Hypoaspis pentodoni Costa

Joharchi, Omid & Halliday, Bruce, 2011, New species and new records of mites of the family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with Coleoptera in Iran, Zootaxa 2883, pp. 23-38 : 35

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277591
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6189050
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CF87F5-CC19-7D10-B1D6-FE1EEDC57604
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hypoaspis pentodoni Costa
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Hypoaspis pentodoni Costa, 1971: 71 .

Specimens examined. Two females, Karaj, Nazarabad, 35°54' N, 50°38' E, alt 1230 m, 12 July 2009, O. Joharchi coll., on adult Polyphylla olivieri .

Notes. This species was described from Israel, on the beetle Pentodon bispinosus . It is now recorded from Iran on a different species of host. Costa (1971) reported a macroseta on genu IV in this species, but his illustration and the type specimens show only setae of normal length (A.S. Baker, pers. comm.), and that is consistent with our specimens. This species may be recognised by the short setae in the central area of the dorsal shield and its relatively small sternal shield, which is wider than long.