Hypoaspis phyllognathi Costa

Hypoaspis phyllognathi Costa, 1971: 74 .

Hypoaspis (Hypoaspis) phyllognathi .— Karg, 1979: 70, 1982: 236, 1993: 137.

Specimens examined. Two females, Shiraz, Khaf, 25 October 2009, O. Joharchi coll., on Phyllognathus sp.

Notes. Hypoaspis phyllognathi was described from beetles in the genus Phyllognathus in Egypt and Israel by Costa (1971), and has not been reported since. There are no published records of this species from Iran. The species is easily recognised by the long dorsal shield setae (apart from z1 and Z5, which are short), and the long dorso-distal seta ad 1 on genu IV.