DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14195060
title: TABLE 1 in Mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Saudi Arabia (excluding Phytoseioidea), new records and a key to the known species

description: TABLE 1. Previously reported mesostigmatic fauna, including those reported in present study, from different regions of Saudi Arabia, (excluding Phytoseioidea)
Superfamily/Family/GenusSpeciesProvinceHost/HabitReferencesAscoideaAmeroseiidaeAmeroseius BerleseAmeroseius sp.RiyadhSoil and weedsDabbour & Abdelaziz, 1982AscidaeArctoseius Thor* A. bilinear NasrQassim, *RiyadhDebris of date palmsFouly & Rehiayani, 2011 Present studyProtogamasellus KargProtogamasellus sp.Kharj, *Qassim*Soil debris in citrus orchard *Debris from date palm and citrus orchard Dabbour & Abdelaziz, 1982 Present studyNeojordensia EvansNeojordensia sp.QassimDebris of citrus treesFouly & Rehiayani, 2011MelicharidaeProctolaelaps BerleseP. pygmaeus (Müller)RiyadhSoil debrisAlKhalifa & Bayoumi, 1983DermanyssoideaLaelapidae Androlaelaps BerleseA. casalis (Berlese)QassimDebris of date palmsFouly & Rehiayani, 2011 Elmoghazy, 2016Cosmolaelaps BerleseC. qassimensis Fouly & Rehiayani QassimSoil and leaf litter around date palmFouly & Rehiayani, 2014C. simplex (Berlese)QassimRoot system of citrus trees and egg plantFouly & Rehiayani, 2011Hypoaspis CanestriniH. dactylifera Fouly & RehiayaniQassimDebris of date palmsFouly & Rehiayani, 2011H. zaheri Fouly & RehiayaniQassimDebris of date palmsFouly & Rehiayani, 2011MacronyssidaeOrnithonyssus SambonO. bacoti (Hirst)RiyadhSoil debrisDabbour & Abdelaziz, 1982VarroidaeVarroa OudemansV. destructor Anderson & TruemanApis melliferaAlGhamdi, 2002ZerconoideaZerconidaeParazarcon TrägårdhP. sarekensis WillmannRiyadhAlKhalifa & Bayoumi, 1983Prozercon SelinickP. kochi SelinickRiyadhAlKhalifa & Bayoumi, 1983EviphidoideaMacrochelidaeMacrocheles LatreilleM. glaber (Müller)RiyadhAllium cepa, soil debris, Capsicum sp., L. sativumFouly & Rehiayani, 2011M. opacus (Koch)QassimAlKhalifa & Bayoumi, 1983M. subbadiusRiyadhAlKhalifa & Bayoumi, 1983* M. muscadomesticae (Scopoli)Qassim, *RiyadhCommon on flies Musca domestica, Organic manure, *Soil debris under date palmSamšiňák, 1979; Fouly & Rehiayani, 2011, Present study* M. merdarius (Berlese)Qassim, *Baha, *RiyadhOrganic manure, rhizosphere of date palms, *Grasses and soil debris under date palmFouly & Rehiayani, 2011, Present studyParasitidaeParasitus LatreilleParasitus sp.QassimEggplant leaves and budsFouly & Rehiayani, 2011Poecilochirus Canestrini & CanestriniP. necrophori (Vitzthum)RiyadhSoil debrisDabbour & Abdelaziz, 1982Pergamasus BerleseP. (Pergamasus) longicornis Qassim (Berlese)Soil under pine tree, palms, pomegranate, orangeAlKhalifa & Bayoumi, 1983GamasodesG. buettikeri SamšiňákWadi KhumraMusca domesticaSamšiňák, 1979Rhodacaroidea OlogamasidaeGamasiphis BerleseG. pulchellus BerleseQassimDebris of date palmsFouly & Rehiayani, 2011Sessiluncus CanestriniSessiluncus sp.QassimDebris of date palmsFouly & Rehiayani, 2011RhodacaridaeRhodacarellus WillmannR. citri FoulyQassimDebris of citrus and grape plantsFouly & Rehiayani, 2011Rhodacarus Oudemans* R. roseus OudemansQassim, *TabukOrganic manure, rhizosphere of date palms, *Leaf debris under citrusFouly & Rehiayani, 2011, Present studySejoidea SejidaeSejus KochSejus sp.AhsaAl-Dhafar & Al-Qahtani, 2012Uropodoidea TrematuridaeTrichouropoda BerleseTrichouropoda sp.Ahsa-Al-Dhafar & Al-Qahtani, 2012, Al-Saqabi, 2012UropodidaeCentrouropoda Berlese* C. almerodai Hiramatsu & HirschmannAhsa, *Riyadh* Rhyncophora ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera)Al-Dhafar & Al-Qahtani, 2012, Present studyUropoda LatreilleUropoda sp.AhsaSoil debrisAlSaqabi, 2009
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* Reported in present study
description: Published as part of Alatawi, Fahad Jaber, Kamran, Muhammad & Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, 2018, Mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Saudi Arabia (excluding Phytoseioidea), new records and a key to the known species, pp. 374-375 in Zootaxa 4388 (3) on page 374, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1188674