Uropoda orbicularis ( Müller, 1776 )

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 : 337-338

Uropoda orbicularis ( Müller, 1776)

Acarus orbicularis – Müller (1776): 187.

Uropoda orbicularis – Karg (1989): 171.

Distribution and habitats in Iran – Provinces of Azerbaijan-e Sharghi (soil of orchards, soil and foliage of poplar and elm trees), Hamedan (clover fields), Fars (decaying onion, soil of citrus orchards, foliage, soil, leaf-litter, weeds and soil of apple trees, oak forests, soil and leaf litter, soil and debris), Tehran (humus rich areas of orchards, parks and lawns of the region, soil, honey bee hives), Azerbaijan-e Gharbi (aerial plants part and soil of potato fields, soil and plant debris of apple orchards, soil of sunflower fields), Khuzestan (soil), Khorasan-e Shomali ( Caccobius schreberi (L.) and Onthophagus sp., soils of farm, gardens and manures), Golestan (soil), Kerman (soil), Mazandaran (soil, litter, humus, cow and sheep dung, dead wood, leaf-litter, Lucanus sp.), Lorestan (soil of apple orchard) and Khorasan-e Razavi (soil) ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013; Nemati et al. 2018).

Material examined – One deutonymph, Shush, Abdolkhan, 31° 52' 29" N, 48° 20' 30" E, 43 m a.s.l., 6 May 2016 (cow manure); one deutonymph, Bavi, Mollasani, 31° 35' 31" N, 48° 53' 10" E, 27 m a.s.l., 12 April 2017 (cow manure); one deutonymph, Ahvaz, Haatam village , 31° 51' 35" N, 48° 21' 31.05" E, 36 m a.s.l., 11 May 2017 (sheep manure); one deutonymph, Ahvaz, Alhaei, 31° 39' 20" N, 48° 35' 26" E, 31 m a.s.l., 24 May 2017 (cow manure) .

Note – Characters of the Iranian specimens agreed with data presented in Karg (1989).