Eustigmaeus setiferus Bagheri, Saber, Ueckermann, Ghorbani and Navaei-Bonab, 2011

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 : 60

Eustigmaeus setiferus Bagheri, Saber, Ueckermann, Ghorbani and Navaei-Bonab, 2011

This species is currently known only from Iran where it was found from soil in apple trees ( Malus sp. ) orchard ( Bagheri et al., 2011b).

Material examined: One female, litter, Khoda Afarin (Kalaleh) (38° 56′ 42″ N, 46° 45 ' 43 '' E, 1380 m), 27 August 2018 ; four females, soil under oak tree ( Quercus sp. ), Oshnaviyeh (Miraveh) (36° 58′ 48″ N, 45° 01 ' 30 '' E, 1694 m), 1 July 2017 ; six females, soil under apple trees ( Malus sp. ), Urmia (Balanej) (37° 24′ 35″ N, 45° 09 ' 11 '' E, 1312 m), 17 September 2018 ; one female, soil under Astragalus sp. , Urmia (Soladokal) (37° 10′ 27″ N, 44° 51 ' 51 '' E, 2035 m), 5 August 2018; coll. M. Mohammad-Doustaresharaf.