Storchia robustus ( Berlese, 1885 )

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 : 82-83

Storchia robustus ( Berlese, 1885)

Diagnosis (female)

Prodorsal shield faintly reticulated; suranal shield divided along midline and bearing 3 pairs of setae (h3 present); genital covers with three pairs of genital setae; trochanters III-IV each with one seta; femora IV with two setae; tibia I with one solenidion; coxae IV with two setae; genua I–III with 4 + 1 κ, 4, 2; tarsus IV with 8 + 1 ω.

Materials examined

Pyrjd village: 24 Jun. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Ficus carica ( Moraceae ); 12 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ); 8 Sep. 2020 (n = 1) from soil under Morus sp. ( Moraceae ).

Distribution

This species was originally reported from Germany by Berlese (1885); so far reported in about 25 countries ( Beron 2020) including Iran ( Beyzavi et al. 2013).