Empitrombium makolae Sevsay & Karakurt, 2013

Kohansal, Mahnaz, Ramroodi, Sara, Noei, Javad & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2023, New data on Marantelophus iranicus and Empitrombium makolae (Acari: Erythraeidae, Microtrombidiidae), Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (1), pp. 67-79 : 75-76

Empitrombium makolae Sevsay & Karakurt, 2013

Material examined

Two (ARS-20220503-3a, 3b) larvae were collected ectoparasitic on an unidentified nematoceran fly ( Diptera : Chironomidae ) from South Khorasan Province, Giuk village, 32° 47.31′ N, 59° 07.33′ E, 1961 m a.s.l. 8 July 2022 by J. Noei. The specimens are deposited in the Acarological Collection, Acarological Society of Iran, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

Remarks

Empitrombium makolae was described based on active postlarval forms and larvae obtained from adult females under laboratory conditions by Sevsay and Karakurt (2013). Afterwards, Noei et al. (2015) recorded it from Guilan Province, northern Iran (off-host) with some corrections and new data for this species [Table 5 in Noei et al. (2015)]. It was also recorded (off-host) from South Khorasan Province, East of Iran ( Noei 2017; Kohansal et al. 2022). In the present study, two specimens were collected ectoparasitic on an unidentified nematoceran fly ( Diptera : Chironomidae ) from South Khorasan Province ( Fig. 13 ). The family Chironomidae is recorded as host of this species for the first time.

Sevsay and Karakurt (2013) have used the characters L and W for the length and width of idiosoma, respectively. They have not mentioned the length (SD) and width (W) of scutum based on Table 2 in their paper. Saberi-Riseh and Saboori (2020) have used length and width of idiosoma instead of the length and width of scutum, mistakenly in the identification key in their paper for E. makolae and E. pesici . Also, palpal tibia in E. pesici is without median constriction. For this reason, the corrected identification key is presented.

Figures

Figure 13. An unidentified nematoceran fly (Diptera: Chironomidae), the host of Empitrombium makolae.