Pediculaster camerikae Khaustov 2008

Pediculaster camerikae Khaustov, 2008 World distribution – Crimea, in cow dung (Khaustov 2008a); Western Siberia, in cow dung (Khaustov 2020). Material examined – One mite colony including 21 specimens attached to ventral body surface of Helina sp. (Diptera: Muscidae) was found. The hosts captured b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rahiminejad, Vahid, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Pygmephoridae
Pediculaster
Pediculaster camerikae
Mite
Siberia
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/4644970
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4644970
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Summary:Pediculaster camerikae Khaustov, 2008 World distribution – Crimea, in cow dung (Khaustov 2008a); Western Siberia, in cow dung (Khaustov 2020). Material examined – One mite colony including 21 specimens attached to ventral body surface of Helina sp. (Diptera: Muscidae) was found. The hosts captured by a light trap in shore of Caspian Sea, Bandar-E-Turkmen, 30 May 2014. Remarks – This species is recorded from Iran for the first time. Also, it is the first record of phoresy for this mite. Published as part of Rahiminejad, Vahid & Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza, 2020, New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran, pp. 233-242 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 236, DOI:10.22073/pja.v9i3.61223, http://zenodo.org/record/4644986

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