Unguidispus japonicus Kurosa, 1979

Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Sobhi, Mohammad, 2018, New records of the microdispid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Microdispidae) associated with ants with a review of the family in Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (2), pp. 105-113 : 107

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v7i2.35131
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:91B9963D-46C7-467F-92F8-C986AA44090F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4634180
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87E6-FFE8-FFA5-925C-FBA7CDD5FA73
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Unguidispus japonicus Kurosa, 1979
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Unguidispus japonicus Kurosa, 1979, p. 64 , Figs 1–2.

Material examined – The species was obtained during sampling directly from nest of ants in summering of Sabalan Mountain, near Meshguin shahr, Ardabil Province, northwestern Iran, 38° 12' 36.0" N 47 °32' 24.0" E. One female was removed from a vial containing many ants of the species Lasius obscuratus Stitz, 1930 , 25 May 2016, leg. M. Sobhi. GoogleMaps

Distribution – Japan, Russia, associated with Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Kurosa 1979; Khaustov 2014); Iran, associated with L. obscuratus (current study).

Remarks – The species Unguidispus japonicus is recorded from Iran for the first time. Morover, the association between this mite and ants of the species Lasius obscuratus is new.