World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) Author Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan Author Saboori, Alireza . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran; E-mail: saboori @ ut. ac. ir saboori@ut.ac.ir text Persian Journal of Acarology 2021 2021-10-15 10 4 403 450 journal article 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440 2251-8169 7173383 Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, 1977 Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, 1977: 161 . More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 44) . Distribution and habitats – China , Taiwan, from soil, ( Ho et al. 2010 ); Hungary , from soil ( Salmane and Kontschán 2005 ); Kazakhstan , unspecified substrate ( Chelebiev 1988 ); Moldavia , unspecified substrate (from hollows of trees, nests of rodents and insects and on the animals themselves) ( Bregetova 1977 ); Russia , (region not metioned), unspecified substrate (from hollows of trees, nests of rodents and insects and on the animals themselves) ( Bregetova 1977 ); Siberia, from Microtus gregalis Pallas ( Rodentia : Cricetidae ) ( Malkova and Bogdanov 2004 ); Barents Sea region, unspecified substrate ( Makarova 2013 ); Omskaya Oblast, from Micromammalia ( Vinarskaya et al. 2016 ), Saudi Arabia , from Ocimum basilicum L. ( Lamiales : Lamiaceae ) and grasses ( Alatawi et al. 2018 ); Slovakia , from leaf litter, soil detritus and nests of several birds [ Serinus serinus L., Cygnus olor (Gmelin) , Turdus philomelos Brehm , Aythya ferina L., Fulica atra (L.), Circus aeruginosus L.], ( Mašán 2017 ); Spain , from soil and litter ( Moraza and Pena 2005 ; Oromí and García 2009 ); Syria , from ground litter ( Barbar 2016 ); Tadjikistan , unspecified substrate (from hollows of trees, nests of rodents and insects and on the animals themselves) ( Bregetova 1977 ); Ukraine , unspecified substrate (from hollows of trees, nests of rodents and insects and on the animals themselves) ( Bregetova 1977 ); Uzbekistan , from soils under different crops (rice, cotton, apple and grapes) ( Khamraev 2003 ); Published material from Iran – Alborz Province , Karaj and Shahriar on Scolytus amygdale Guerin-Meneville ( Coleoptera : Scolytidae ); Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province , associated with Agricales sp., Ben, Hafshejan, Farokhshahr, Dezak, Shahrekord and Saman, from soil and rotting wood; Fars Province , Jahrom, Kazerun, from soil of citrus orchards, debris, stored foods; Guilan Province , Somesara, on raspberry shrubs ( Rubus spp. ), Ganjeh, from soil in Olive orchards; Hamedan Province , from soil; Esfahan Province , Foolad Mobarakeh, from soil; Kerman Province , Sirjan, Kerman and Baft, from poultry manure soil and manure; West Azarbaijan Province , Miandoab, from soil of apple orchards; Zanjan Province , from soil, rotten wood, fungi, litter and dung; Khuzestan and Golestan Provinces , region not mentioned, from soil, debris, soil of ant's nests and fungi ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013 ; Nemati et al. 2018).