Lasioseius youcefi Athias-Henriot, 1959

Hajizadeh, Jalil, Javadpour, Mahboubeh & Mohammadi, Leila, 2023, Review of the genus Lasioseius Berlese (Acari: Blattisociidae) in Iran, and a key for identification of the Iranian species of the genus, Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (4), pp. 463-485 : 475-476

Lasioseius youcefi Athias-Henriot, 1959

Lasioseius youcefi Athias-Henriot, 1959: 177 .

More information about the synonyms and nomenclatural history of this species are available in Moraes et al. (2016: 191).

Material examined – One female, Langarud, 30° 10' 50'' N, 11° 37' 0'' E, 21 m a.s.l, June 2011, collected from citrus leaves; three females, Chaboksar, 36° 58' 0'' N, 50° 35' 0'' E, 216 m a.s.l., October 2011, collected from soil of citrus tree; four females, Lahijan, 37° 12' 25'' N, 50° 00' 00'' E, 4 m a.s.l., October 2012, collected from infected leaves with eriophyid mites; one female, Chaboksar 36° 58' 34'' N, 50° 33' 37'' E, 216 m a.s.l., August 2015, collected from soil; one female, Rudsar, 37° 8' 0" N, 50° 17' 0" E, − 19 m, October 2015, collected from soil; three female, Chaboksar 36° 58' 34'' N, 50° 33' 37'' E, 216 m a.s.l., October 2015, collected from soil of citrus and pomegranate garden; one female, Rasht, Kuchesfahan, 0 m, 37° 16' 42'' N, 49° 46' 21'' E, May 2019, collected from plant peat; one female, Rasht, Khomam, − 16 m, 37° 22' 55'' N, 49° 39' 35'' E, May 2019, collected from weeds.

Habitat and distribution in Iran – Hamedan Province (Sarab Gamasiab of Nahavand vicinity), bean, clover ( Trifolium sp. ), apple, alfalfa, darnel, liquorice and chick pea, soil and litter of Russian knapweed, Acroptilon repens (L.) ( Khanjani and Kamali 2000; Kamali et al. 2001; Masoudian and Khanjani 2013); East Azerbaijan Province (Tabriz), soil of orchards, soil ( Kamali et al. 2001; Hashemi Khabir et al. 2013); West Azerbaijan Province (Urmia), predator of European red mite ( Kamali et al. 2001); (Miandoab Plain), foliage and soil of sugarbeet fields ( Haddad Irani-Nejad et al. 2003); (Salmas), soil and plant debris of apple orchards ( Alizadeh and Shirdel 2012); Semnan Province (Dibaj, Cheshmeh-Ali, Tooyehdarvar Village, Agareh Village, Chambari's orchards, Tazareh, Astaneh Village, Damghan, Jafar Abad Village, Mehmandust Village, Astaneh, Cheshmeh gholghol spring, Darvar Village), moss, soil of garden and fields, decaying trunk contents of poplar tree, chicken manure, decaying wood of oleaster trunk with woodborer galleries ( Shamsi et al. 2008); Kermanshah Province (Rijab), fruit orchards ( Babakfard et al. 2008); Guilan Province (Rasht, Manjil, Rostamabad, Rudsar, Chaboksar, Langarud) soil, plants, decaying plants, litter, associated with eriophyid mite, Oxalis acetosella L. ( Oxalidaceae ) leaves infested with spider mites ( Hajizadeh et al. 2010a, b; Nazari-Tajani 2012; Adeli et al. 2013; Javadpour et al. 2018; Ghasemi and Hajizadeh 2020); Esfahan Province (Shahreza, Esfahan City), Soil ( Kavianpour et al. 2011; Kadkhodaei et al. 2013); Golestan Province (Gorgan). Soil ( Malek-Shahkouyi et al. 2011); Fars Province (Marvdasht, Kamfiruz), soil and decayed plants under the oak trees, soil ( Beyzavi and Ostovan 2012; Asadpoor et al. 2012); soil, debris ( Abolghasemi and Kazemi 2016); Kerman Province (Rafsanjan), soil of fruit orchards ( Mohammadi et al. 2012); (Jiroft), soil ( Balooch Shahryari et al. 2012); Sirjan county, soil, leaf litter and manure ( Masnavipour et al. 2014); (Kerman City, parks and landscapes), soil ( Arjomandi and Kazemi 2014); Lorestan Province (Kakareza District), soil of apple orchard ( Hasanvand et al. 2014); Khuzestan Province (Ahvaz). Soil ( Nemati et al. 2012); Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (Shahrekord). Soil ( Nemati et al. 2012); associated with Fomes sp. (Fungi: Polyporaceae ) ( Khalili-Moghadam and Nemati 2014); (Boldaji City, Cheghakhor and Shahrekord), soil of ant nests, Tapinoma sp. (Hym.: Formicidae ) ( Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori 2015); (Lordegan County, Khanmirza Region, Salehat Village), soil from different parts of oak forests ( Bagheri Kordeshami et al. 2015); Zanjan Province, soil ( Bigdeli et al. 2014); Tehran Province (Tehran City, Police Park), soil ( Maleki et al. 2016); Qom Province, soil, dung, compost and plantlitters of crops, lawns, shrubs and trees in farms, forests, orchards and parks ( Agha Alikhani et al. 2017).

World Distribution – Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Egypt France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and USA ( Fenďa and Mašán 2003; Santos et al. 2023).