Scutacarus (Scutacarus) sphaeroideus (Karafiati, 1959)

Rahiminejad, Vahid, Hakimitabar, Masoud, Davari, Milad & Yahyapour, Eliye, 2023, Scutacarid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Scutacaroidea) of Mazandaran province, northern Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1), pp. 159-163 : 161

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v13i1.84210

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scientific name

Scutacarus (Scutacarus) sphaeroideus (Karafiati, 1959)
status

 

Scutacarus (Scutacarus) sphaeroideus (Karafiati, 1959)

World distribution – This species is found worldwide and can be found in soils shorelines. It has been observed to be phoretic on ants, beetles ( Staphylinidae , Heteroceridae ), and small mammals ( Cricetidae , Muridae ). In Iran, this species has been collected multiple times from soil samples and has been found in association with hydrophilid beetles and Dryops sp. (Col.: Hydrophilidae and Dryopidae ) (Rahimnejad et al. 2022b).

Material examined – Three female mite specimens were collected from a soil sample from A’ali- Kola, 36.21° N, 53.65° E, and altitude 112 m a.s.l., February 13, 2023, coll. E. Yahyapour.

Remarks – This species is recorded for the first time from Mazandaran province.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Acari

Family

Scutacaridae

Genus

Scutacarus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

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