Allopygmephorus punctatus Khaustov & Sazhnev, 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v7i4.40314 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2EADED1B-149C-494A-A73A-81BCB5584C14 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA467E-FFA2-FF86-FE0E-6B933383507B |
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Allopygmephorus punctatus Khaustov & Sazhnev, 2016 |
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Allopygmephorus punctatus Khaustov & Sazhnev, 2016
World distribution – RUSSIA, associated with Heterocerus fenestratus ; KAZAKHSTAN, associated with Heterocerus flexuosus Stephens, 1828 ( Khaustov & Sazhnev 2016); IRAN, associated with Drasterius bimaculatus (Elateridae) and Augyles sp. (current study).
Material examined – Borujerd, western Iran, 16 and nine females from ventral body surfaces of five Drasterius bimaculatus and four Augyles , respectively. The host insects attracted to light traps during an overnight sampling around pasture plants and apple gardens of the Sheykh Miri-ye Sadat village, near Borujerd, 2 August 2016.
Remarks
This species is recorded from Iran for the first time. Also, it is a new association between this mite and beetles of the family Elateridae .
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