Eutrombidium sorbasiensis MAYORAL & BARRANCO, 2004

Haitlinger, Ryszard, 2015, New records of Eutrombidium sorbasiensis MAAYORAL & BARRANCO, 2004 (Acari: Prostigmata: Microtrombidiidae: Eutrombidiinae) from Europe, with notes on some other Eutrombidium and their hosts, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1337-1352 : 1338

Eutrombidium sorbasiensis MAYORAL & BARRANCO, 2004

E. robauxi ( HAITLINGER, 2004, 2006)

E. sorbasiensis (HAITLINGER 2007, AZIMII et al. 2011)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Malta, Golden Bay, 3 July 2000, 11 larvae, all from Sphingonotus sp. ( Orthoptera : Acrididae ); Greece (continental), Agi Apostoli, 7 September 1981, 5 larvae, from undetermined Acrididae, Olimpia (Peloponez) , 3 September 1981, 1 larva from undetermined Cerambycidae , 7 km to south from Geraki (Peloponez), 9 July 2004, 1 larva, from undetermined Orthoptera , Crete, Koutouloufari, 9 September1997, 1 larva; Piscopiano, 17 September 1997, 11 larvae, all from undetermined Acrididae ( Orthoptera ); Rhodes, Gennadi, 24 May 2001, 9 larvae, Lindos, 25 May 2001, 4 larvae, all from undetermined Acrididae ; Ibiza (Balearic Islands), San Antoni, 4 September 2000, 1 larva from undetermined Orthoptera , Italy (continental), Sella di Corno, 1 larva, 25 July 2005 from undetermined Acrididae , Sicily, 5 km east of Prizzi, 6 July 2013, 1 larva from undetermined Orthoptera , France, Castelle n. Ap, 29 June 2003, 1 larva, Baffian n. Oxgelat n. Saint Claude, 19 July 2003, 2 larvae, both from undetermined Orthoptera ; Ukraine, Crimea, vicinity of Yalta, 23 July 2004, 2 larvae from undetermined Acrididae ; coll. R. Haitlinger. First record from Crete, France, Greece continental, Ibiza, Italy (continental), Malta, Rhodes, Sicily and Ukraine.

Till now, this species was known only from Iran, Portugal and Spain ( MAYORAL & BARRANCO 2004, HAITLINGER 2006b, AZIMI et al., 2011). Renewed examination specimens from Croatia, Corsica, Greece and Sardinia indicated that these specimens belong to E. sorbasiensis . Earlier they were determinate as E. robauxi. Among specimens collected in different regions of Europe and Iran were found not great differences in metrical data ( Table 1).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Croatia, France (continental), Corsica, Greece (continental), Crete, Rhodes, Ibiza (Balearic Islands), Iran, Italy (continental), Sardinia, Sicily, Portugal, Spain (continental), Ukraine.