Pediculaster pseudomanicatus Camerik, 2001

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 : 236-237

Pediculaster pseudomanicatus Camerik, 2001

World distribution – This species was described from the USA for the first time ( Camerik 2001). It also was reported from Germany ( Rack 1974) as P. manicatus ( Berlese, 1904) . Then, Khaustov (2008a) found it in the soil and reported for the Ukrainian fauna. The species reported from Iran in several cases ( Hajiqanbar 2002; Haddad Irani-Nejad et al. 2005).

Material examined – One mite colony including 12 specimens detached from ventral body surface of Helina sp. ( Diptera : Muscidae ). The hosts captured by a light trap in shore of Caspian Sea, Bandar- E-Turkmen, 06 June 2013.

Remarks – The genus Helina is a new host record for this mite.