Paramicrodispus crenulatus ( Savulkina, 1978 )

Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Arjomandi, Elham, 2019, Heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) associated with Coleoptera and Hymenoptera in Mazandaran province, northern Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (4), pp. 343-352 : 345

Paramicrodispus crenulatus ( Savulkina, 1978)

Material examined – 5♀, Mazandaran province, Noor Forest, 17 May 2016, under elytra of Gnorimus subcostatus (Mentries) (Col.: Scarabaeidae ), collected from rotten logs; 4♀, Mazandaran Province, vicinity of Behshahr, 17 July 2016, under elytra of Parandra caspia Ménétriès, 1832 (Col.: Cerambycidae ).

World distribution – Bulgaria, in the nest of a small mammal ( Savulkina 1978); Crimea, beneath elytra of a carabid beetle Pterostichus niger (Schaller) and in a rotten log of Fagus orientalis ( Khaustov 2009) . Iran, Gorgan province, phoretic on Oryctes nasicornis L. (Col.: Scarabaeidae ) ( Hajiqanbar et al. 2012); Mazandaran province (current study).

Remarks – This is the first report of the relationship between mites of family Microdispidae and beetles of the family Cerambycidae . Also, Gnorimus subcostatus is new host record for the mite Paramicrodispus crenulatus .