Caesarodispus samsinaki ( Mahunka, 1967 )

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 : 106

Caesarodispus samsinaki ( Mahunka, 1967)

Pygmephorus samsinaki Mahunka, 1967, p. 241 , Fig. 1.

Brennandania samsinaki: Mahunka 1972: 82 .

Petalomium samsinaki: Sevastianov 1978: 37 .

Material examined – The species was obtained during sampling directly from nest of ants in fruit orchards of Kangarlo village , vicinity of Gara Sou river, near Meshguin shahr, Ardabil province, northwestern Iran, 38° 21' 00.0" N 47° 28' 12.0" E. One female were removed from a vial containing more than 25 ants of Formica sp., 15 July 2015, leg. M. Sobhi.

Distribution – Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, all associated with Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 , F. pratensis Retzius, 1783 , and F. polyctena Forster, 1850 ( Mahunka 1967; Sevastianov 1978; Khaustov 2014; Khaustov and Tolstikov 2016); Iran, associated with Formica sp. (current study).

Remarks – This species was originally described by Mahunka (1967) from Czech Republic. Mahunka (1967) described this species in the genus Pygmephorus Kramer (Pygmephoridae) . Subsequently, he placed it in the genus Brennandania Sasa, 1961 (Microdispidae) ( Mahunka 1972). Later on, Sevastianov (1978) transferred this species in the genus Petalomium Cross, 1965 (Neopygmephoridae) , whereas, finally, Khaustov (2014) accommodated it in the genus Caesarodispus . This is a new record for the mite fauna of Iran.