Imparipes (Imparipes) obsoletus Rack, 1966

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.6535757
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87A0-FFD8-FF9E-37A6-FCF55D6AA3D9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Imparipes (Imparipes) obsoletus Rack, 1966
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Treatment

World distribution. This species has a world-wide distribution, inhabits soil and is phoretic on various ant species, such as Lasius flavus (F.), L. umbratus (Nylander, 1846) ., L. alienus (Foerster, 1850) , L. (Lasius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758) , L. (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798) , Formica (Serviformica) fusca Linnaeus, 1758 , F. (Serviformica) rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 and Messor spp. ( Khaustov 2008; Khaustov & Tolstikov 2016).

Material examined. Four specimens of this mite species were obtained in a vial containing ethanol 75% and 11 specimens of Lasius spp. ants, collected by a light trap in Alangdareh Forest Park , Gorgan, Golestan Province, northern Iran, 36.46°N, 54.26°E, altitude 432 m., coll. V. Rahiminejad, 30 July 2021 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. This species is a new record for mite fauna of Iran.