TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Two new species of microdispid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Lucanus ibericus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) VL - 60 IS - 3 SP - 595 EP - 606 PY - 2020 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Seyedein, Sarina AU - Rahiminejad, Vahid AU - Nadimi, Ahmad UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20204388 DO - 10.24349/acarologia/20204388 DA - 2020-09-02 ET - 2020-09-02 KW - Microdispidae KW - forest KW - fauna KW - Insect KW - phoresy KW - stag beetle KW - Iran AB - Two new species of the microdispid mites (Acari: Microdispidae) phoretic on Lucanus ibericus are described from Iran: Premicrodispus gorganiensis Rahiminejad & Seyedein sp. nov. and Neomicrodispus lucani Rahiminejad & Seyedein sp. nov. The mites were collected from forests with Hornbeam trees (Carpinus spp.) and Oak trees (Quercus spp.) in Gorgan, northern Iran. The distribution of the heterostigmatic mites on lucanid beetles is reviewed. Also, a key to species of the Neomicrodispus is provided. ER -