Imparipes ( Imparipes ) robustus Karafiat, 1959

Khaustov, A., 2015, Mites of the family Scutacaridae (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Formica fusca L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Western Siberia, Russia, Acarologia 55 (4), pp. 377-386 : 385

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20152177
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467791
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scientific name	Imparipes ( Imparipes ) robustus Karafiat, 1959
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Imparipes ( Imparipes) robustus Karafiat, 1959

Imparipes ( Imparipes) robustus Karafiat, 1959, p. 674 , Fig. 20.

This species was described from Germany from moss and ant Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798) ( Karafiat 1959) View in CoL . It was also reported from Czech Republic from ant Formica rufa ( Mahunka 1967) View in CoL ; Mongolia from litter under birch ( Mahunka 1965); France ( Mahunka 1972a); Hungary ( Mahunka 1972b); Bulgaria from ant nest ( Dobrev 1992); Austria ( Ebermann 1980); Japan ( Kurosa 1980); Ukraine and Russia ( Sevastianov 1978; Khaustov 2008). Khaustov (2008) recorded phoresy of I. robustus on ants Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798 View in CoL , F. gagates Latreille, 1798 View in CoL , Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798) View in CoL and Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL .

Material examined — Two females, Russia, Tyumen Province, vicinity of Tyumen, 57°04’03" N, 65°04’12" E, on ants Formica fusca , 17 August 2014, coll. A.A. Khaustov. GoogleMaps