Geholaspis longispinosus (Kramer, 1876)

Ács, A., Sutak, A. & Kontschan, J., 2016, New records of macrochelid mites and description of a new phoretic species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from Greece, Acarologia 56 (1), pp. 63-71 : 64

Geholaspis longispinosus (Kramer, 1876)

Material examined — Two females collected from Greece, Larisa county, Ossa Mts, beech forest, 1115 m a.s.l. 39°47.865’N 22°45.298’E, 09 Apr. 2009 DAEnyi L., KontschAEn J., MurAEnyi D. coll .

Published records — Austria ( Johnston 1970), Belgium ( Skubała et al. 2013), British Isles ( Evans and Browning 1956), Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia (`cs and KontschAEn 2014), Germany ( Maraun et al. 2001), Hungary (Er˝oss and Mahunka 1971), Ireland ( Arroyo et al. 2010), Italy ( Sabbatini Peverieri et al. 2008), Latvia ( Salmane 2001), New Zealand ( Emberson 1973), Poland ( Gwiazdowicz and Kmita 2004), Romania ( KontschAEn 2006), Slovakia ( MašAEn 2003), Slovenia ( UjvAEri 2009), Sweden ( Lundqvist 1974), Turkey ( Özbek and Bal 2014).

Distribution — Europe, Balkans and New

Zealand.

Remarks — This species is an edaphic detriticole with wide ecological tolerance. Common in European soils ( MašAEn 2003). This is the first record from Greece.