Imparipes moderatus Khaustov, 2008

Navabi, Amin, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Mortazavi, Abdolazim, 2018, New species and records of the genera Scutacarus and Imparipes (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Scutacaridae) associated with Coleoptera and Hymenoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) from Iran, Zootaxa 4531 (4), pp. 532-540 : 537

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BD0BADCE-2CB7-471A-B3E3-741585CF80A0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5974847
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/521D2D31-9A6E-FFF6-DCEF-FAFE7CBFDF8B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Imparipes moderatus Khaustov, 2008
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Imparipes moderatus Khaustov, 2008, p. 129 , Figs 83 (1–3).

This species is known only from its type locality, the southern shore of Crimea, on Messor View in CoL sp. ( Hymenoptera View in CoL : Formicidae View in CoL ) ( Khaustov 2008).

Material examined. Western Iran, Lorestan Province, Borujerd city, Sheykh Miri-ye Sadat village (33°54'52.19"N, 48°41'0.51"E). Seven females removed from under the mesosternum of two beetles Drasterius bimaculatus (Rossi, 1790) ( Coleoptera : Elateridae ). The host beetles were attracted by light traps, 8 June 2016.

Remarks. This species is reported for the second time in the world and recorded from Asia for the first time. This is the first record of an association between this mite and insects of the order Coleoptera .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Prostigmata
Family	Scutacaridae
Genus	Imparipes