Caligonella humilis ( Koch, 1838 )

Hatami, Parisa, Jafari, Shahriar & Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad, 2024, Some raphignathoid mites (Acariformes: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) in Lorestan Province, with re-description of Raphignathus evidus Fan as a new record from Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1), pp. 77-92 : 78

Caligonella humilis ( Koch, 1838)

Diagnosis (female)

Without shield in dorsum and venter of idiosoma; with simple dorsal striation, anal valves covers with one pair of setae; with three pairs of cupules, genu II without a solenidion; outer solenidion on tibia I about two times longer than inner solenidion; solenidion on tarsus I longer than outer solenidion on tibia I and two times longer than the solenidion on tarsus II; tarsus I with 15(+ ω) setae.

Materials examined

Two females from soil under Pistacia sp. ( Anacardiaceae ), 6 Aug. 2020, Veysian city (33° 29' N, 48° 2' E); and one female from soil under Prunus armeniaca ( Rosaceae ), 6 Aug. 2020, Taf village (33° 17' N, 48° 27' E), Khorramabad county, Lorestan province.

Distribution:

This species was originally described from Germany ( Koch 1838). This is a widespread species reported in different countries; it has been reported in Iran by Beyzavi et al. (2013), Fakhari et al. (2014), Zarei et al. (2015), Mohammad-Doustaresharaf and Bagheri (2021). More reports of this species in the world can be found in Doğan (2019) and Beron (2020).