Macrocheles sumbaensis Hartini & Takaku, 2005

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 : 333-334

Macrocheles sumbaensis Hartini & Takaku, 2005

Macrocheles sumbaensis – Hartini and Takaku (2005): 206.

Distribution and habitats in Iran – Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province (dung) ( Babaeian et al. 2011, Kazemi and Rajaei 2013). This is the second record from Iran and new to the Khuzestan Province fauna.

Material examined – Five females, Ahvaz, 31° 23' 02" N, 48° 38' 38" E, 18 m a.s.l., 24 April 2015 (horse manure), four females, one male, 30 November 2015 (horse manure), five females, 13 November 2016 (horse manure); two females, Bavi, Mollasani, 31 35' 31" N, 48° 53' 10" E, 27 m a.s.l., 14 May 2015 (poultry manure), three females, 27 October 2015 (poultry manure), two females, 23 October 2016 (cow manure); two females, one male, Ahvaz, dairy farm at Shahid Chamran University campus, 32° 17' 59" N, 48° 39' 39" E, 15 m a.s.l., 26 May 2015 (cow manure), three females, 17 November 2015 (cow manure), two females, 29 May 2016 (cow manure), three females, one male, 16 November 2016 (cow manure); two females, one male, Ahvaz, Jassaniyeh-ye Bozorg, 31° 25' 55" N, 48° 44' 41" E, 22 m a.s.l., 30 November 2015 (cow manure); four females, Hamidieh, 31° 28' 39" N, 48° 26' 44" E, 29 m a.s.l., 22 April 2016 (buffalo manure); three females, Ahvaz, Alhaei, 31° 39' 20" N, 48° 35' 26" E, 31 m a.s.l., 29 April 2016 (sheep manure); two females, Shushtar, Band-e Qir, 31° 39' 10" N, 48° 53' 09" E, 26 m a.s.l., 13 May 2016 (cow manure); three females, Shushtar, Arab Hassan, 31° 49' 44" N, 48° 53' 55" E, 30 m a.s.l., 13 May 2016 (cow manure); two females, Bavi, Talbumeh, 31° 31' 37" N, 48° 55' 27" E, 20 m a.s.l., 9 October 2016 (cow manure); two females, Bavi, Naddafieh, 31° 36' 20" N, 48° 52' 59" E, 27 m a.s.l., 19 November 2016 (sheep manure); three females, Shush, Khoyes, 32° 01' 53" N, 48° 16' 45" E, 60 m a.s.l., 10 December 2016 (sheep manure).

Note – Characters of the Iranian specimens agreed with data presented in Hartini and Takaku (2005).