Uroobovella difoveolata, Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1962

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 : 335

Uroobovella difoveolata – Karg (1989): 137.

Distribution and habitats in Iran – Khorasan-e Razavi ( Copris hispanus L.), Mazandaran ( Euonthophagus pallens (Olivier)) ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013) , Kerman (cow and sheep manure), Lorestan (soil of walnut trees and vine orchards) and Fars (soil and debris) Provinces ( Nemati et al. 2018). This is a new record for Khuzestan Province fauna.

Material examined – Four 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); three females, Bavi, Shajaraat, 31° 30' 40" N, 48° 54' 27" E, 22 m a.s.l., 6 August 2015 (buffalo manure); three females, one deutonymph, Shush, Beyt-e Juhi, 31° 57' 50" N, 48° 17' 42" E, 64 m a.s.l., 26 July 2015, (cow manure); two females, Bavi, Mollasani, 31° 35' 31" N, 48° 53' 10" E, 27 m a.s.l., 12 November 2017 (sheep manure), three females, 23 October 2015 (cow manure), two females, 23 October 2016 (cow manure), three females, two males, 5 March 2017 (sheep manure); two females, Hamidieh, 31° 28' 39" N, 48° 26' 44" E, 29 m a.s.l., 5 November 2015 (cow manure); four 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). Three females, Hamidieh, Tarrahiyeh, 31° 25' 21" N, 48° 23' 21" E, 18 m a.s.l., 10 March 2016 (cow manure); four females, Hamidieh, 31° 28' 39" N, 48° 26' 44" E, 29 m a.s.l., 22 April 2016 (sheep manure); five females, two males, Ahvaz, Gavmish Abad, 31° 17' 34.77" N, 48° 40' 05.05" E, 15 m a.s.l., 23 april 2016 (buffalo manure); four females, two males, Ahvaz, Alhaei, 31° 39' 20" N, 48° 35' 26" E, 31 m a.s.l., 29 April 2016 (sheep manure); four females, one male, Shush, Abdolkhan, 31° 52' 29" N, 48° 20' 30" E, 43 m a.s.l., 5 June 2016 (cow manure); six females, Shushtar, Arab Hassan, 31° 49' 44" N, 48° 53' 55" E, 30 m a.s.l., 13 May 2016 (cow manure); four females, Shush, Khoyes, 32° 01' 53" N, 48° 16' 45" E, 60 m a.s.l., 26 May 2016 (cow manure); three females, one male, Bavi, Talbumeh, 31° 31' 37" N, 48° 55' 27" E, 20 m a.s.l., 9 october 2016 (cow manure); four females, Ahvaz, Daghagheleh, 31° 23' 31" N, 48° 41' 28" E, 20 m a.s.l., 29 October 2016 (cow manure); three females, Shushtar, Band-e Qir, 31° 39' 10" N, 48° 53' 09" E, 26 m a.s.l., 19 November 2016 (cow manure); four females, Shush, Seyyed Abbas, 31° 49' 49" N, 48° 23' 21" E, 40 m a.s.l., 25 May 2017 (cow manure) .

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