<p><strong>First record of <em>Samsinakia trilobitus </em>(Prostigmata, Cheyletidae) from Iran</strong></p>

Abstract

A cheyletid mite species of the genus Samsinakia, S. trilobitus Bochkov & Mironov, 1998, was removed from under elytra of an unknown (host has been lost) scarab beetle (Col., Scarabaeidae) of the genus Copris Geoffroy collected Nour City, Mazandaran Province, which is considered as a new species record for mite fauna of Iran.

Keywords

• Cheyletoidea
• female
• phoretic mites
• Prostigmata
• taxonomy.