Mites (Acari) Associated with the Desert Seed Harvester Ant, Messor pergandei (Mayr)

Table 1

A list of mite species associated with ants of the genus Messor. Generic names follow current taxonomic standing.

Messor species	Mite family	Mite species	Association	Location	Reference
M. barbarus	Messoracaridae	Messoracarus mirandus Silvestri	On head	Italy	[16]
M. capitatus	Laelapidae	Myrmozercon acuminatus (Berlese)	In nest	Italy	[17]
	Laelapidae	Myrmozercon brachiatus (Berlese)	In nest	Italy	[17]
M. excursionis	Laelapidae	Laelaps (Hypoaspis) intermedius (Karawajew) (1)	In nest	Turkmenistan	[18]
	Scutacaridae	Imparipes placidus Khaustov & Chydyrov	In nest	Turkmenistan	[19]
	Circocyllibanidae	Cillibano transversalis (Karawajew) (1)	In nest	Turkmenistan	[18]
M. meridionalis	Oplitidae	Oplitis inopina (Hull)	In nest	Iran	[20]
M. structor	Oplitidae	Oplitis leonardiana (Berlese)	In nest	Italy	[17]
	Oplitidae	Oplitis philoctena (Trouessart)	In nest	Italy	[17]
	Laelapidae	Gymnolaelaps myrmophilus (Michael)	In nest	Czechoslovakia	[20]
	Trachyuropodidae	Trachyuropoda magna (Leonardi)	In nest	Czechoslovakia	[20]
Messor sp.	Scutacaridae	Imparipes ignotus Khaustov & Chydyrov	In nest	Turkmenistan	[19]

(1) The taxonomic status of the two Karawajew species is unclear, their descriptions are incomplete, and we have found no record of use of these names since the original description [18]. Karawajew does note that his Laelaps intermedius is intermediate between L. myrmecophilus Berlese and L. myrmophilus Michael. Both are currently placed in the genus Gymnolaelaps.