Troxodania decumanus ( Krczal, 1959 )

Sobhi, Mohammad, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Mortazavi, Azim, 2017, New species and records of heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Heterostigmata) phoretic on scarabaeid dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from northwestern Iran, Zootaxa 4276 (3), pp. 427-434 : 432

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.3.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:58D2FF44-1C01-42EA-9545-F1FC3D860881
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6051991
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scientific name	Troxodania decumanus ( Krczal, 1959 )
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Troxodania decumanus ( Krczal, 1959)

This species was described from Germany from a rotten stump of pine ( Krczal 1959). Mašan (1993) reported it from Slovakia phoretic on Trox sabulosus Linnaeus ( Coleoptera : Trogidae ). It was also recorded from Russia phoretic on Trox cadaverinus Illiger ( Khaustov & Trach 2014) .

Material examined. Five females, Iran, Northwestern Iran , Ardabil province, Meshgin-shahr , Ahmad Abad village , 38.21°N, 47.35°E, phoretic on Onthophagus furcatus Fabricius ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae ) collected in dung pads of cow, 17 May 2016, coll. M. Sobhi. GoogleMaps

Remarks. The genus Troxodania is a new record for the fauna of western Asia. Most mites of the genus Troxodania have been recorded from different trogid beetles ( Coleoptera : Trogidae ) ( Khaustov & Trach 2014). Therefore, the association between this genus of mites and beetles of the family Scarabaeidae (Insecta: Coleoptera ) is new.