Review of the Iranian Parholaspidid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) with a key to the species Author Hajizadeh, Jalil text Zootaxa 2022 2022-08-26 5178 3 229 240 journal article 133201 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.2 8b4d0394-b846-4a42-877f-0cb0f5cc88b8 1175-5326 7026116 8D7135A5-FA99-4CDA-AC9C-E07EBA8B0EAD Gamasholaspis akimotoi ( Ishikawa, 1966 ) Parholaspulus akimotoi Ishikawa, 1966: 106 . Gamasholaspis akimotoi .— Ehara, 1980: 79 . Gamasholaspis incises Petrova & Tascaeva, 1968: 1186 . Synonymy by Marchenko (2002) . Gamasholaspis incises .— Petrova, 1977: 339 ; Karg, 2006: 146 ; Ahangaran et al ., 2012: 6. Gamasholaspis akimotoi .— Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021: 414 . Material examined: One female, Tea Research Institute-Lahijan, 37°12’17.11”N , 50°01’23.19”E , 9 m , collected from soil, October 2018 ; five females , Rasht, Bazar Jomeh, 37°24’21”N , 49°7’320”E, 3 m , soil, August 2018 ; 4 males , Rasht, Keshel Varzal Village, 37°10’59”N 49°38’42”E , 34 m , bell pepper, Capsicum annuum L. ( Solanaceae ) leaves, February 2019 ; 4 females , Rasht, Pasikhan Village, 37°17’28”N 49°31’46”E , - 13 m , litter, April 2019 . Habitat and distribution in Iran : Mazandaran Province , soil and litter; Guilan Province , soil and litter ( Kazemi et al ., 2014 ; Saberi et al ., 2016 ; Nemati et al ., 2018 ; Hajizadeh et al ., 2020 ; Ghasemi & Hajizadeh, 2021 ). World Distribution: Japan , Korea , Iran . Holotype for P . akimotoi : Japan , Ehime Prefecture , Omogo Valley, litter in cedar forest. For G . incises : Southern China , Linjiang, pine forest litter ( Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021 ).