Unguidispus lasii Kurosa, 1979

Khaustov, Alexander A., 2014, A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia, ZooKeys 454, pp. 13-28 : 16-17

Taxon classification Animalia Prostigmata Microdispidae

Unguidispus lasii Kurosa, 1979

Unguidispus lasii Kurosa, 1979, p. 66, figs 5-6.

Material examined.

Six females, Russia: Tyumen Province, vicinity of Tyumen, 57°04'03"N, 65°04'12"E, on ants Lasius niger L., 17 August 2014, coll. V.M. Salavatulin; 5 females, Russia: Tyumen Province, vicinity of Tyumen, 57°09'55"N, 65°27'32"E, on ants Lasius niger , 31 August 2014, coll. A.A. Khaustov.

This species was described from Japan where it was found in the nests of ants Lasius niger and Lasius hayashi Yamauchi and Hayashida ( Kurosa 1979). I recorded phoresy of this species on Lasius niger in Western Siberia. This is a new record for the fauna of Russia.