Parholaspulus alstoni Evans, 1956

Hajizadeh, Jalil, 2022, Review of the Iranian Parholaspidid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) with a key to the species, Zootaxa 5178 (3), pp. 229-240 : 233-234

Parholaspulus alstoni Evans, 1956

Parholaspulus alstoni Evans, 1956: 374 .

Holaspina alstoni .— Johnston, 1969: 273

Parholaspulus alstoni .— Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960: 51; Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021: 430 .

Material examined: Two females, two males, Tea Research Institute-Lahijan, 37°12’17.11”N, 50°01’23.19”E, 9 m, collected from soil, October 2018; three females, two males, Rahimabad-Rudsar, 37°01’40.58”N, 50°21’01.05”E, 52 m, collected from soil and leaf litter, October 2018; five females, two males, Vajargah-Kelachay, 37°2’25.88”N, 50°24’12.17”E, 7 m, collected from soil, November 2019.

Habitat and distribution in Iran: Tehran Province, soil; Kerman Province, soil, manure and litter; Zanjan Province, soil; Mazandaran Province, soil and litter; Guilan Province, soil and litter ( Kazemi & Rajaei, 2013; Hamidi et al., 2013; Bigdeli et al., 2014; Kazemi et al., 2014; Masnavipour et al., 2011; Maleki et al., 2016; Saberi et al., 2016; Nemati et al., 2018; Hajizadeh et al., 2020).

World Distribution: Azerbaijan, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary, Korea, Vietnam, U.S.A., Iran. Holotype from U.K., London, Royal Botanic Gardens, from soil ( Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021).