First record of the ant-associate genus Acinogaster (Acari: Neopygme-phoridae) from Asia with redescription of A. microchaetosus (Sevastia-nov, 1967)

Abbasi-Moqadam, Faatemeh; Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza; Merhrabadi, Mohammad

doi:10.22073/pja.v5i2.19534

First record of the ant-associate genus Acinogaster (Acari: Neopygme-phoridae) from Asia with redescription of A. microchaetosus (Sevastia-nov, 1967)

Authors

Faatemeh Abbasi-Moqadam

Hamidreza Hajiqanbar

Mohammad Merhrabadi

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115- 336, Tehran, Iran;

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v5i2.19534

Abstract

In this study, the mite Acinogaster microchaetosus (Sevastianov, 1967) (Acari: Heterostigmata: Neopygmephoridae) associated with Tetramorium sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is redescribed based on material recovered from northern forests of Iran. It is first record of the genus Acinogaster from Asia including Iran. Distribution and host range of all 11 species of the genus is reviewed.