Ameroseius corbiculus ( Sowerby, 1806 )

Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4), pp. 403-450 : 406-408

Ameroseius corbiculus ( Sowerby, 1806)

Acarus corbicula Sowerby, 1806 : Tab. 66/14.

Seius hirsutus C. L. Koch, 1839 : Fasc. 24/12. Synonymy by Vitzthum (1942).

Seius echinatus C. L. Koch, 1839 : Fasc. 24/13. Synonymy by Vitzthum (1942). Cornubia ornata Turk, 1943: 859 . Synonymy by Turk (1953).

Ameroseius crassisetosus Ye & Ma, 1993: 86 . Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 31).

Ameroseius qinghaiensis Li & Yang, 2000: 65 . Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 31). Synonymy with Ameroseius crassisetosus Ye & Ma, 1993 by Ma (2006).

Ameroseius norvegicus Narita, Abduch & Moraes , in Narita et al. 2015: 391 . Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 31).

Ameroseiella corbiculus . — Mašán 2017: 30.

More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 30).

Distribution and habitats – Austria, from soil ( Westerboer and Bernhard 1963); Bulgaria, on small mammals ( Koyumdjieva and Yaneva 1980); Canada, Québec Province, from soil ( Marshall 1963); China, Qinghai Province, in humus; Xinjiang Region, on wood mouse [ Apodemus sylvaticus (L.)] ( Rodentia : Muridae ) ( Ye and Ma 1993; Li and Yang 2000; Ma 2006; Ma 2008); Finland, from soil, composts and seashore debris ( Huhta et al. 1979; Huhta et al. 2010; Huhta et al. 2012; Huhta 2016); France, from soil ( de Groot et al. 2016); Germany, from old cow manure, rotted thistle herb, rotting weeds and soil ( Koch 1839; Westerboer and Bernhard 1963; Buryn and Hartmann 1992); Hungary, from pine litter and soil ( Kandil 1981; Komlovszky 1987; Salmane and Kontschán 2005; Kontschan 2007; Kontschan et al. 2015a); Ireland, moss ( Westerboer and Bernhard 1963); Kazakhstan, from soil ( Joharchi et al. 2020); Latvia, from rotting wood, soil, inland, coastal meadows, bogs and Bracket fungi, ( Salmane 1999; 2001; 2005b; 2007b; Salmane and Brumelis 2010); Netherlands, from dung, roots, soil and leaves ( Schelvis 1991; Messelink and Holstein-Saj 2006); New Zealand, ( Schmölzer 1998); Norway, from litter in a strawberry field ( Narita et al. 2015); Poland, from litter, insect, on white-tailed sea eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (L.) ( Accipitriformes : Accipitridae ), small mammals and nests of the harvest mouse [ Micromys minutus (Pallas) ] ( Rodentia : Muridae ) ( Haitlinger 1981; Gwiazdowicz and Klemt 2004; Gwiazdowicz et al. 2006; Haitlinger and Łupicki 2012; Skorupski et al. 2013; Haitlinger 2015; Krawczyk et al. 2015); Russia, (different regions such as Altai, Transbaikalia and Omskaya), from different substrate such as litter, soil, and on micromammal ( Bregetova 1977 ; Davydova et al. 1980; Petrova 1982; Davydova and Nikolsky 1986; Khomjakov 1988; Marchenko 2002; Malkova and Bogdanov 2004; Marchenko 2009; Marchenko, 2012; Tatyana and Nadezhda, 2015; Vinarskaya et al., 2016; Poletayeva and Kleusova, 2016); Slovakia, from nest of small mammal, leaf litter and soil detritus, wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp. ( Polyporales : Polyporaceae ), nest of Sylvia atricapila L. (Passerifoemes: Sylviidae ), soil and detritus from ant-hill of Formica sp. ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ), nest of Motacilla cinerea (Tunstall) ( Passeriformes : Motacillidae ), under bark, stones and pieces of wood, fish-ponds, nest of Circus aeruginosus (L.) ( Accipitriformes : Accipitridae ), nest of Aythya ferina (L.) ( Anseriformes : Anatidae ), nest of Emberiza schoeniclus L. ( Passeriformes : Fringillidae ), nest of Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber) ( Rodentia : Cricetidae ), from leaf litter and soil detritus, burrow entry of Spermophilus citellus (L.) ( Rodentia : Sciuridae ), rotting leaves and vegetation rests, straw and miscellaneous organic detritus, old and drier dung, nest of Motacilla flava L. ( Mašán 2017); Sweden, from soil ( Lundqvist 1998); United Kingdom, from mollusc ctenidium moss [ Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mitt. ] (reported as Hypnum molluscum ) ( Hypnales : Hypnaceae ) ( Sowerby 1806), on dead leaves, moss, soil and humus ( Evans 1958; Westerboer and Bernhard 1963; Southwood and Emden 1967), on yew ( Taxus baccata L.) ( Pinales : Taxaceae ) ( Turk 1953; Skorupski and Luxton 1998); United States of America , State of Oregon, Marion County, from soil ( Neese 2004); Turkey, from Corylus avellana L. ( Fagales : Betulaceae ) ( Cobanoglu & Őzman 2002; Çakmak et al. 2011).

Asia (country not mentioned), from cultivated soils on meadows, litter, moss, wood debris, rodent’s nests, rotting plant remains, under stacks, old manure, heavy and light soils ( Bregetova 1977 ); Europe (country not mentioned), from cultivated soils on meadows, litter, moss, wood debris, rodent’s nests, rotting plant remains, under stacks, old manure, heavy and light soils ( Karg 1971a;

Bregetova 1977 ; Madej 1990; Madej and Tomczok 1990; Madej and Kudla 1990; Karg 1993; Madej and Grec 1994; Buryn 2008; Dirilgena et al. 2016).

Published material from Iran – East Azarbaijan Province, from soil of orchards; Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, associated with Agricales sp., Shahrekord, Boldaji, Choghakhor, from soil and decaying wood; Golestan Province, Gorgan, from leaf; Guilan Province, Rostam Abad, Ganjeh, Roodbar and Manjil, from soil in olive orchards; North Khorasan Province, associated with the nests of Tapinoma sp. ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ); Tehran Province, Tehran City, Police Park, from soil ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013; Nemati et al. 2018); West Azerbaijan Province, from soil in apple orchard ( Kavianpour et al. 2018); Zanjan Province, from soil, rotten wood, fungi, litter and dung; Esfahan and Khuzestan Provinces, region not mentioned, from soil, debris, soil of ants nests and fungi ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013; Nemati et al. 2018).