoretic on Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham, 1802) were found. This is the first record of S. geotruporum from Asia. Furthermore, this is the first record of phoresy of S. geotruporum on G. spiniger.
Keywords
Heterostigmatina , Dung beetles , Phoresy , Host preference , Iran ,
Journal title
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
Serial Year
2019
Journal title
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
Record number
2460794
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