Holaspulus tenuipes ( Berlese, 1904 )

Hajizadeh, Jalil, 2022, Review of the Iranian Parholaspidid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) with a key to the species, Zootaxa 5178 (3), pp. 229-240 : 232

Holaspulus tenuipes ( Berlese, 1904)

Holostaspis (Holaspulus) tenuipes Berlese, 1904: 266 .

Macrocheles tridentifer Ewing, 1913: 114 . Synonymy by Hennessey & Farrier (1988).

Parholaspis pachylaelapsoides Schweizer in Holzapfel, 1932: 366. Synonymy by Evans (1956).

Holaspulus tenuipes .— Evans, 1956: 354; Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021: 424 .

Material examined: Four females, Rasht, Jirdeh Village, 37°12’43”N 49°32’51”E, 22 m, litter, April 2019; 3 females, Rasht, 37°11’47”N 49°39’9”E, 26 m, wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella L. ( Oxalidaceae ) leaves, November 2018; five females, Bijar Boneh Village, 37°18’10”N 49°39’10”E, - 6 m, soil, April 2019.

Habitat and distribution in Iran: Isfahan Province, soil and litter; Mazandaran Province, soil, litter and humus ( Ramezani & Nemati, 2010; Kazemi et al., 2012; Kazemi & Rajaei, 2013; Kazemi et al., 2014; Saberi et al., 2016; Nemati et al., 2018; Ghasemi & Hajizadeh, 2021).

World Distribution: Switzerland, U.S.A. (Hawaii), U.K. (London), Mexico, Japan, Philippines. Holotype for H. tenuipes : Italy, Florence, debris in greenhouse. For M. tridentifer : U.S.A., Minnesota, greenhouse. For P. pachylaelapsoides : Switzerland, Berne Botanic Gardens, plant nursery ( Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021).