Lasioseius frankbakkeri Faraji & Karg, 2005

Hajizadeh, Jalil, Javadpour, Mahboubeh & Mohammadi, Leila, 2023, Review of the genus Lasioseius Berlese (Acari: Blattisociidae) in Iran, and a key for identification of the Iranian species of the genus, Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (4), pp. 463-485 : 466

Lasioseius frankbakkeri Faraji & Karg, 2005

Lasioseius frankbakkeri Faraji & Karg, 2005: 113 .

More information about the synonyms and nomenclatural history of this species are available in

Moraes et al. (2016: 169).

Material examined – Three females, Roudsar , Kelachay, 37° 04' 44'' N, 50° 23' 43'' E, − 20 m a.s.l., August 2011 , collected from leaves and soil of citrus trees; 15 females, Chaboksar , 36° 58' 0'' N, 50° 35' 0'' E, 216 m a.s.l., July 2011 , collected from weeds; one female, Langarud , 30° 10' 50'' N, 11° 37' 0'' E, 21m a.s.l., collected from soil of citrus trees. Rasht, Khomam, 37° 22' 55'' N, 49° 39' 35'' E, − 16 m a.s.l., August 2012 , Rezvanshahr , Gisum forest, 37° 42' 46'' N, 49° 00' 32'' E, − 15m a.s.l., July 2012 , Siahkal , Lounak, 37° 01' 51'' N, 49° 53' 31'' E, 334 m a.s.l., September 2012 , Langarud , Otaqvar, 37 °06' 34'' N, 50° 06' 51'' E, 51 m a.s.l., October 2012 , collected from infected leaves with eriophyid mites; two females, Manjil , 36° 44' 0'' N, 49° 25' 0'' E, 396 m a.s.l., July 2013 , collected on weeds; one female, Ziabar , Bahambar village 37° 25' 36" N, 49° 14' 48" E, 18 m a.s.l., collected from apple leaves, June 2016 ; 1 female, Rasht , 37° 17' 0" N, 49° 35' 0" E, − 7 m a.s.l., collected from rotten fruits, August 2015 ; four females, Kuchesfahan 37° 28' 11" N, 49° 77' 32" E, 0 m, collected from mint leaves and one female from apple leaves, December 2015; six females, Khomam , 37° 24' 8'' N, 49° 35' 37'' E, − 22 m a.s.l., collected from mint leaves, May 2017 ; one male, Rasht 37° 17' 0" N, 49° 35' 0" E, − 7 m, collected from mushroom soil, May 2017 .

Habitat and distribution in Iran – Guilan Province (Sangar, Shaft, Rostamabad, Roodbar, Langarud, Roudsar, Chaboksar, Kelachay), soil, plants, on the olive leaves, mulberry, raspberry, soil of citrus garden, associated with eriophyid mites ( Hajizadeh et al. 2010a, b; Nazari-Tajani 2012; Adeli et al. 2013; Tajmiri and Hajizadeh 2013; Kazemi and Rajaei 2013; Mahjoori et al. 2015; Javadpour et al. 2018; Nemati et al. 2018).

World Distribution – France and Iran ( Santos et al. 2023).