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 aegypticus El-Badry, Nasr & Hafez, 1979 Ameroseius aegypticus El-Badry, Nasr & Hafez, 1979: 2 . Ameroseius aegypticus . — Zaher 1986: 401 ; Narita et al. 2015: 395 ; Mašán 2017: 26 . Distribution and habitats – Egypt , from decayed debris under wild-sage ( Lantana camara L.) ( Lamiales : Verbenaceae ), water weeds and barley grain (El-Badry et al. 1979; Nasr et al. 2011 ; ElSayed Gad et al. 2020 ). Published material from Iran – Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province , Shahrekord , Saman , Farokhshahr , Boldaji and Choghakhor , from soil and decaying wood; Esfahan Province , Esfahan , from soil; Guilan Province , from stored rice, rice dust and debris ( Roodbar ), soil in olive orchards, (Sangar), rice hulls,; Sangar , Eslamabad (Shaqaji) Village , from woodchips, from soil, stored products, debris, plant foliage, leaves, wood, and manure; Kerman Province , Kerman , from cow manure and sheep manure; Khorasan Razavi Province , Kashmar , from soil of vineyards; Khuzestan Province , Izeh , from soil; Mazandaran Province , in honey bee hives; Khuzestan and Golestan Provinces , from soil, debris, soil of ants nests and fungi ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013 ; Nemati et al. 2018) . Note – In all above refreences, this species has been reported as Sertitympanum aegypticus .