Antennoseius (s. str.) ponticus Tratsch and Makarova, 2008

Trach, V. A., 2016, New records of carabid-associated mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Ukraine with description of adults of Halodarcia carabidophila Evans and Fain, 1995 (Halolaelapidae), Acarologia 56 (4), pp. 587-601 : 596

Antennoseius (s. str.) ponticus Tratsch and Makarova, 2008

Material examined — fifteen females from Harpalus sp. , Ukraine, Kherson Region, Tsyurupinsk District, vicinity of Radensk (46°33’N, 32°57’E), sandy steppe, 14 May 2001, A. Khaustov coll.; six females from undetermined Carabidae , Ukraine, Crimea, Yalta City Municipality, vicinity of Yalta (44°31’N, 34°07’E), Crimean Mountains, 23 Aug. 2008, A. Khaustov coll.; four females from Harpalus sp. , Ukraine, Kherson Region, Tsyurupinsk District, vicinity of Radensk (46°33’N, 32°57’E), sandy steppe, 05 – 06 Juny 2010, V. Trach coll.; three females on Calathus sp. , same data; one female on Daptus sp. , same data; two females from Harpalus sp. , Ukraine, Crimea, Chernomorskoe District, vicinity of Olenevka (45°22’N, 32°30’E), steppe, 01 May 2013, V. Trach coll.; three females on Amara sp. , Ukraine, Vinnytsia Region, Haisyn District, vicinity of Gubnyk (48°34’N, 29°20’E), agrocenosis, 19 Juny 2016, V. Trach coll.; three females from Harpalus distinguendus (Duftschmid, 1812) , same data and locality; forty-five females from Harpalus sp. and Calathus sp. , same locality, pine forest, 20 Juny 2016, V. Trach coll.

Distribution — Ukraine (Odessa, Nikolaev and Lugansk Regions) ( Trach and Makarova, 2008; Trach, 2013).

Remarks — The species is known from carabid beetles (and, putatively accidental, from leaf beetle Chrysolina gypsophilae (Küster, 1845)) and soil-litter habitats.