Allopygmephorus matthesi Kraczal, 1959

Rahiminejad, Vahid, Yazdanian, Mohsen & Zeitounli, Safieh, 2022, New records of heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Heterostimatina) from dry rice cultivation of Gorgan, northern Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1), pp. 121-129 : 123

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.1.121
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D261B6D-D768-C511-17F0-FA636B3FF818
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Allopygmephorus matthesi Kraczal, 1959
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World distribution. Germany —associated with several beetles, Berosus luridus L., Coelostoma orbiculare F., Enochrus quadripunctatus Herbst , Helochares griseus F., H. lividus Forster , Hydrobius fuscipes L., Hydrophilus caraboides F., Philydrus melanocephalus F. ( Hydrophilidae ), Heterocerus marginatus F. ( Heteroceridae ), Dryops auriculalns Geoffroy ( Dryopidae ). Tanzania —collected from undetermined beetle (Kraczal, 1959; Mahunka, 1973).

Material examined. More than 45♀♀, Iran, Colestan province, Gorgan, Sorkhan – Kkalateh village (36.99°N, 54.56°E, 105 m a.s.l.), associated with Xyleborus sp. (Col.: Curculionidae : Scolytinae), 8.vi.2020, leg.: V. Rahiminejhad.

Remarks. This is the first record of phoretic association between the mite and the host genus Xyleborus . Also, this species is recorded for the first time from Asia.