Petalomium crinitus Khaustov and Trach, 2013
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https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61223 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/557987D1-A76D-FFA7-FE31-F87DFEF22973 |
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Petalomium crinitus Khaustov and Trach, 2013 |
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Petalomium crinitus Khaustov and Trach, 2013
World distribution – Ukraine, associated with Lasius sp. (Hym.: Formicidae ) ( Khaustov and Trach 2013). It was also recorded from Western Siberia, Russia in association with Lasius niger ( Khaustov and Tolstikov 2016) . This species is also reported from an unidentified species of Lasius from Isfahan, Iran ( Tajodin 2013).
Material examined – One specimen associated with Tetramorium sp. (Hym.: Formicidae ) was found, the hosts captured by a light trap in Alang-Dareh forest, Gorgan, 30 June 2014.
Remarks – This is the first known phoretic association between the mite and the ant genus Tetramorium .
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