Galumna flabellifera flabellifera Hammer, 1958

Ordouni, Fatemeh, Ramroodi, Sara, Akrami, Mohammad Ali & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2023, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from southeastern Iran, with supplementary description of Verachthonius cf. laticeps (Brachychthoniidae), Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (2), pp. 173-188 : 181

Galumna flabellifera flabellifera Hammer, 1958

Material examined – 1♀, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Ebrahim-Abad village, Hamoon county (30° 91' 26" N, 61° 43' 87" E, 480 m a.s.l.), Phoenix dactylifera L., 22 June 2018. leg.: F. Ordouni.

Distribution in Iran – Fars, Alborz, Kerman, Kermanshah and Yazd provinces ( Akrami and Shahedi 2020).

Zoogeographical distribution – Pantropical (frequent) and Subtropical.

Remarks

In the study of the oribatid mite fauna of Sistan and Baluchestan province, totally, 23 species from 20 genera and 15 families were collected, of which two species represented new records for the mite fauna of Iran; it should be noted that all species are recorded for the first time from Sistan and Baluchestan province. According to the results, Cosmochthoniidae , Haplochthoniidae and Galumnidae (each with 3 species), Cosmochthonius (with 2 species), and Haplochthonius (with 3 species) are the families and genera with the highest number of species. A rare species, Thamnacarus smirnovi , previously known from Central Asia, is reported for the second time for the fauna of Iran. The knowledge about the diversity and distribution of the oribatid mites of Sistan and Baluchestan province is limited and more research is needed for a better understanding of the diversity of Iranian oribatid mites. Among them, the finding of Verachthonius cf. laticeps (Strenzke, 1951) is the first record for fauna of Iran. We give an additional description and new illustrations of the adult of this species based on material collected from Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.