Heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with mushroom-forming fungi (Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes), with description of a new microdispid mite (Microdispidae)
Journal: Research Square
Year: 2023

Abstract A new species of Heterostigmatic mites from the family Microdispidae, Premicrodispus ( Premicrodispus ) abani Rahiminejad &amp; Majidi sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on female individuals recovered from macro-fungi, Trichaptum sp. (Fungi: Polyporales), in forestry areas of Gorgan, northern Iran. Additionally, distributional records of four pygmephoroid species belonging to Pediculaster Vitzthum, 1931, Metapygmephorellus Rahiminejad, Hajiqanbar &amp; Khaustov, 2015 , and Kr