Imparipes malus Khaustov, 2008

Navabi, Amin, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Mortazavi, Abdolazim, 2018, New species and records of the genera Scutacarus and Imparipes (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Scutacaridae) associated with Coleoptera and Hymenoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) from Iran, Zootaxa 4531 (4), pp. 532-540 : 537

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BD0BADCE-2CB7-471A-B3E3-741585CF80A0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5974841
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/521D2D31-9A6E-FFF6-DCEF-FCD87CD0DDB7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Imparipes malus Khaustov, 2008
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Imparipes malus Khaustov, 2008, p. 125 , Figs 80 (1–4).

This species is known only from its type locality, the southern shore of Crimea, on Ponera coarctata Latr. View in CoL ( Hymenoptera View in CoL : Formicidae View in CoL ) ( Khaustov 2008).

Material examined. Western Iran, Lorestan Province, Borujerd city, Sheykh Miri-ye Sadat village (33°54'48.68"N, 48°41'1.84"E). Four females removed from a vial containing more than 30 Tetramorium sp. ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ) and three females from a vial containing about 50 Camponotus sp. ( Formicidae ), 13 April 2016 and 20 May 2016, respectively.

Remarks. This species is reported for the second time in the world and recorded from Asia for the first time. This is a new association between this mite and ants of the genera Tetramorium and Camponotus .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Prostigmata
Family	Scutacaridae
Genus	Imparipes