Laelaspis calidus
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Ordo: Mesostigmata
Familia: Laelapidae
Genus: Laelaspis
Name
Laelaspis calidus Berlese – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Laelaspis calidus Berlese 1924[1]: 255; Hunter 1961[2]: 676.
- Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) calidus.– Aswegen and Loots 1970[3]: 27.
- Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) calida.– Karg 1982[4]: 250; 1989[4]: 120.
Specimens examined
Six females, Anar, Kerman, 53°30'N, 18°55'E, alt. 1152 m 10 November 2011, O. Joharchi coll., in nest of Pheidole pallidula.
Notes
Laelaspis calidus was described from east Africa (Berlese 1924[1]), also has been recorded at Kilimanjaro near Marangu from moss and litter (Aswegen and Loots 1970[3]) and has not been reported since. It is easily recognised by the bidentate movable digit and the seven-toothed fixed digit, the serrated postanal seta and seta Z5 two to three times as long as J5. This species has been found from moss and litter, but has not been reported from the nests of ants. It is now recorded in Iran for the first time from the ant nests.
Taxon Treatment
- Joharchi, O; Jalaeian, M; Paktinat-Saeej, S; Ghafarian, A; 2012: A new species and new records of Laelaspis Berlese (Acari, Laelapidae) from Iran ZooKeys, 208: 17-25. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Berlese A (1924) Centuria sesta di Acari nuovi. Redia, 15: 237-262.
- ↑ Hunter P (1961) The genus Laelaspis, with descriptions of three new species (Acarina: Laelaptidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 54: 672-683.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Salmane I (2001b) A check-list of Latvian Gamasina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) with short notes to their ecology. Latvijus Entomologs 38: 27-38.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Karg W (1982) Zur Kenntnis der Raubmilbengattung Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884 (Acarina, Parasitiformes). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 58: 233-256.
