Dendrolaelaps multidentatus ( Leitner, 1949 )

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 : 325

Dendrolaelaps multidentatus ( Leitner, 1949)

Digamasellus multidentatus – Leitner (1949): 23.

Dendrolaelaps multidentatus – Hirschmann and Wiśniewski (1982): 67.

Distribution and habitats in Iran – Alborz province (compost and mushroom) ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013). This is the second record from Iran and new to Khuzestan province fauna.

Material examined – Three deutonymphs, Bavi, Mollasani, 31° 35' 31" N, 48° 53' 10" E, 27 m a.s.l., 8 April 2015 (buffalo manure), three females, two males, 22 November 2015 (buffalo manure); two deutonymphs, Ahvaz, dairy farm at the Shahid Chamran University campus, 32° 17' 59" N, 48° 39' 39" E, 15 m a.s.l., 26 May 2015 (cow manure), two deutonymphs, 17 November 2015 (cow manure); two deutonymphs, Hamidieh, 31° 28' 39" N, 48° 26' 44" E, 29 m a.s.l., 24 October 2016 (buffalo manure); three females, one male, Shush, Abdolkhan, 31° 52' 29" N, 48° 20' 30" E, 43 m a.s.l., 6 May 2016 (cow manure); two deutonymphs, Shushtar, Arab Hassan, 31° 49' 44" N, 48° 53' 55" E, 30 m a.s.l., 13 May 2016 (cow manure); two deutonymphs, Shushtar, Band-e Qir, 31° 39' 10" N, 48° 53' 09" E, 26 m, 13 May 2016 (cow manure); two deutonymphs, Shush, Khoyes, 32° 01' 53" N, 48° 16' 45" E, 60 m a.s.l., 26 May 2016 (cow manure); two deutonymphs, Hamidieh, Tarrahiyeh, 31° 25' 21" N, 48° 23' 21" E, 18 m a.s.l., 20 October 2016 (cow manure); three deutonymphs, Hamidieh, Pich-e Seyyed Jaber, 31° 27' 34" N, 48° 25' 26" E, 21 m a.s.l., 20 October 2016 (buffalo manure).

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