Lasioseius dentatus ( Fox, 1946 )

Hajizadeh, Jalil, Javadpour, Mahboubeh & Mohammadi, Leila, 2023, Review of the genus Lasioseius Berlese (Acari: Blattisociidae) in Iran, and a key for identification of the Iranian species of the genus, Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (4), pp. 463-485 : 465

Lasioseius dentatus ( Fox, 1946)

Borinquolaelaps dentatus Fox, 1946: 451 .

More information about the synonyms and nomenclatural history of this species are available in Moraes et al. (2016: 165).

Material examined – Two females, Lowshan, 36° 37' 46'' N, 49° 30' 50'' E, 360 m a.s.l., July 2015 collected from soil of olive garden.; two females, Rasht, Khomam, 37° 22' 55'' N, 49° 39' 35'' E, − 16 m a.s.l., May 2019, collected from weeds; one female, Rasht, Kuchesfahan, 37° 16' 42'' N, 49° 46' 21'' E, 0 m a.s.l., May 2019, collected from weeds.

Habitat and distribution in Iran – Kerman Province (Kerman City, parks, and landscapes), soil ( Arjomandi and Kazemi 2014; Nemati et al. 2018); Guilan Province (Rasht, Lowshan), wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella L. ( Oxalidaceae ) leaves infested with spider mites, litter, soil of olive garden ( Javadpour et al. 2018; Ghasemi and Hajizadeh 2020).

Note – This species was reported by mentioned authors as Lasioseius scapulatus Kennett, 1958 , but Lindquist (1964) considered it as junior synonym of L. dentatus ( Moraes et al. 2015a; Nemati et al. 2018).

World Distribution – China, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Uganda and USA ( Santos et al. 2023).