Lasioseius sugawarai Ehara, 1964

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 : 474-475

Lasioseius sugawarai Ehara, 1964

Lasioseius sugawarai Ehara, 1964: 390 .

More information about the synonyms and nomenclatural history of this species are available in Moraes et al. (2016: 187).

Material examined – 15 females, Langarud, 21m a.s.l., 30° 10' 50'' N, 11° 37' 0'' E, October 2011, collected from soil and leaves of citrus trees and weeds; 28 females, Chaboksar, 216 m a.s.l., 36° 58' 0'' N, 50° 35' 0'' E, August 2011, collected from soil of citrus trees and weeds; four females, Roudsar, − 12 m, 37° 13' 0'' N, 50° 3' 0'' E, July 2011, collected from soil of citrus trees; 11 females, Lahijan, 2 m, 27° 15' 0'' N, 50° 2' 0'' E, July 2011, collected from soil of citrus tree; two females, Manjil, 396 m a.s.l., 36° 44' 0'' N, 49° 25' 0'' E, July 2013, collected from soil of olive tree; two females, Rostamabad, 36° 88' 33' N, 49° 48' 33' E, 1020 m a.s.l., June 2013, collected from soil of olive tree; one female, Lahijan, 37° 12' 0'' N, 50° 0' 0'' E, 2 m a.s.l., July 2015, collected from tea and mulberry leaves; two females, Emamzadeh Hashem, 37° 01' 27" N, 49° 37' 32" E, 115 m a.s.l., August 2015, collected from Alder tree soil; six females, Langarud, 37° 11' 16'' N, 50° 9' 27'' E, − 14 m, June 2015, collected from soil; one female, Astaneh ye Ashrafiyeh, 37° 15' 54" N, 49° 56' 40" E, – 2 m, July 2015, collected from citrus leaves; one female, Rezvanshahr, 37° 33' 4" N, 49° 8' 22" E, 15 m a.s.l., October 2015, collected from soil; one female, Rasht 37° 17' 0" N, 49° 35' 0" E, – 7 m a.s.l., August 2015, collected from rotten fruits; five females, Chaboksar 36° 58' 34'' N, 50° 33' 37'' E, 216 m a.s.l., October 2015, collected from soil of citrus garden; five females, Rasht, Khomam, – 16 m a.s.l., 37° 22' 55'' N, 49° 39' 35'' E, December 2018, collected from weeds; 12 females, Rasht, 4 m a.s.l., 37° 16' 51'' N, 49° 34' 59'' E, January 2019, collected from soil, weeds and flower; three females, Sangar, 37° 10' 59" N, 49° 38' 42" E, 34 m a.s.l., February 2019, collected from soil and weeds; two females, Kuchesfahan, 0 m, 37° 16' 42'' N, 49° 46' 21'' E, May 2019, collected from plant peat and weeds.

Habitat and distribution in Iran – Fars Province (Jahrom), soil of citrus orchards ( Khademi et al. 2006); Mazandaran Province (Amol), soil ( Sakenin Chelav et al. 2006a, b); Alborz Province (Eshtehard), compost ( Kheradmand et al. 2007); Guilan Province (Manjil, Lahijan, Emamzadeh Hashem, Langarud, Astaneh ye Ashrafiyeh, Rezvanshahr, Rasht, Chaboksar, Rahimabad, Roudsar), soil, plants, soil and on the olive leaves, soil of citrus garden, tea and mulberry leaves, citrus leaves, rotten fruits, litter, Schefflera arboricola ( Araliaceae ) 1eaves infested with mealybugs, wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella L. ( Oxalidaceae ) leaves and Rosa damascena ( Rosaceae ) infested with spider mites, soil of tea gardens ( Hajizadeh et al. 2010a, b; Nazari-Tajani 2012; Mahjoori et al. 2015; Nemati et al. 2018; Javadpour et al. 2018; Ghasemi and Hajizadeh 2020; Hajizadeh et al. 2020); Isfahan Province (Shahreza, Esfahan), soil ( Kavianpour et al. 2011; Kazemi and Rajaei 2013; Kadkhodaei et al. 2013).

World Distribution – Iran, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and USA ( Santos et al. 2023).