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Darbemamieh, Maryam, Ahadiyat, Ali, Farmahiny-Farahani, Vahid Reza, Kaźmierski, Andrzej (2022): A new species of Proctotydaeus Berlese (Tydeoidea: Iolinidae) from Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (1): 23-34, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v11i1.72954

Pachyseius humeralis Berlese, 1910 Pachyseius humeralis Berlese, 1910: 255. Pachyseius humeralis.��� Ma����n, 2007: 32; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014: 42; Ma����n, 2018: 37. Pachyseius humeralis Berlese, 1910 was reported before from Iran by Gholami & Ostovan (2013) and subsequently by Nemati et al. (2018) in their catalogue, but Babaeian et al. (2016a) showed that this record was based on a misidentification. Therefore, this species has been removed from our list., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1910) Lista di nuove specie e nuovi generi di Acari. Redia, 6, 242 - 271.","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Gholami, H. & Ostovan, H. (2013) The first report of Pachyseius humeralis (Acari: Mesostigmata: Pachylaelapidae) from Iran. Plant Protection Journal, 5, 109 - 113. [in Persian with English abstract]","Nemati, A., Riahi, E., Khalili-Moghadam, A. & Gwiazdowicz, D. J. (2018) A catalogue of the Iranian Mesostigmata (Acari): additions and updates of the previous catalogue. Persian Journal of Acarology, 7 (2), 115 - 191. https: // doi. org / 10.22073 / pja. v 7 i 2.36985","Babaeian, E., Masan, P. & Saboori, A. (2016 a) The genus Pachyseius Berlese, 1910 in Iran (Acari: Pachylaelapidae). Zootaxa, 4088 (3), 420 - 428. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4088.3.7"]}

Onchodellus siculus (Berlese, 1892) Pachylaelaps strigifer var. siculus Berlese, 1892: 5. Onchodellus siculus.��� Ma����n, 2007: 141; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014: 20. Habitat preference in Iran. Soil. Provincial distribution in Iran. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Guilan, Hamadan, Kerman, and West Azerbaijan (Ahmadi, 2002, published as Pachylaelaps siculus Berlese, 1920a; Haddad Irani-Nejad et al., 2003; Rostami et al., 2010; Babaeian & Kazemi, 2011; Mojahed et al., 2017). World distribution. Asia (Iran, Israel, and Korea) (Costa, 1961; Keum et al., 2016; Mojahed et al., 2017), Europe (Finland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Slovakia, and Switzerland) (Costa, 1961, 1971; Karg, 1971, 1993; Salmane, 2001; Salmane & Kontsch��n, 2005; Ma����n, 2007; Salmane & Brumelis, 2010; Huhta, 2016). Notes. Onchodellus siculus is the second most widely distributed species of the genus in Iran. It can exist in low- to mid-land areas (Ma����n, 2007: at the altitudes 170���895 m a.s.l.; Mojahed et al., 2017: at the altitudes - 18���113 m a.s.l). This coprophilous species is found in moss, compost, greenhouses, meadow stands, and in different microhabitats, such as horse excrement, tussock of grass plants, nests of small mammals, and nest of voles (Costa, 1961, 1971; Karg, 1993; Ma����n, 2007; Salmane & Brumelis, 2010)., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1892) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones, hucusque in Italia reperta, 64, 1 - 15 (text), 10 pls.","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Ahmadi, K. (2002) New records of six mite species of the genus Pachylaelaps from (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) Kerman province, Iran. In: Proceeding of the 15 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress. Vol. 1. Pests. Razi University, Kermanshah, p. 149.","Berlese, A. (1920 a) Acari, Myriopoda et Pseudoscorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Redia, 14, 77 - 105.","Haddad Irani-Nejad, K., Hajiganbar, H. R. & Talebi Chaichi, P. (2003) Introduction of some mesostigmatic mites of sugarbeet fields in Miandoab plain. Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 10 (2), 147 - 157. [in Persian with English abstract]","Rostami, E., Abassipour, H., Khanjani, M. & Askarianzadeh, A. (2010) Faunistic study of fruit tree mites in Hamedan Province, west of Iran. In: de Moraes, G. J., Castilho, R. C. & Flechtmann, C. H. W. (Eds.), Abstract Book of the 13 th International Congress of Acarology. PE, Recife, p. 233.","Babaeian, E. & Kazemi, Sh. (2011) Mites of the family Pachylaelapidae (Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea) in Shahrekord region, Iran. In: Kazemi, Sh. & Saboori, A. (Eds.), Abstract and Proceeding Book of the First Persian Congress of Acarology. International Center for Science, High Technology & Environmental Sciences, Kerman, p. 43.","Mojahed, S., Hajizadeh, J., Hosseini, R. & Ahadiyat, A. (2017) Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae Berlese fauna (Acari: Mesostigmata) in some parts of Guilan province. Persian Journal of Acarology, 6 (4), 269 - 285. https: // doi. org / 10.22073 / pja. v 6 i 4.29712","Costa, M. (1961) Mites recovered from the nests of the Levant Vole (Microtus guentheri) in Israel. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 13, 4 (41), 257 - 282. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222936108651107","Keum, E., Takaku, G., Lee, K. & Jung, C. (2016) New records of phoretic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Korea and their ecological implication. Journal of Asia - Pacific Entomology, 19 (2), 353 - 357. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. aspen. 2016.04.002","Costa, M. (1971) Mites of the genus Pachylaelaps Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata, Pachylaelapidae) from litter in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology, 20 (4), 253 - 277. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00212210.1971.10688338","Karg, W. (1971) Acari (Acarina), Milben, Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides), Raubmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59, 1 - 475.","Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach. Raubmilben. 2. Uberarbeitete Auflage. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59, 1 - 523.","Salmane, I. (2001) A check-list of Latvian Gamasina mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) with short notes to their ecology. Latvijas Entomologs, 38, 27 - 38.","Salmane, I. & Kontschan, J. (2005) Soil Gamasina mites (Acari, Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata) from Hungary. I. Latvijas Entomologs, 42, 48 - 56.","Salmane, I. & Brumelis, G. (2010) Species list and habitat preference of Mesostigmata mites (Acari, Parasitiformes) in Latvia. Acarologia, 50 (3), 373 - 394. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / acarologia / 20101978","Huhta, V. (2016) Catalogue of the Mesostigmata mites in Finland. Memoranda: Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 92, 129 - 148."]}

