Uroobovella marginata (C.L. Koch, 1839 )

Farahi, Sara, Shishehbor, Parviz & Nemati, Alireza, 2018, Some mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Parasitiformes) of Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (4), pp. 323-344 : 336-337

Uroobovella marginata (C.L. Koch, 1839)

Notaspis marginatus – C.L. Koch (1839): 22.

Uroobovella marginata – Karg (1989): 137.

Distribution and habitats in Iran – Provinces of Tehran (humus rich areas of orchards, parks and lawns of the region, soil), Kerman (soil, cow and poultry manure), Isfahan (soil of fruit trees orchards), Khorasan-e Razavi and Mazandaran (unidentified scarabaeid beetles, soil, litter, humus, cow and sheep dung), Khorasan-e Razavi (soil and leaf littre), Guilan (stored rice, rice dust and debris), Golestan ( E. gibbosus ), Khorasan-e Shomali (soil of farms, gardens and manures), Azerbaijan-e Gharbi (soil and plant debris of apple orchards) ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013) and Sistan va Baluchestan ( Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olvier ) ( Nemati et al. 2018). This is a new record for Khuzestan Province fauna.

Material examined – Four females, Ahvaz, Gavmish Abad, 31° 17' 34.77" N, 48° 40' 05.05" E, 15 m a.s.l., 26 November 2015 (buffalo manure); five females, one male, Ahvaz, Alhaei, 31° 39' 20" N, 48° 35' 26" E, 31 m a.s.l., 30 April 2015 (sheep manure), four females, 29 April 2016 (cow manure); nine females, three males, Bavi, Mollasani, 31° 35' 31" N, 48° 53' 10" E, 27 m a.s.l., 14 May 2015 (cow manure), five females, 25 May 2015 (sheep manure), four females, 24 June 2015 (poultry manure), four females, 2 September 2015 (sheep manure), seven females, one male, 27 october 2015 (buffalo manure), three females, 23 November 2015 (sheep manure), six females, 25 August 2016 (sheep manure); six females, Ahvaz, dairy farm at the Shahid Chamran University campus, 32° 17' 59" N, 48° 39' 39" E, 15 m a.s.l., 26 May 2015 (cow manure), five females, 17 September 2015 (cow manure), two females, 17 November 2015 (cow manure), eight females, two males, 29 May 2016 (cow manure); six females, Bavi, Shajaraat, 31° 30' 40" N, 48° 54' 27" E, 22 m a.s.l., 8 June 2015 (cow manure); five females, three males, Shush, Beyt-e Juhi, 31° 57' 50" N, 48° 17' 42" E, 64 m a.s.l., 13 July 2015 (poultry manure); five females, Ahvaz, Jassaniyeh-ye Kuchak, 31° 24' 10" N, 48° 44' 58" E, 21 m a.s.l., 29 September 2015 (cow manure); three females, Hamidieh, 31° 28' 39" N, 48° 26' 44" E, 29 m a.s.l., 5 November 2015 (cow manure); six females, two males, Ahvaz, Nabi-ye Akram village , 31° 26' 15" N, 48° 45' 11" E, 18 m a.s.l., 30 November 2015 (cow manure); four females, Hamidieh, Gambue, 31° 23' 59" N, 48° 31' 21" E, 16 m a.s.l., 11 December 2015 (cow manure); six females, Shushtar, Arab Hassan, 31° 49' 44" N, 48° 53' 55" E, 30 m a.s.l., 2 March 2016 (sheep manure); two females, Hamidieh, Tarrahiyeh, 31° 25' 21" N, 48° 23' 21" E, 18 m a.s.l., 22 April 2016 (buffalo manure); five females, one male, Shush, Abdolkhan, 31° 52' 29" N, 48° 20' 30" E, 43 m a.s.l., 6 May 2016 (buffalo manure); seven females, Shushtar, Arab Hassan, 31° 49' 44" N, 48° 53' 55" E, 30 m a.s.l., 13 May 2016 (cow manure); five females, Bavi, Talbumeh, 31° 31' 37" N, 48° 55' 27" E, 20 m a.s.l., 9 October 2016 (cow manure); two females, Hamidieh, Pich-e Seyyed Jaber, 31° 27' 34" N, 48° 25' 26" E, 21 m a.s.l., 20 October 2016 (cow manure); four females, Ahvaz, Ebadeh, 31° 26' 14" N, 48° 45' 07" E, 20 m a.s.l., 29 October 2016 (cow manure); five females, Shushtar, Band-e Qir, 31° 39' 10" N, 48° 53' 09" E, 26 m a.s.l., 19 November 2016 (sheep manure); four females, Ahvaz, Haatam village, 31° 51' 35" N, 48° 21' 31.05" E, 36 m a.s.l., 11 May 2017 (sheep manure); five females, two males, Bavi, Naddafieh, 31° 36' 20" N, 48° 52' 59" E, 27 m a.s.l., 2 June 2017 (sheep manure) .

Note – Characters of the Iranian specimens agreed with data presented in Karg (1989).