New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran
Rahiminejad, Vahid
Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza
Persian Journal of Acarology
2020
2020-07-15
9
3
233
242
Mortazavi & Hajiqanbar, 2011
Mortazavi & Hajiqanbar
2011
[373,1214,273,302]
Arachnida
Trochometridiidae
Trochometridium
GBIF
Animalia
Trombidiformes
5
238
Arthropoda
species
kermanicum
Material examined –Two specimens of the mite Trochometridium kermanicumfound in a vial containing ethanol 75% and five earwigs of the Labidura riparia(Pallas, 1773)(Derm.: Labiduridae) and three specimens of the mite associated with Gryllus desertusPall( Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in shore of Caspian Sea, Bandar-E-Turkmen, 36.89 N, 54.05 E, and altitude 1 ma.s.l., 12 July 2013and three September 2014.
Remarks –The G. desertusis a new host record for the mites of the family Trochometridiidae. This is the first record of phoresy of this mite on earwigs. Also, this is the second report of phoresy of the family Trochometridiidaeand the order Dermaptera. Previously, T. chinensis(Mahunka, 1966)was reported in association with an earwig belonging to the family Labiduridaefrom North Khorasan province( Hajiqanbar et al. 2009; Mortazavi et al. 2011).