Pseudolaelaps doderoi (Berlese, 1910) Laelaps (Hoplolaelaps) doderoi Berlese, 1910: 259. Pseudolaelaps doderoi.��� Ma����n, 2014: 289. Ma����n (2014) and Ma����n & Halliday (2014) transferred the genus Pseudolaelaps Berlese, 1916 to the family Pseudolaelapidae. We have therefore removed Pseudoaelaps doderoi from our list of the Pachylaelapidae of Iran., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1910) Lista di nuove specie e nuovi generi di Acari. Redia, 6, 242 - 271.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Berlese, A. (1916) Centuria prima di Acari nuovi. Redia, 12, 19 - 67."]}

Onchodellus procerus Ma����n, 2007 Onchodellus procerus Ma����n, 2007: 134. Onchodellus procerus.��� Ma����n & Halliday, 2014: 19. This species was collected and reported by Nazari-Tajani et al. (2012) from soil and citrus leaves from Guilan Province. During this project, the senior author (AA) tried to find and examine the specimen(s) collected by these authors, in communications with M. Nazari-Tajani (September 2013, personal communication) and J. Hajizadeh (November 2019, personal communication), with no success. Since this species is a rare endemic mite found in Slovakia (Ma����n, 2007, described by only three female specimens), here we removed it from the list of the Iranian Onchodellus species., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Nazari-Tajani, M., Hajizadeh, J. & Noei, J. (2012) First report of one pachylaelapid species (Mesostigmata: Pachylaelapidae) from Iran. In: Sarafrazi, A., Asef, M. R., Mozhdehi, M., Mozhdehi, M., Solhjouy Fard, S. & Abdollahi, T. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress. Shiraz University, Shiraz, p. 510."]}

