Kerdabania minuta Khaustov, 2009

Rahiminejad, Vahid & Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza, 2020, New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3), pp. 233-242 : 235

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61223
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/557987D1-A76D-FFA6-FDC0-F9E8FB162C27
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Kerdabania minuta Khaustov, 2009
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Treatment

World distribution – Ukraine, from soil ( Khaustov 2009); Iran, associated with Ophion obscuratus Fabricius (Hym.: Ichneumonidae ) ( Loghmani et al. 2014a).

Material examined – One mite colony including four specimens of the mite associated with Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham, 1802) (Col.: Geotrupidae ) was found. The hosts captured by a light trap in AlangDareh forest, Gorgan, 08 August 2014.

Remarks – This is a newly uncovered association between this mite and a beetle.