Pavania gymnopleuri Hajiqanbar & Khaustov, 2010
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.3.7 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:58D2FF44-1C01-42EA-9545-F1FC3D860881 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6051985 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03984C68-BB56-F573-E8A1-FBBCBE6E9066 |
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Pavania gymnopleuri Hajiqanbar & Khaustov, 2010 |
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Pavania gymnopleuri Hajiqanbar & Khaustov, 2010
This species was described from northeastern Iran, Razawi Khorasan province, phoretic on Gymnopleurus mopsus persianus Reitter ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae ) ( Hajiqanbar & Khaustov 2010). Badoodam (2014) reported it from northern Iran, Golestane province , phoretic on Onthophagus sp. and Gymnopleurus mopsus Pallas (Col.: Scarabaeidae ).
Material examined. One colony including more than 50 females, Iran, Northwestern Iran , Ardabil province, Meshgin-shahr , Garachi Olia village , 38.41°N, 47.59°E, under the metanotum of Gymnopleurus flagellates (Fabricius) ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae ) collected in dung pads of cow, 22 April 2016, coll. M. Sobhi. GoogleMaps
Remarks. Association between this mite and beetles Gymnopleurus flagellates is new.
Currently, of 21 species of the genus Pavania , 10 species are phoretic on the scarabaeid beetle genera Gymnopleurus , Onthophagus , Copris , Scarabaeus and Euoniticellus ( Cross 1965; Sevastianov 1980; Hajiqanbar & Khaustov 2010; Rahiminejad et al. 2011; Loghmani et al. 2013; Bahramian et al. 2015; current study). These mites can be identified using the following key.
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