Petalomium nataliae ( Sevastianov, 1967 )

Rahiminejad, Vahid & Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza, 2020, New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3), pp. 233-242 : 236

Petalomium nataliae ( Sevastianov, 1967)

World distribution – This species was described from Belarus and Ukraine where it was collected from the ant Lasius niger (L.) (Hym.: Formicidae ) ( Sevastianov 1967). It was also recorded from Japan ( Kurosa 1980), Hungary ( Mahunka 1986) and Switzerland ( Mahunka 1977) from L. niger . Finally, Khaustov (2014) reported it from Russia associated with Tetramorium caespitum (L.) and Lasius niger .

Material examined – Six specimens obtained from Tetramorium sp. (Hym.: Formicidae ). The hosts captured by a light trap in Nokandeh forest, Bandar-E-Gaz, 36.70 N, 53.94 E, and altitude 15 m a.s.l., 05 July 2014.

Remarks – This is a new record for mite fauna of Iran.