Pachylaelaps imitans Berlese, 1920

Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2017, Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4), pp. 269-285 : 276-277

Pachylaelaps imitans Berlese, 1920

Diagnosis

Male with dorsal shield 880 long, 608 wide (length/width ratio: 1.44). Two pairs of closely adjacent slit-shaped gland pores on posterolateral margins of dorsal shield. Tarsus II with two spurlike distal setae. Palptibia with two outgrowths, one of which with needle-like apex. Cheliceral spermatodactyl with one small and lobe-like projection.

Material examined – 1 male, Saravan forest , from soil under ironwood, 15 June, 2015 .

Distribution and habitats in Iran – This species was found from soil in Kerman province (Region not mentioned) ( Ahmadi 2002).

World distribution – Georgia, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine and Western Europe ( Koroleva 1977b; Salmane 2001; Mašán 2007; Mašán and Halliday 2014a).

Note – This is the first record of this species in Guilan province.