Dendrolaelaps acriluteus Athias-Henriot, 1961

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 : 324-325

Dendrolaelaps acriluteus Athias-Henriot, 1961

Dendrolaelaps acriluteus – Athias-Henriot (1961): 468.

Dendrolaelaps acriluteus – Hirschmann and Wiśniewski (1982): 12.

Distribution and habitats in Iran – Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province (soil) ( Nemati et al. 2018). This is the second record from Iran and new to the Khuzestan province fauna.

Material examined – Two deutonymphs, Bavi, Mollasani, 31° 35' 31" N, 48° 53' 10" E, 27 m a.s.l., 8 April 2015 (sheep manure), four deutonymphs, 23 October 2016 (cow manure); three deutonymphs, Ahvaz, Gavmish Abad, 31° 17' 34.77" N, 48° 40' 05.05" E, 15 m a.s.l., 24 April 2015 (buffalo manure); five deutonymphs, Ahvaz, dairy farm at the Shahid Chamran University campus, 32° 17' 59" N, 48° 39' 39" E, 15 m a.s.l., 17 November 2015 (cow manure), two deutonymphs, 17 November 2015 (cow manure); Hamidieh, 31° 28' 39" N, 48° 26' 44" E, 29 m a.s.l., two deutonymph, 22 April 2016 (buffalo manure); one deutonymph, Shushtar, Arab Hassan, 31° 49' 44" N, 48° 53' 55" E, 30 m a.s.l., 13 May 2016 (cow manure); one deutonymph, Shush, Khavar-e Seyyed Khalaf, 31° 31' 23" N, 48° 49' 31" E, 25 m a.s.l., 9 October 2016 (cow manure).

Note – Characters of the Iranian specimens agreed with data presented in Hirschmann and Wiśniewski (1982).