Coccipolipus macfarlanei, Husband, 1972

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

Coccipolipus macfarlanei

Husband, 1972

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Material examined — 11 ♀♀, 10 ♂♂ and 53 larval ♀♀ (larva), Mazandaran Prov., Marzanabad, Tovir village (36°25’N, 51°17’E altitude 1945 m a.s.l.), 13.VI.2013, from under elytra of three specimens of Coccinella septempunctata L. (Col.: Coccinellidae ) collected by swiping in a pastureland .

World distribution — Trinidad and El Salvador, parasitizing Cycloneda sanguinea (L.) (Col.: Coccinellidae ); Australia and New Hebrides, parasitizing Coccinella transversalis Fab. (Col.: Coccinellidae ); USA, parasitizing Coccinella transversoguttata Fald (Col.: Coccinellidae ); Ukraine and Poland, parasitizing C. septempunctata ; and Iran, parasitizing following ladybirds C. septempunctata and Oenopia conglubata L. and Coccinella undecimpunctata L. ( Hajiqanbar et al., 2011; Ceryngier et al., 2012; Tajodin, 2013).

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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.