Caligonella saboorii Ahmad Hoseini & Khanjani, 2014

Hatami, Parisa, Jafari, Shahriar & Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad, 2024, Some raphignathoid mites (Acariformes: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) in Lorestan Province, with re-description of Raphignathus evidus Fan as a new record from Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1), pp. 77-92 : 78-79

Caligonella saboorii Ahmad Hoseini & Khanjani, 2014

Diagnosis (female)

Length of dorsal setae about 17–26 micrometers; dorsal and venter of idiosoma without shield, with simple dorsal striation, with three pairs of cupules; outer solenidion on tibia I two times longer than inner one; solenidia on tarsi I and II and outer solenidion on tibia I are equal in length; tarsus I with 15(+ ω) setae.

Materials examined

One female from soil under Prunus domestica ( Rosaceae ), 12 Aug. 2020, Dolatshah village (33° 37' N, 48° 17' E); one female from soil under Vitis vinifera ( Vitaceae ), 12 Aug. 2020, Pyrjd village (33° 19' N, 48° 28' E); one female from soil under Olea europaea ( Oleaceae ), 17 Aug. 2020, Faculty of Agriculture of Lorestan University (33° 26' N, 48° 15' E), Khorramabad county, Lorestan province.

Distribution

This species was originally described from Iran by Ahmad Hoseini et al. (2014).

Note: To avoid repeating, geographical coordinates of sampling locations previously presented will not be mentioned again.