Cosmolaelaps angustiscutatus ( Willmann, 1951 ) Willmann, 1951

Nemati, Alireza & Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., 2016, Description of a new species of Cosmolaelaps Berlese and the male of C. brevipedestra (Karg) from Iran, with notes on some other species of Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae), Zootaxa 4066 (5), pp. 535-551 : 544-545

Cosmolaelaps angustiscutatus ( Willmann, 1951) new combination

Hypoaspis angustiscutatus Willmann, 1951: 117 .

Hypoaspis angustiscutatus .— Hirschmann et al., 1969: 140; Lapina, 1976: 31.

Hypoaspis (Hypoaspis) angustiscutatus .— Karg, 1971: 169.

Hypoaspis (Geolaelaps) angustiscutata .— Bregetova, 1977: 504; Karg, 1979: 81; Karg, 1982: 239; Karg, 1993: 141.

Hypoaspis (Gaeolaelaps) angustiscutatus .— Hajizadeh et al., 2010: 202.

Gaeolaelaps angustiscutatus .— Beaulieu, 2009: 36; Trach, 2012: 161; Kavianpour et al., 2013: 7; Kazemi & Rajaei, 2013: 83; Nemati & Kavianpour, 2013: 71; Kavianpour & Nemati, 2014: 321; Kazemi et al., 2014: 504.

Cosmolaelaps acutiscutus Teng, 1982: 162 . Probable new synonymy

Cosmolaelaps subacutiscutus Bai & Wang, 2005: 26 . Probable new synonymy

Specimens examined. Iran: Nine females and three males, Chaharmahal Va Bakhtiari province, Shahrekord, Ben, Farokhshahr, Lordegan, soil, coll., A. Nemati, 2008–2012; two females, two males, Khuzestan province, Ahwaz, Baghmalek, Ghaletol, soil, coll., A. Nemati, 2012. Germany: Voucher specimens in Karg collection in Natural History Museum, Berlin: slide ZMB Kat. Nr. 39850 (female), Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Fischland- Darß-Zingst, Buchhorster Maase, dkl. Humus m. Graswurzeln, 9.5.1967; Nr. 39851 (female), Germany, Sachsen, Lemsel üb. Delitzsch, Wiese, Delitzsch/Rackwitz, Karg, 1960; Nr. 39852 (male); Nr. 39853 (Deutonymph); Nr. 39854 (protonymph); Nr. 39855 (female), Nr. 39856 (female), Nr. 39857 (female), Nr. 39858 (female) and Nr. 39859 (32 females).

Notes. The main difference between Cosmolaelaps and Gaeolaelaps is the shape of dorsal shield setae. In Gaeolaelaps the setae are acicular, but in Cosmolaelaps they are variously flattened and may be possess a knoblike projection at their base ( Gwiazdowicz et al., 2014). Dorsal and ventral figures of female and male along with the leg chaetotaxy of this species were presented by Lapina (1976). The dorsal setae have a knob at their base. In all examined specimens in Iran and Germany (see above) the dorsal shield setae possess a distinct knob at their base. According to the above examination and explanations G. angustiscutatus is transferred to Cosmolaelaps .