Onchodellus hispani (Berlese, 1908) Pachylaelaps hispani Berlese, 1908: 14. Onchodellus hispani.��� Ma����n, 2007: 152; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014: 16. Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal shield 650���700 long, 370���450 wide, oval (length/width ratio: 1.56���1.76), weakly re- ticulated medially. Opisthonotal region almost lineate transversally. One slit-like gland pore (gd9) present on each posterolateral dorsal margin. Gland pores gd8 circular. Setae j1 35���38, J4 74���80, J5 46���58 (J4 / J5 ratio: 1.38���1.70). Genitiventral shield almost as long as wide, 218���228 long, 207���234 wide (length/width ratio: 0.93���1.09), with smooth surface. Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument bearing 15 pairs of smooth setae. Peritreme extending anteriorly to the insertion of seta z1. Specimens examined. East Azerbaijan Province, Arasbaran Protected Area, Khoda Afarin County, Khomarlu City: 3 females, 39�� 08��� 56��� N, 47�� 02��� 05��� E, altitude: 386 m a.s.l., phoretic on the body of an adult unidentified scarabaeid beetle (probably of the genus Copris M��ller, 1764), March 2006, leg. Mohammad Havaskary. Habitat preference in Iran. Soil, humus, and phoretic on scarabaeid beetles. Provincial distribution in Iran. East Azerbaijan, Guilan, and Kerman (Ahmadi, 2002, published as Pachylaelaps hispani Berlese, 1908; Mojahed et al., 2017; this paper). World distribution. Asia (Iran) (Mojahed et al., 2017; this paper), Europe (Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, and Spain) (Berlese, 1908; Karg, 1971, 1993; Ma����n, 2007; Ma����n & Halliday, 2009; Ma����n & Mih��l, 2009). Notes. It occurs in low-land areas (Ma����n & Halliday, 2009: 180; Ma����n & Mih��l, 2009: 170���250; Mojahed et al., 2017: 72; this paper: 386 m a.s.l.). This species is often found in association with beetles and considered as a coprophilous and insecticolous species, with frequent abundance on Copris lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ma����n, 2007; Ma����n & Halliday, 2009; Ma����n & Mih��l, 2009). It is rare in arable land, pastures and in deciduous forests, and is found in loamy soil, humus and in alluvial reed and grass cuttings, and feeds on nematodes and is in association with the scarabaeid beetle, Copris hispanus (Linnaeus, 1764) (Karg, 1993)., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1908) Elenco di generi e specie nuove di acari. Redia, 5, 1 - 15.","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Ahmadi, K. (2002) New records of six mite species of the genus Pachylaelaps from (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) Kerman province, Iran. In: Proceeding of the 15 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress. Vol. 1. Pests. Razi University, Kermanshah, p. 149.","Mojahed, S., Hajizadeh, J., Hosseini, R. & Ahadiyat, A. (2017) Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae Berlese fauna (Acari: Mesostigmata) in some parts of Guilan province. Persian Journal of Acarology, 6 (4), 269 - 285. https: // doi. org / 10.22073 / pja. v 6 i 4.29712","Karg, W. (1971) Acari (Acarina), Milben, Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides), Raubmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59, 1 - 475.","Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach. Raubmilben. 2. Uberarbeitete Auflage. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59, 1 - 523.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2009) Mesostigmatid mites associated with the dung beetle Copris lunaris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). European Journal of Entomology, 106 (4), 545 - 550. https: // doi. org / 10.14411 / eje. 2009.068","Masan, P. & Mihal, I. (Eds.) (2009) Arachnids of the Cerova vrchovina highland (Arachnida: Araneae, Pesudoscorpiones, Opiliones, Acari). Statna ochrana prirody SR, Banska Bystrica- Sprava CHKO Cerova vrchovina, Rimavska Sobota- Ustav zoologie SAV, Bratislava- Ustav ekologie lesa SAV, Zvolen, 311 pp."]}

Onchodellus brachiosus (Hirschmann & Krauss, 1965) Pachylaelaps brachiosus Hirschmann & Krauss, 1965: 5. Onchodellus brachiosus.��� Ma����n, 2007: 112; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014: 13. Jalaeian et al. (2004) identified this species under the name of Pachylaelaps brachiosus based on one female specimen (M. Jalaeian, July 2015, personal communications), while the original description of that species by Hirschmann & Krauss (1965) was based on a male specimen. Therefore, here we removed it from the list of the Iranian species., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Hirschmann W. & Krauss, W. (1965) Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 8. Gamasiden. Bestimmungstafeln von 55 Pachylaelaps - Arten. Acarologie, Schriftenreihe fur vergleichende Milbenkunde, 7, 1 - 5, pls. 1 - 28.","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Jalaeian, M., Saboori, A. & Seyedoleslami, H. (2004) Report of mesostigmatic mites in Iran. Journal of the Entomological Society of Iran, 23 (2), 125 - 126."]}

