Stigmaeus malekii Haddad Irani-Nejad, Bagheri & Khanjani, 2006

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 : 81-82

Stigmaeus malekii Haddad Irani-Nejad, Bagheri & Khanjani, 2006

Stigmaeus boshroyehensis Khanjani, Izadi, Asali Fayaz, Raisi, Rostami & Doğan, 2010

Stigmaeus malekii in Mohammad-Doustaresharaf, Bagheri and Lotfallahi (2023).

Diagnosis (female)

Prodorsal shield pentagonal and smooth; opisthosomal dorsum with distinct central and marginal plates; dorsal setae smooth; setae v2 and c2 longer than other dorsal setae; eyes present and pob absent suranal shield entire with 2 pairs of setae; median hysterosomal shield with 3 pairs of setae; with one genital setae; aggenital shield entire with 3 pairs of setae; eupathidium in palp tarsi trifid; trochanter III with two setae; genua I–IV with 3(+ ĸd)-3-1-1 setae; tarsus II with 9 (+ ω) setae.

Materials examined

Qaleh Sangi village: 24 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), 14 Sep. 2020 (n = 2), 20 Sep. 2020 (n = 2), from rice field ( Oryza sativa ); 24 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), 4 Oct. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ) and 24 Aug. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Morus sp. ( Moraceae ). Gelvaran village (33° 27' N, 48° 19' E): 6 Jun. 2020 (n = 2), 4 Jul. 2020 (n = 3), from soil under Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ); 24 Aug. 2020 (n = 2), 7 Oct. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Morus sp. ( Moraceae ). Taf village: 31 Jul. 2020 (n = 3), from soil under Prunus armeniaca ( Rosaceae ). Shorab village: 23 Jul. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ). Dolatshah village: 21 Jul. 2020 (n = 2), 16 Sep. 2020 (n = 4), 22 Sep. 2020 (n = 2), 27 Oct. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Prunus domestica ( Rosaceae ); 8 Jul. 2020 (n = 16), 27 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ); 23 May. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Hordeum vulgare ( Poaceae ); 23 May 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Solanum melongena ( Solanaceae ).

Distribution

This species has only been reported from Iran ( Irani-Nejad et al. 2006; Khanjani et al. 2010; Beyzavi et al. 2013; Fakhari et al. 2014; Zarei et al. 2015; Mohammad-Doustaresharaf et al. 2023).