Gaeolaelaps schusteri ( Hirschmann, 1966 )

Khalesi, Talat & Kazemi, Shahrooz, 2018, A new species and new record of Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from Iran, Acarologia 58 (3), pp. 628-639 : 636

Gaeolaelaps schusteri ( Hirschmann, 1966)

Hypoaspis schusteri Hirschmann, 1966: 26 .

Hypoaspis schusteri Costa, 1974: 221 .

Gaeolaelaps schusteri Beaulieu, 2009: 36 ; Kazemi et al., 2014: 504; Trach, 2016: 10.

Note — In a survey on the mesostigmatic mite fauna of Mangrove forests in Qeshm region, northern of the Persian Gulf, some specimens of G. schusteri ( Hirschmann, 1966) were collected and identified. This represents the first report of the species from Iran.

Material examined — Seven females, two males, two deutonymphs and two protonymphs, Southeastern Iran, northern of the Persian Gulf , Hormozgan Province, Qeshm Region (26°52´3.6˝N; 55°35´0.6˝E), 4 May 2017, collected in soil and crashed cockleshells, coll. S. Kazemi (deposited in ACICST) ; one female with same data (deposited in JAMZ) ; one female, one male, one deutonymph, Southeastern Iran, Hormozgan Province, northern of the Persian Gulf, Qeshm Region (26°55´27.54˝N; 55°43´42.9˝E), 29 Dec 2017, collected in soil and crashed cockleshells, coll. S. Kazemi (deposited in ACICST) .