Halolaelaps sexclavatus ( Oudemans, 1902 )

Farahi, Sara, Shishehbor, Parviz & Nemati, Alireza, 2018, Some mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Parasitiformes) of Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (4), pp. 323-344 : 326-327

Halolaelaps sexclavatus ( Oudemans, 1902)

Parasitus sexclavatus – Oudemans (1902): 17.

Halolaelaps sexclavatus – Karg (1962): 74.

Distribution and habitats in Iran – Provinces of Fars (soil of orchards, foliage, soil, leaf-litter, weeds and soil of apple trees) Golestan (Herpalus sp.), Isfahan (soil), Khorasan-e Shomali (soil of farms, gardens and manures) ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013), Kerman (cow manure and sheep manure, soil and leaf litter) and Zanjan (soil) ( Nemati et al. 2018). This is new to the Khuzestan province fauna.

Material examined – Sixteen deutonymphs, Ahvaz, 31° 23' 02" N, 48° 38' 38" E, 18 m a.s.l., 24

April 2015 (horse manure), four deutonymphs, 30 November 2015 (horse manure); two deutonymphs, Ahvaz, dairy farm at Shahid Chamran University campus, 32° 17' 59" N, 48° 39' 39" E, 15 m a.s.l., 17 November 2015 (cow manure); two deutonymphs, Bavi, Mollasani, 31° 35' 31" N, 48° 53' 10" E, 27 m a.s.l., 22 November 2015 (buffalo manure); two deutonymphs, Ahvaz, Alhaei, 31° 39' 20" N, 48° 35' 26" E, 31 m a.s.l., 29 April 2016 (cow manure); three deutonymphs, Shush, Abdolkhan, 31° 52' 29" N, 48° 20' 30" E, 43 m a.s.l., 6 May 2016 (cow manure); two deutonymphs, Shush, Seyyed Abbas, 31° 49' 49" N, 48° 23' 21" E, 40 m a.s.l., 6 May 2016 (buffalo manure); four deutonymphs, Shushtar, Band-e Qir, 31° 39' 10" N, 48° 53' 09" E, 26 m a.s.l., 13 October 2016 (cow manure); two deutonymphs, Shushtar, Arab Hassan, 31° 49' 44" N, 48° 53' 55" E, 30 m a.s.l., 13 May 2016 (cow manure); one deutonymph, Bavi, Naddafieh, 31° 36' 20" N, 48° 52' 59" E, 27 m a.s.l., 16 November 2016 (cow manure).

Note – Characters of the Iranian specimens agreed with data presented in Karg (1962).