Tarsonemus myceliophagus Hussey 1963
Creators: name: Gheblealivand, Saeide S.
name: Irani-Nejad, Karim Haddad
name: Magowski, Wojciech Ł.
name: Manzari, Shahab
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Tarsonemidae
Tarsonemus
Tarsonemus myceliophagus

description: Tarsonemus myceliophagus Hussey, 1963
Material examined: 7 females, Jolfa, Iri village commune, 38°46' 35"N, 45°59'51"E, 1,085 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 26-March-2014; 3 females, Jolfa, Siahrood town commune, 38°52'17"N, 46°01'29"E, 767 m. a.s.l., ex soil, 26- March-2014; 9 females, Jolfa, Siahrood town commune, 38°53'10"N, 45°57'33"E, 787 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 26-March-2014; 1 female, Marand, Dizaj–Olya village commune, 38°25'23"N, 45°50'17"E, 1,406 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014; 1 female, Marand, Yam village commune, 38°21'14"N, 45°47'12"E, 1,827 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014; 2 females, Marand, Ordaklu village commune, 38°23'24"N, 45°46'08"E, 1,571 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014; 8 females, Marand, Dovlat–Abad village commune, 38°26'59"N, 45°49'46"E, 1,385 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014; 14 females, Marand, Bonab town commune, 38°25'32"N, 45°55'09"E, 1,513 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014; 6 females, Marand, Farfar village commune, 38°28'41"N, 45°41'08"E, 1,276 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014; 13 females, Marand, Bangin village commune, 38°27'00"N, 45°50'24"E, 1,375 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014; 4 females, Zunuz town commune, 38°35'32"N, 45°49'11"E, 1,728 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 29-May-2014; 3 females, Zunuz, Zunuzaq village commune, 38°35'44"N, 45°51'12"E, 1,956 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 29-May-2014; 1 female, Jolfa, Kordasht village commune, 38°50'10"N, 46°13'43"E, 724 m.a.s.l., ex pomegranate leaves, 29-May-2014; 2 females, Jolfa, Gordian plain commune, 38°52'33"N, 45°42'26"E, 970 m.a.s.l., ex apricot leaves, 29-May-2014; 3 females, Jolfa, Novje–Mehr village commune, 38°50'10"N, 46°13'44"E, 738 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 30-May- 2014; 6 females, Jolfa, Novje–Mehr village commune, 38°52'16"N, 46°01'34"E, 1,064m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 30-May-2014; 2 females, Jolfa, Novje–Mehr village commune, 38°52'16"N, 46°01'34"E, 1,064 m. a.s.l., ex mulberry leaves, 30-May-2014; 15 females, Marand, Seyvan village commune, 38°20'59"N, 45°47'48"E, 1,857 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 27-June-2014; 4 females, Marand, Pir–Bala village commune, 38°22'45"N, 45°35'41"E, 1,481m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 27-June-2014; 1 female, Marand, Eysh–Abad village commune, 38°22'21"N, 45°36'47"E, 1,752 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 27-June-2014; 13 females, Marand, Shurdaraq village commune, 38°20'47"N, 45°53'28"E, 1,655 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 27-June-2014; 6 females, Marand, Shurdaraq village commune, 38°20'47"N, 45°53'28"E, 1,655 m. a.s.l., ex apple leaves, 27-June-2014; 1 female, Zunuz town commune, 38°36'11"N, 45°48'02"E, 1,598 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014; 35 females, Zunuz, Daraq village commune, 45° 38°35'54"N, 45°51'26"E, 1,846 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014; 1 female, Zunuz, Chirchir village commune, 38°33'54"N, 45°43'35"E, 1,429 m. a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 15-August-2014; 4 females, Sufiyan, Torp village commune, 38°19'53"N, 46°08'55"E, 1,607 m.a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 10-October-2014; all coll. S. Gheblealivand.
Distribution: Palaearctic; probably cosmopolitan.
Remarks: Previous records from Iran: Kurdistan (Sanandaj, collected from waste in beehives foam, Bahreini et al. 1997); Alborz (Karaj, mushroom cultivations, Arbabi & Baradaran 2011).
description: Published as part of Gheblealivand, Saeide S., Irani-Nejad, Karim Haddad, Magowski, Wojciech Ł. & Manzari, Shahab, 2018, The genus Tarsonemus Canestrini and Fanzago, 1876 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Tarsonemidae) in East Azerbaijan, Iran, with a description of T. lenticulatus sp. nov. and re-description of T. annotatus Livshits, Mitrofanov and Sharonov, 1979, pp. 13-38 in Zootaxa 4446 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1437344