Archidispus armatus

Häckel, Martin & Anichtchenko, Alexandr, 2015, Megacephala marginicollis, Acarologia 55 (3), pp. 311-320 : 311-320

Archidispus armatus

( Karafiat, 1959) ( Figure 2B )

Material examined — 4 ♀♀, Mazandaran Prov., Tonekabon, Palhamdash village (36°47’N, 50°53’E, altitude 11 m a.s.l.), 24.VI.2013, attaching to the abdominal sternites and tergites of an unidentified staphylinid beetle attracted to light trap .

World distribution — Central Europe, associated with staphylinid beetles ( Karafiat, 1959; Mahunka, 1967; Mahunka and Zaki, 1984; Ebermann, 1990, 1991); Iran (current study).

Remarks — This species is a new record for mite fauna of Asia.

Figures

FIGURE 2: Heterostigmatic mites on their host beetles: A – Colony of Pavania tadjikistanica attaching to the cervical membrane of Onthophagus sp.; B – Archidispus armatus attaching to the abdominal sternites and tergites of a staphylinid beetle; C-D – Colony of Archidispus bembidii under elytra of Acuapalpus sp.; E – Coccipolipus macfarlanei on elytral cavity of Coccinella septempunctata; F – Colony of Eutarsopolipus steveni under elytra of Chlaenius coeruleus.