New report of a genus and species of the family Eviphididae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Iran

Abstract

During an investigation on mites associated with insects in Golestan province in 2009, a mite specimen was collected from under the elytra of Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham) (Col.: Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae). It was identified as Scamaphis equestris (Berlese) which is the first report of this monotypic genus from Iran.