Onchodellus anovillosus (Berlese, 1920) Pachylaelaps anovillosus Berlese, 1920b: 179. Onchodellus anovillosus.��� Ma����n, 2007: 111; Masan & Halliday, 2014: 12. Habitat preference in Iran. Soil. Provincial distribution in Iran. Isfahan (Jalaeian et al., 2004, published as Pachylaelaps costai Hirschmann & Krauss, 1965). World distribution. Asia (Iran and Israel) (Costa, 1963, 1971; Koroleva, 1977b; Jalaeian et al., 2004), Europe (Southern Europe, Georgia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Spain, Tajikistan, and Ukraine) (Berlese, 1920b; Koroleva, 1977b; Ma����n, 2007; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014). Notes. Regarding this species, here we considered all the ecological data of the species O. hispani for O. anovillosus, which had been presented and misidentified by Costa (1963, 1966, 1971) and Koroleva (1977b), based on Ma����n (2007) and Ma����n & Halliday (2014). Costa (1963, 1971) found O. anovillosus in a large number on the bodies of and in association with adult specimens of Copris hispanus. Costa (1966) observed it feeding on the nematode Panagrellus sp. under laboratory conditions. Koroleva (1977b) found it in forest litter, on Copris sp., C. hispanus, and the Turkestan termite, Anacanthotermes turkestanicus Jacobson, 1904., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1920 b) Centuria quinta di Acari nuovi. Redia, 14, 143 - 195.","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Jalaeian, M., Saboori, A. & Seyedoleslami, H. (2004) Report of mesostigmatic mites in Iran. Journal of the Entomological Society of Iran, 23 (2), 125 - 126.","Hirschmann W. & Krauss, W. (1965) Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 8. Gamasiden. Bestimmungstafeln von 55 Pachylaelaps - Arten. Acarologie, Schriftenreihe fur vergleichende Milbenkunde, 7, 1 - 5, pls. 1 - 28.","Costa, M. (1963) The mesostigmatic mites associated with Copris hispanus (L.) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in Israel. Journal of the Linnaean Society, Zoology, 45 (303), 25 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1963. tb 00485. x","Costa, M. (1971) Mites of the genus Pachylaelaps Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata, Pachylaelapidae) from litter in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology, 20 (4), 253 - 277. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00212210.1971.10688338","Koroleva, E. V. (1977 b) Family Pachylaelaptidae Vitzthum, 1931. In: Ghilyarov M. S. & Bregetova. N. G. (Eds.), A key to the soil - inhabiting mites, Mesostigmata. Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Petrograd and USSR, Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 411 - 483.","Costa, M. (1966) Descriptions of the juvenile stages of Pachylaelaps hispani Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata). Acarologia, 8 (1), 9 - 22."]}

Other Onchodellus species recorded from Iran Considering other references, three other species of Onchodellus have been recorded from Iran as follows, Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648

Pachyseius angustus Hyatt, 1956 Pachyseius angustus Hyatt, 1956: 5. Pachyseius angustus.��� Ma����n, 2007: 31; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014: 42. Pachyseius angustus Hyatt, 1956 was reported from Iran by Babaeian & Kazemi (2011), but Babaeian et al. (2016a) showed that their record was based on a misidentification. Therefore, this species has been removed from our list., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Hyatt, K. H. (1956) I. - British mites of the genus Pachyseius Berlese, 1910 (Gamasina-Neoparasitidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 12, 9 (97), 1 - 6. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935608655716","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Babaeian, E. & Kazemi, Sh. (2011) Mites of the family Pachylaelapidae (Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea) in Shahrekord region, Iran. In: Kazemi, Sh. & Saboori, A. (Eds.), Abstract and Proceeding Book of the First Persian Congress of Acarology. International Center for Science, High Technology & Environmental Sciences, Kerman, p. 43.","Babaeian, E., Masan, P. & Saboori, A. (2016 a) The genus Pachyseius Berlese, 1910 in Iran (Acari: Pachylaelapidae). Zootaxa, 4088 (3), 420 - 428. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4088.3.7"]}

Onchodellus glandularis (Moraza & Pe��a, 2005) Pachylaelaps glandularis Moraza & Pe��a, 2005: 119. Onchodellus glandularis.��� Ma����n, 2007: 109; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014: 16. This species was erroneously recorded by Ahadiyat & Cheraghali (2012) from Tehran Province, although most morphological characteristics of its specimens were similar to those of O. glandularis provided in the identification key by Ma����n (2007). Subsequent examination by the senior author (AA) showed that this species seems to belong to a closely related species, O. strigifer. Therefore, O. glandularis has not yet been recorded from Iran, and we removed it from the Iranian species., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Moraza, M. L. & Pena, M. A. (2005) The family Pachylaelapidae Vitzthum, 1931 on Tenerife Island (Canary Islands), with description of seven new species of the genus Pachylaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata: Pachylaelapidae). Acarologia, 45 (2 - 3), 103 - 129.","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Ahadiyat, A. & Cheraghali, Z. (2012) Faunistic study of pachylaelapid mites (Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea: Pachylaelapidae) in Roodbaar-Ghasraan region (Shemiraanaat county) of Tehran province. In: Sarafrazi, A., Asef, M. R., Mozhdehi, M., Mozhdehi, M., Solhjouy Fard, S. & Abdollahi, T. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress. Shiraz University, Shiraz, p. 428."]}

