Stigmaeus pilatus Kuznetsov, 1978

Mohammad-Doustaresharaf, Mojtaba & Bagheri, Mohammad, 2021, Raphignathoid mites (Acariformes: Raphignathoidea) in parts of the Azerbaijan provinces of Iran, Acarological Studies 3 (2), pp. 56-65 : 61

Stigmaeus pilatus Kuznetsov, 1978

This species was described from soil from Crimea ( Kuznetsov, 1977). It was also recorded from Azerbaijan, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Asian Russia and Iran ( Stathakis et al., 2019; Khaustov, 2020).

Material examined: Four females, soil and litter under oak tree ( Quercus sp. ), Piranshahr (KhidirAabad) (36° 26′ 08″ N, 45° 21 ' 07 '' E, 1294 m), 31 July 2017; three females, soil and litter under pear tree ( Pyrus sp. ), Urmia (Marmisho) (37° 59′ 97″ N, 45° 04 ' 67 '' E, 1297 m), 7 September 2017; four females, soil under oak tree ( Quercus sp. ), Oshnaviyeh (Miraveh) (36° 58′ 48″ N, 45° 01 ' 30 '' E, 1694 m), 1 July 2017; coll. M. Mohammad-Doustaresharaf.