New species and new records of mites of the family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with Coleoptera in Iran
Author
Joharchi, Omid
Author
Halliday, Bruce
text
Zootaxa
2011
2883
23
38
journal article
46881
10.5281/zenodo.277591
6f10d055-c36b-4b71-95db-73a41b0b9f7a
1175-5326
277591
Coleolaelaps asiaticus
Karg
Coleolaelaps asiaticus
Karg, 1999: 431
.
Coleolaelaps asiaticus
.—
Karg & Rössner, 1999
: 225
.
Specimens examined.
Eleven females, Karaj,
35°48'N
,
50°59' E
, alt.
1384 m
, O. Joharchi coll.,
11 June 2009
, on
Polyphylla olivieri
adults; three females, Shiraz,
10 May 2008
, O. Joharchi coll., on
Polyphylla olivieri
adults; two females, Yazd,
31°33' N
,
54°11' E
, alt
2300 m
., O. Joharchi coll., on
Polyphylla olivieri
adults.
Notes.
Coleolaelaps asiaticus
was described from
Kazakhstan
, and is now recorded for only the second time. All the specimens have come from beetles in the genus
Polyphylla
(
Karg & Rössner, 1999
)
. This species may be distinguished from most other species of
Coleolaelaps
by the presence of two postero-lateral setae on genu IV, the relatively short dorsal shield setae in the J series, and the short peritreme, which reaches only to the posterior margin of coxa I.