Review of the genus Myrmozercon Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae), with description of two new species from Iran Author Joharchi, Omid Author Moradi, Maryam text Zootaxa 2013 3686 2 244 254 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.6 eb44ddf5-cb74-4f6a-975e-a27c88e89cc2 1175-5326 217216 A98DECA9-8AB2-4764-A590-DA9D5C854343 Myrmozercon tauricus Trach & Khaustov Myrmozercon tauricus Trach & Khaustov, 2011 : 1 . Specimens examined. Two females, Iran , Damavand mountain, 35°52' N , 52°07' E , alt. 2422 m , 18 May 2013 , O. Joharchi coll., clinging to the head of Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr) (Formicidae) in the bark of grapevine. Notes. M. tauricus was described from Ukraine ( Trach & Khaustov, 2011 ). It has been found in the nest of Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853) in the bark of Pinus pallasiana D. Don , and is now recorded in Iran for the first time, from the same host in the bark of grape. Our specimens agree very well with the description given by Trach & Khaustov (2011) . The dorsal shield has 34 pairs of short serrated setae. Trach & Khaustov (2011) described epistome as smooth but in our specimens the epistome is irregularly denticulate and all the dorsal shield setae are the same length (in M. tauricus some setae longer or smaller than others), but we regard our specimens as the same species.