Complementary description of Lasioseius thermophilus Willmann, 1942 (Acari: Blattisociidae) based on the material collected from Iran

Abstract

Lasioseius thermophilus Willmann, (Acari: Blattisociidae) was first described by Willmann in 1942 and then by Westeborer in 1963 based on one female specimen from Poland. Both descriptions are only based on female specimens and are not complete since they lack complete measurements of the setae, details of ventral shields, leg chaetotaxy and spermathecal apparatus. Therefore, the male specimen of this species is described and its female specimen is redescribed based on the materials collected from Guilan province, Iran.