Allopygmephorus punctatus Khaustov & Sazhnev, 2016

Navabi, Amin, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Mortazavi, Abdolazim, 2018, New records of the genus Allopygmephorus (Acari: Neopygmephoridae) with a list of the species of the family Neopygmephoridae in Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (4), pp. 315-322 : 317

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v7i4.40314
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2EADED1B-149C-494A-A73A-81BCB5584C14
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA467E-FFA2-FF86-FE0E-6B933383507B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Allopygmephorus punctatus Khaustov & Sazhnev, 2016
status

Treatment

World distribution – RUSSIA, associated with Heterocerus fenestratus ; KAZAKHSTAN, associated with Heterocerus flexuosus Stephens, 1828 ( Khaustov & Sazhnev 2016); IRAN, associated with Drasterius bimaculatus (Elateridae) and Augyles sp. (current study).

Material examined – Borujerd, western Iran, 16 and nine females from ventral body surfaces of five Drasterius bimaculatus and four Augyles , respectively. The host insects attracted to light traps during an overnight sampling around pasture plants and apple gardens of the Sheykh Miri-ye Sadat village, near Borujerd, 2 August 2016.

Remarks

This species is recorded from Iran for the first time. Also, it is a new association between this mite and beetles of the family Elateridae .