Gaeolaelaps mirzakhaniae Kazemi & Khalesi (in Khalesi & Kazemi, 2018 )
Soil-inhabiting mites of the family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Assiut Governorate, Egypt
Joharchi, Omid
Negm, Mohamed W.
Zootaxa
2020
2020-04-06
4759
4
488
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Kazemi & Khalesi
Kazemi & Khalesi (in Khalesi & Kazemi
2018
[151,711,1186,1213]
Arachnida
Laelapidae
Gaeolaelaps
GBIF
Animalia
Mesostigmata
10
498
Arthropoda
species
mirzakhaniae
Gaeolaelaps mirzakhaniaeKazemi & Khalesi (in Khalesi & Kazemi, 2018): 629. Specimen examined. One female; 27°11’ N, 31°09’ E, AssiutUniversity, Assiut; 22 June 2016; coll. M.W. Negm; ex. soil.
Remarks. Gaeolaelaps mirzakhaniaewas described from soil and litter of a citrus orchard in Iran( Khalesi & Kazemi, 2018). It is now recorded in Egyptfor the first time, from soil. The species is easily recognised by the characteristic shape of its dorsal shield, which partly covers the dorsal idiosoma, narrowing from level of setae r3to that of gland pore gd9, then sharply tapering until a rounded posterior end, shield bearing 39 pairs of setae (including two pairs of Zxsetae), sternal shield longer than broad, shield smooth medially, reticulate laterally, peritremes long, anteriorly reaching to mid-level of coxae I. Palp tarsal claw two-tined.