Laelaspis calidus
Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) calidus
Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) calida
A new species and new records of Laelaspis Berlese (Acari, Laelapidae) from Iran
Joharchi, Omid
Jalaeian, Mahdi
Paktinat-Saeej, Saeed
Ghafarian, Azadeh
ZooKeys
2012
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Berlese
Ascidae
Laelaspis
CoL
Animalia
Laelaspis calidus
Mesostigmata
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19
Arthropoda
species
calidus
Laelaspis calidus Berlese 1924: 255; Hunter 1961: 676. Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) calidus.- Aswegen and Loots 1970: 27. Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) calida.- Karg 1982: 250; 1989: 120.
Specimens examined. Six females, Anar, Kerman, 53°30'N, 18°55'E, alt. 1152 m 10 November 2011, O. Joharchi coll., in nest of Pheidole pallidula.
Notes. Laelaspis caliduswas described from east Africa ( Berlese 1924), also has been recorded at Kilimanjaro near Marangu from moss and litter ( Aswegen and Loots 1970) and has not been reported since. It is easily recognised by the bidentate movable digit and the seven-toothed fixed digit, the serrated postanal seta and seta Z5 two to three times as long as J5. This species has been found from moss and litter, but has not been reported from the nests of ants. It is now recorded in Iran for the first time from the ant nests.