Ctenobelba mikaeeli Ahaniazad, Bagheri, Akrami & Hugo-Coetzee, 2017

Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, Zootaxa 5227 (1), pp. 50-62 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:15E66F0E-05DC-4562-888E-6BBA6F4135CC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7518335
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6A5187E5-0922-FFFD-FF29-924E57F5F8BB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ctenobelba mikaeeli Ahaniazad, Bagheri, Akrami & Hugo-Coetzee, 2017
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Ctenobelba mikaeeli Ahaniazad, Bagheri, Akrami & Hugo-Coetzee, 2017 View in CoL *

Distribution in Georgia: Javakheti plateau, subalpine hay meadow, N41.288452 ˚ E43.565732 ˚ 1912 m a.s.l. One individual, coll. L. Mumladze, 05 Jul. 2018.

Global distribution: Iran and Caucasus

Ecology: Montane habitats

Remark: According to the original description, the holotype and paratypes were found in soil under walnut in Iran, at about 1955 m a.s.l. ( Ahaniazad et al. 2017). We also found this species in soil of subalpine meadows at high altitudes. Possibly, the species mainly occurs in high mountain regions.