Lobogynium sudhiri ( Datta, 1985 )

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 : 326

Lobogynium sudhiri ( Datta, 1985)

Ophiocelaeno sudhiri – Datta (1985): 44.

Lobogynium sudhiri – Plumari and Kazemi (2012): 5 .

Distribution and habitats in Iran – Tehran ( Atholus scutellaris (Erichson)) , Fars (dried cow dung and decaying plant material), Golestan ( Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham)) , Khorasan-e Razavi ( Atholus scutellaris (Erichson)) and Khorasan-e Shomali (sheep and cow dung) Provinces ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013). This is a new record for Khuzestan province fauna.

Material examined – Three females, Bavi, Mollasani, 31° 35' 31" N, 48° 53' 10" E, 27 m a.s.l., 14 May 2015 (cow manure), two females, three deutonymphs, 25 May 2015 (sheep manure), four deutonymphs, 2 September 2015 (sheep manure), two females, 23 October 2016 (cow manure), six females, two deutonymphs, 12 April 2017 (sheep manure), two females, one male, 22 November 2015 (buffalo manure); two females, three males, Ahvaz, Jassaniyeh-ye Kuchak, 31° 24' 10" N, 48° 44' 58" E, 21 m a.s.l., 29 September 2015 (cow manure); four females, Ahvaz, dairy farm at the Shahid Chamran University campus, 32° 17' 59" N, 48° 39' 39" E, 15 m a.s.l., 17 November 2015 (cow manure); three females, Ahvaz, Nabi-ye Akram village , 31° 26' 15" N, 48° 45' 11" E, 18 m a.s.l., 30 November 2015 (cow manure); two females, Ahvaz, Alhaei, 31° 39' 20" N, 48° 35' 26" E, 31m a.s.l., 29 April 2016 (sheep manure); three females, one deutonymph, Shush, Beyt-e Juhi, 31° 57' 50" N, 48° 17' 42" E, 64 m a.s.l., 26 May 2016 (cow manure); three females, Bavi, Shajaraat, 31° 30' 40" N, 48° 54' 27" E, 22 m a.s.l., 9 October 2016 (cow manure); three females, Bavi, Naddafieh, 31° 36' 20" N, 48° 52' 59" E, 27 m a.s.l., 19 November 2016 (sheep manure); three females, Ahvaz, Haatam village, 31° 51' 35" N, 48° 21' 31.05" E, 36 m a.s.l., 11 May 2017 (sheep manure) .

Note – Characters of our specimens agree with data presented in Plumari and Kazemi (2012), who designated a neotype for this species and transferred it to the redefined genus Lobogynium .