Tarsonemus myceliophagus Hussey, 1963

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 : 31

Tarsonemus myceliophagus Hussey, 1963

Material examined: 7 females, Jolfa , Iri village commune, 38°46' 35"N, 45°59'51"E, 1,085 m . a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 26-March-2014; 3 females, Jolfa , Siahrood town commune, 38°52'17"N, 46°01'29"E , 767 m. a.s.l., ex soil, 26- March-2014; 9 females, Jolfa , Siahrood town commune, 38°53'10"N, 45°57'33"E , 787 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 26-March-2014; 1 female, Marand, Dizaj–Olya village commune, 38°25'23"N, 45°50'17"E, 1,406 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014; 1 female, Marand , Yam village commune, 38°21'14"N, 45°47'12"E, 1,827 m . a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014; 2 females, Marand , Ordaklu 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, 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; 14 females, Marand , Bonab town commune, 38°25'32"N, 45°55'09"E, 1,513 m . a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014; 6 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; 13 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; 4 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 , Zunuzaq village commune, 38°35'44"N, 45°51'12"E, 1,956 m . a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 29-May-2014; 1 female, Jolfa , Kordasht village commune, 38°50'10"N, 46°13'43"E , 724 m.a.s.l., ex pomegranate leaves, 29-May-2014; 2 females, Jolfa, Gordian plain commune, 38°52'33"N, 45°42'26"E, 970 m.a.s.l., ex apricot leaves, 29-May-2014; 3 females, Jolfa, Novje–Mehr village commune, 38°50'10"N, 46°13'44"E, 738 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 30-May- 2014; 6 females, Jolfa, Novje–Mehr village commune, 38°52'16"N, 46°01'34"E, 1,064m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 30-May-2014; 2 females, Jolfa, Novje–Mehr village commune, 38°52'16"N, 46°01'34"E, 1,064 m. a.s.l., ex mulberry leaves, 30-May-2014; 15 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; 4 females, Marand, Pir–Bala village commune, 38°22'45"N, 45°35'41"E, 1,481m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 27-June-2014; 1 female, Marand, Eysh–Abad village commune, 38°22'21"N, 45°36'47"E, 1,752 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 27-June-2014; 13 females, Marand , Shurdaraq village commune, 38°20'47"N, 45°53'28"E, 1,655 m . a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 27-June-2014; 6 females, Marand , Shurdaraq village commune, 38°20'47"N, 45°53'28"E, 1,655 m . a.s.l., ex apple leaves, 27-June-2014; 1 female, Zunuz town commune, 38°36'11"N, 45°48'02"E, 1,598 m . a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014; 35 females, Zunuz , Daraq village commune, 45° 38°35'54"N, 45°51'26"E, 1,846 m . a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014; 1 female, Zunuz , Chirchir village commune, 38°33'54"N, 45°43'35"E, 1,429 m . a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014; 4 females, 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; all coll. S. Gheblealivand.

Distribution: Palaearctic; probably cosmopolitan.

Remarks: Previous records from Iran: Kurdistan (Sanandaj, collected from waste in beehives foam, Bahreini et al. 1997); Alborz (Karaj, mushroom cultivations, Arbabi & Baradaran 2011).