Intercaraboacarus, Katlav & Hajiqanbar, 2015

Rahiminejad, Vahid, Yahyapour, Eliye, Ghandhari, Yasaman & Jafari, Fakhteh, 2024, New reports of caraboacarid mites (Acari: Trochometridioidea) from Iran, with some notes on their host specificity, Persian Journal of Acarology 13, pp. 427-433 : 430

Intercaraboacarus clivinus Katlav & Hajiqanbar, 2015

Material examined – Thirteen specimens were collected from sediments of a vial containing two specimens of Amara spp. (Col.: Carabidae ). The host beetles sampled directly from Naharkhoran heights, Gorgan, Golestan Province, 36.75° N, 54.45° E, and altitude 762 m a.s.l., September 12, 2023, coll. Vahid Rahiminejad.

World distribution and Host specificity – Previously, the mites were only collected from under elytra, on themembranous hind wings of Clivina ypsilon Dejean, 1829 (Col.: Carabidae ) that were captured by attracting to a light trap in Noor Forest, Mazandaran Province, Iran ( Katlav et al. 2015).

Remarks – The species is recorded from Golestan province for the first time.