Macrholaspis recki ( Bregetova and Koroleva 1960 )

Ács, A., Sutak, A. & Kontschan, J., 2016, New records of macrochelid mites and description of a new phoretic species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from Greece, Acarologia 56 (1), pp. 63-71 : 64

Macrholaspis recki ( Bregetova and Koroleva 1960)

Material examined — Two females were collected from Greece, "Holhiditri" Palaikastro 22 May 1995 Orosz A. coll.

Published records — Hungary (Er˝oss and Mahunka 1971); former USSR ( Bregetova and Koroleva 1960); Iran ( Faraji et al. 2008); La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain) ( Moraza and Peaea 2005); Slovakia, Poland, Transcarpathian Ukraine, Bulgaria, Crimea, Armenia, Georgia ( MašAEn 2003).

Distribution — Palaearctic.

Remarks — Xerothermophilous species, often found in dry and warm microhabitats ( MašAEn 2003). First record from Greece.