Onchodellus squamosus (Koroleva, 1977)

Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2017, Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4), pp. 269-285 : 274

Onchodellus squamosus (Koroleva, 1977) ( Fig. 4 )

Diagnosis

Female with dorsal shield 576 long, 379 wide, (length/width ratio: 1.51). Dorsal shield setae J1, J3–4 80, J2 86, J5 52 (J4 / J5 ratio: 1.53). Sternal shield 200 long, 120 wide (length/width ratio: 1.66). Genitiventral shield 200 long, 216 wide (length/width ratio: 0.92). Anal shield 76 long, 120 wide (length/width ratio: 0.63). All idiosomal shields well reticulated. Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument with 14 pairs of smooth setae. Tarsus II with one spur-like distal seta pl1, 35 long. Sperm access system with a long and thin spermathecal tube which widened distally, basal section of the sperm access system indistinct in the specimen examined.

Material examined – 1 female, forest areas of the Imamzadeh Hashem, from soil under poplar tree, 17 June 2016.

World distribution – Georgia and Taiwan ( Koroleva 1977a, b; Ma et al. 2008; Mašán and Halliday 2014a).

Note – This is the first record of this species in Iran.

Figures

Figure 4. Ventral idiosoma of Onchodellus squamosus (female). Scale bar = 100 μm.