Neparholaspis arcuatus Petrova, 1977

Hajizadeh, Jalil, 2022, Review of the Iranian Parholaspidid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) with a key to the species, Zootaxa 5178 (3), pp. 229-240 : 233

Neparholaspis arcuatus Petrova, 1977

Neparholaspis arcuatus Petrova, 1977: 343 .

Neparholaspis arcuatus .— Karg, 1993: 115; Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021: 426 .

Material examined: One female, Fuman, 37°12’51.30”N, 49°15’37.57”E, 70 m, collected from soil, October 2018; 1 female 3 males , Otaghvar , Langarud, 37°5’46.82”N, 50°6’45.46”E, 175 m, collected from soil, December 2019; one female , Vajargah , Kelachay, 37°2’37.92”N, 50°23’59.60”E, 4 m, collected from soil, November 2019; 1 female , Otaghvar-Langarud , 37°6’1.31”N, 50°6’22.32”E, 70 m, collected from soil, December 2019; 1 female , Rahimabad , Rudsar, 37°0’27.61”N, 50°16’56.13”E, 392 m, collected from soil, November 2019; 1 female , Amlash , 37°5’32.64”N, 50°8’57.80”E, 123 m, collected from soil, December 2019; 4females , Rasht , Keshel Varzal Village, 37°10’59”N 49°38’42”E, 34 m, litter, February 2019; 5 females , Rasht , Bijar Boneh Village, 37°18’10”N 49°39’10”E, - 6 m, litter, May 2019 .

Habitat and distribution in Iran: Mazandaran Province, soil and litter ( Kazemi et al., 2014; Saberi et al., 2016; Nemati et al., 2018; Hajizadeh et al., 2020; Ghasemi & Hajizadeh, 2021).

World Distribution: Korea and Russia. Holotype Russia, Sakhalin Island, Kuril Islands; Kunashir , Shikotan Island , forest litter ( Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021).