Uroobovella fimicola ( Berlese, 1903 )

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 : 335-336

Uroobovella fimicola ( Berlese, 1903)

Dinychus fimicolus – Berlese (1903): 248

Uroobovella fimicola – Karg (1989): 134.

Distribution and habitats in Iran – Provinces of Fars (birdseed and poultry bed and soil of fields), Tehran (humus rich areas of orchards, parks and lawns of the region, soil), Alborz (compost and mushroom), Khorasan-e Razavi and Mazandaran (unidentified scarabaeid beetles), Golestan ( E. gibbosus ), Azerbaijan-e Gharbi (soil of sunflower fields, soil and plant debris of apple orchards), Khorasan-e Shomali (soil of farms, gardens and manures) and Mazandaran (soil, litter, humus, cow and sheep dung) ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013). This is a new record for Khuzestan province fauna.

Material examined – Five females, Ahvaz, Gavmish Abad, 31° 17' 34.77" N, 48° 40' 05.05" E, 15 m a.s.l., 24 April 2015 (buffalo manure); two females, Shush, Seyyed Abbas, 31° 49' 49" N, 48° 23' 21" E, 40 m a.s.l., 7 May 2015 (buffalo manure); four females, Bavi, Mollasani, 31° 35' 31" N, 48° 53' 10" E, 27 m a.s.l., 25 May 2015 (sheep manure), three females, 30 August 2015 (buffalo manure), one female, three males, 23 October 2015 (sheep manure), five females, 23 October 2016 (cow manure); five 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), four females, one male, 30 November 2015 (cow manure); four females, two males,Shush, Beyt-e Juhi, 31° 57' 50" N, 48° 17' 42" E, 64 m a.s.l., 13 July 2015 (poultry manure); two females, Hamidieh, 31° 28' 39" N, 48° 26' 44" E, 29 m a.s.l., 5 November 2015 (cow manure), five females, 22 April 2016 (sheep manure); four females, Dasht-e Azadegan, Susangerd, 31° 32' 58" N, 48° 11' 57" E, 14 m a.s.l., 12 December 2015 (buffalo manure); three females, Band-e Qir, 31° 39' 10" N, 48° 53' 09" E, 26 m a.s.l., 13 October 2016 (cow manure), two females, 19 November 2016 (cow manure); three females, Ahvaz, Jassaniyeh-ye Kuchak, 31° 24' 10" N, 48° 44' 58" E, 21 m a.s.l., 27 May 2016 (cow manure); three females, two males, Shush, Khavar-e Seyyed Khalaf, 31° 31' 23" N, 48° 49' 31" E, 25 m a.s.l., 9 October 2016 (cow manure).

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