Tarsonemus virgineus Suski, 1969

Gheblealivand, Saeide S., Irani-Nejad, Karim Haddad, Magowski, Wojciech Ł. & Manzari, Shahab, 2018, The genus Tarsonemus Canestrini and Fanzago, 1876 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Tarsonemidae) in East Azerbaijan, Iran, with a description of T. lenticulatus sp. nov. and re-description of T. annotatus Livshits, Mitrofanov and Sharonov, 1979, Zootaxa 4446 (1), pp. 13-38 : 33

Tarsonemus virgineus Suski, 1969

Material examined. 3 females, Jolfa , Iri village commune, 38°46' 35"N, 45°59'51"E, 1,085 m.a.s.l., ex soil and litter, 26-March-2014 ; 20 females, Marand , Osdaghi village commune, 38°24'38"N, 45°52'01"E, 1,485 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014 ; 1 female, Marand , Ordaklu village commune, 38°25'23"N, 45°50'17"E, 1,406 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014 ; 3 females, Marand, Molla–Yusef village commune, 38°23'19"N, 45°45'37"E, 1,580 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014; 1 female, Marand , Yam village commune, 38°21'12"N, 45°47'17"E, 1,727 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014 ; 3 females, Marand , Yam village commune, 38°20'29"N, 45°51'54"E, 1,742 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014 ; 2 females, Marand, Dizaj– Olya village commune, 38°23'24"N, 45°46'08"E, 1,571 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014; 8 females, Marand , Alinja village commune, 38°25'51"N, 45°55'23"E, 1,513 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014 ; 6 females, Marand , Yamchi town commune, 38°30'37"N, 45°39'37"E, 1,332 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014 ; 5 females, Marand , Yamchi town commune, 38°30'37"N, 45°39'37"E, 1,263 m.a.s.l., ex apple leaves, 23-May- 2014 ; 7 females, Marand, Dovlat–Abad village commune, 38°26'59"N, 45°49'46"E, 1,385 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014; 4 females, Marand , Bangin village commune, 38°27'00"N, 45°50'24"E, 1,375 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014 ; 3 females, Marand , Farfar village commune, 38°28'41"N, 45°41'08"E, 1,276 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014 ; 14 females, Marand , Bonab town commune, 38°25'32"N, 45°55'09"E, 1,513 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 29-May-2014 ; 9 females, Marand, Dovlat–Abad village commune, 38°27'01"N, 45°50'25"E, 1,533 m.a.s.l., ex apple leaves, 29-May-2014; 22 females, Jolfa, Gordian plain commune, 38°52'33"N, 45°42'26"E, 970 m.a.s.l., ex apricot leaves, 29-May-2014; 5 females, Zunuz town commune, 38°35'32"N, 45°49'11"E, 1,728 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 29-May-2014 ; 3 females, Zunuz town commune, 38°35'18"N, 45°49'50"E, 1,874 m.a.s.l., ex apple leaves, 29-May-2014 ; 1 female, Zunuzaq village commune, 38°35'44"N, 45°51'12"E, 1,956 m.a.s.l., ex apple leaves, 29-May-2014 ; 1 female, Jolfa, Novje–Mehr village commune, 38°52'16"N, 46°01'34"E, 1,064 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 30-May-2014; 1 females, Marand , Seyvan village commune, 38°20'59"N, 45°47'48"E, 1,857 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 27-June-2014 ; 19 females, Marand city commune, 38°25'56"N, 45°45'16"E, 1,404 m.a.s.l., ex dew melon leaves, 8-August -2014 ; 2 females, Marand city commune, 38°25'56"N, 45°45'16"E, 1,404 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 8-August -2014 ; 10 females, Zunuz , Daraq village commune, 38°35'54"N, 45°51'26"E, 1,846 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014 ; 1 female, Zunuz , Zunuzaq village commune, 38°35'51"N, 45°51'34"E, 1,866 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014 ; 3 females, Zunuz town commune, 38°36'11"N, 45°48'02"E, 1,598 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014 ; 9 females, Zunuz , Chirchir village commune, 38°33'54"N, 45°43'35"E, 1429 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014 ; 4 females, Sufiyan , Ivand village commune, 38°22'04"N, 46°07'28"E, 1,710 m.a.s.l., ex apple leaves, 10-October-2014 ; 1 female, Sufiyan , Sar village commune, 38°20'51"N, 46°06'18"E, 1,624 m.a.s.l., ex apple leaves, 10-October-2014 ; 1 female, Sufiyan , Ivand village commune, 38°22'20"N, 46°07'38"E, 1,722 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 10-October-2014 ; 1 female, Sufiyan , Torp village commune, 38°19'53"N, 46°08'55"E, 1,607 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 10-October-2014 ; 9 females, Marand , Yekankahriz village commune, 38°40'15"N, 45°23'52"E, 1,376 m.a.s.l., ex soil and litter, 24- October-2014; all coll. S. Gheblealivand.

Distribution: Palaearctic; probably Holarctic or cosmopolitan.

Remarks: This is the first record from Western Asia.