Scutacarus avarus Khaustov, 2008

Navabi, Amin, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Mortazavi, Abdolazim, 2018, New species and records of the genera Scutacarus and Imparipes (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Scutacaridae) associated with Coleoptera and Hymenoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) from Iran, Zootaxa 4531 (4), pp. 532-540 : 536

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BD0BADCE-2CB7-471A-B3E3-741585CF80A0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5974831
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/521D2D31-9A6F-FFF7-DCEF-FB0F7D87DF44
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Scutacarus avarus Khaustov, 2008
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Scutacarus avarus Khaustov, 2008, p. 183 , Figs 118 (1–3).

This species is known only from its type locality, the southern shore of Crimea, on Formica cunicularia Latreille View in CoL ( Hymenoptera View in CoL : Formicidae View in CoL ) ( Khaustov 2008).

Material examined. Western Iran, Lorestan Province, Borujerd city, Fial village (33°53'51.1" N, 48°42'51.0E). One female removed from a vial containing some ants of Formica sp. ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ), 9 May 2016.

Remarks. This species is reported for the second time in the world and recorded from Asia for the first time.