Antennoseius (Antennoseius) pannonicus Willmann, 1951

Joharchi, Omid, Marchenko, Irina I. & Stanyukovich, Maria K., 2022, New data on some Antennoseius Berlese species (Acari: Ascidae) from Russia, Acarologia 62 (2), pp. 378-395 : 391

Antennoseius (Antennoseius) pannonicus Willmann, 1951

Antennoseius pannonicus Willmann, 1951: 109 .

Antennoseius pannonicus Athias-Henriot, 1961: 461 ; Ryke, 1962: 662 ; Karg, 1971: 298 ; 1977:

4; 1993: 305.

Antennoseius (Antennoseius) pannonicus Bregetova, 1977: 248 ; Beaulieu et al., 2008: 47 ; Lindquist and Moraza, 2009: 34 ; Moraes et al., 2016: 73 ; Faraji et al., 2017: 339 ; Bahrami and Kazemi, 2019: 357 .

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Specimens examined — Two females, vicinities of Uspenka, Tyumen Province, Russia, 57°04′N, 65°04′E, 18 October 2021, Vladimir A. Khaustov coll., on Harpalus sp. ( Coleoptera : Carabidae ).

Remarks — Antennoseius (A.) pannonicus was described from Austria ( Willmann 1951) where it was found in meadow soil. The species has since been recorded as phoretic on different species of ground beetles in Europe (see Faraji et al. 2017) and Iran (see Bahrami and Kazemi, 2019). It is now recorded in Russia for the first time, on Harpalus sp. ( Coleoptera : Carabidae ).

Faraji et al. (2017) have redescribed this species based on newly collected specimens from the France. Our specimens agree very well with both the original description and redescription of the species given by Willmann (1951) and Faraji et al. (2017), respectively. This species can be readily recognized by the presence of four pairs of spur-shaped setae on podonotal shield (including j5) ( Figure 8A ), sternal shield with a prominent brownish crown-shape configuration between st1 setae ( Figure 8B ), setae st3 off sternal shield on soft cuticle ( Figure 8B ) and coxal setae on legs I-IV setiform ( Figure 8B ).

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Figure 8 DIC micrographs ofAntennoseius(Antennoseius) pannonicusWillmann, 1951, adult female: A – Idiosoma, dorsal view; B – Idiosoma, ventral view.