Imparipes (Imparipes) histricinus Berlese, 1903

Rahiminejad, Vahid, Nadimi, Ahmad & Seyedein, Sarina, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Imparipes Berlese (Acari: Heterostigmata: Scutacaridae) associated with ants in Iran, Zootaxa 5133 (4), pp. 585-593 : 590

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.4.9
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:43432226-9019-447F-94AF-1B2E09820F06
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6535759
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87A0-FFD8-FF9E-37A6-FB455D21A10D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Imparipes (Imparipes) histricinus Berlese, 1903
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World distribution. Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Angola, Austria, Tunisia, Mongolia, Australia, Ukraine, Russia and Iran (Razavi Khorasan and Ardabil Provinces), collected from nests of ants; mainly phoretic on Tetramorium caespitum L. and Messor sp. ( Khaustov 2008; Loghmani et al. 2014; Khaustov & Tolstikov 2016; Sobhi et al. 2017).

Material examined. Eight specimens were extracted from a vial containing 25 specimens of Lasius spp. ants collected by a light trap from Alangdareh Forest Park , Gorgan, Golestan Province, Northern Iran, 36.46°N, 54.26°E, altitude 420 m., coll. V. Rahiminejad, 24 June 2021 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. This is the first record of phoretic association between the mite and ants of the genus Lasius . Also, this species is recorded from northern Iran for the first time.