Caesarodispus samsinaki

• Main Authors: Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza, Sobhi, Mohammad
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Actinedida; Microdispidae; Caesarodispus; Caesarodispus samsinaki; Kramer; Vestnik; Mite; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4634169; https://zenodo.org/record/4634169

Caesarodispus samsinaki (Mahunka, 1967) Pygmephorus samsinaki Mahunka, 1967, p. 241, Fig. 1. Brennandania samsinaki : Mahunka 1972: 82. Petalomium samsinaki : Sevastianov 1978: 37. Material examined – The species was obtained during sampling directly from nest of ants in fruit orchards of Kangarlo village, vicinity of Gara Sou river, near Meshguin shahr, Ardabil province, northwestern Iran, 38° 21' 00.0" N 47° 28' 12.0" E. One female were removed from a vial containing more than 25 ants of Formica sp., 15 July 2015, leg. M. Sobhi. Distribution – Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, all associated with Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761, F . pratensis Retzius, 1783, and F . polyctena Forster, 1850 (Mahunka 1967; Sevastianov 1978; Khaustov 2014; Khaustov and Tolstikov 2016); Iran, associated with Formica sp. (current study). Remarks – This species was originally described by Mahunka (1967) from Czech Republic. Mahunka (1967) described this species in the genus Pygmephorus Kramer (Pygmephoridae). Subsequently, he placed it in the genus Brennandania Sasa, 1961 (Microdispidae) (Mahunka 1972). Later on, Sevastianov (1978) transferred this species in the genus Petalomium Cross, 1965 (Neopygmephoridae), whereas, finally, Khaustov (2014) accommodated it in the genus Caesarodispus . This is a new record for the mite fauna of Iran. : Published as part of Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Sobhi, Mohammad, 2018, New records of the microdispid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Microdispidae) associated with ants with a review of the family in Iran, pp. 105-113 in Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (2) on page 106, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v7i2.35131, http://zenodo.org/record/4634156 : {"references": ["Mahunka, S. (1967) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Tschechoslowakischen Tarsonemini-Fauna. Vestnik Ceskoslovenske Spolecnosti Zoologicke, 31: 240 - 244.", "Mahunka, S. (1972) Tetuatkak - Tarsonemina (Magyarorszag allatvilaga - Fauna Hungariae 110.) - XVIII. kotet, 16. fuzet (Arachnoidea). Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 215 pp.", "Sevastianov, V. D. (1978) Tarsonemina. In: Ghilarov, M. S. (Ed.), Opredelitel pochvoobitayushchikh kleshchey. Trombidiformes. Nauka, Moscow, pp. 14 - 90 (In Russian).", "Khaustov, A. A. (2014) A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari: Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia. ZooKeys, 454: 13 - 28. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 454.8709", "Khaustov, A. A. & Tolstikov A. V. (2016) The diversity, mite communities, and host specificity of pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with ants in Western Siberia, Russia. Acarina, 24 (2): 113 - 136. http: // doi. org / 10.21684 / 0132 - 8077 - 2016 - 24 - 2 - 113 - 136"]}