Onchodellus karawaiewi (Berlese, 1920) Pachylaelaps karawaiewi Berlese, 1920b: 173. Pachylaelaps karawaiewi.��� Koroleva, 1977b: 451. Onchodellus karawaiewi.��� Ma����n, 2007: 143; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014: 17. Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal shield oval, 510���620 long, 340���420 wide (length/width ratio: 1.42���1.68), with one pair of slit-like gland pores (gd9) located on posterolateral margins of the dorsal shield. Gland pores gd8 circular. Dorsal setae smooth, mostly long. Setae J4 (50���73) distinctly longer than J5 (20���30) (J4 / J5 ratio: 2.00���2.90); J1 70, J2 77���78. Sternal shield 160���190 long. Genitiventrianal shield almost as long as wide, 175���223 long, 193���220 wide (length/width ratio: 0.86���1.05). Anal shield 58���73 long, 98���123 wide (length/width ratio: 0.51���0.66). Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument bearing 14 pairs of smooth setae. Anterior end of peritreme reaching between setae z1 and z2, closer to z1. Male. Dorsal shield 490 long. Specimens examined. Alborz Province, Karaj County, Karaj City, Sichall Mountainous Area, Dizin: 2 fe- males, 36�� 02��� 57��� N, 51�� 25��� 02��� E, altitude: 2,675 m a.s.l., ant���s nest, 23 July 2009, leg. Omid Joharchi; Karaj County, Chalus Road, Asara District, Adaran Rural District, Kushk-e Bala Village: 1 female, 35�� 58��� 58��� N, 51�� 05��� 22��� E, altitude: 1,817 m a.s.l., ant���s nest, 21 June 2009, leg. Omid Joharchi. Kerman Province, Baft City: 1 female, 29�� 13��� 47��� N, 56�� 35��� 16��� E, altitude: 2,255 m a.s.l., soil and manure in croft, 2 November 2013, leg. Malihe Latifi; Rafsanjan City: 1 female, 30�� 24��� 17��� N, 56�� 00��� 06��� E, altitude: 1,521 m a.s.l., soil of orchard, 26 October 2012, leg. Malihe Latifi; Zarand City: 1 female, 30�� 48��� 59��� N, 56�� 33��� 33��� E, altitude: 1,657 m a.s.l., soil, 10 October 2012, leg. Malihe Latifi. South Khorasan Province, Tabas County, Deyhuk District, Deyhuk City: 1 female, 33�� 13��� 48��� N, 57�� 30��� 43��� E, altitude: 1,466 m a.s.l., soil, 10 March 2013, leg. Zahra Dehghan. Tehran Province, Tehran City, Qeytariyeh Park: 2 females, 35�� 46��� N, 51�� 27��� E, soil, collecting date unknown, collected in 2011 or 2012, leg. Simin Baroozeh; Shemiranat County, Rudbar-e Qasran District, Rudbar-e Qasran Rural District, Zaygan Village: 1 male, 35�� 58��� N, 51�� 35��� E, altitude: 2,105 m a.s.l., leaf-litter of common ivy, 21 August 2011, leg. Zahra Cheraghali; Shemiranat County, Rudbar-e Qasran District, Rudbar-e Qasran Rural District, Garmabdar Village: 1 female & 1 male, 35�� 98��� N, 51�� 46��� E, altitude: 2,410 m a.s.l., soil of walnut trees, 9 October 2011, leg. Zahra Cheraghali. Yazd Province, Taft County, Taft City: 8 females & 3 males, 31�� 44��� 24��� N, 54�� 11��� 39��� E, altitude: 1,572 m a.s.l., soil of pomegranate trees, 1 April 2013, leg. Zahra Dehghan; Taft County, Shirkuh Rural District, Tezerjan Village: 7 females & 1 male, 31�� 35��� 44��� N, 54�� 10��� 42��� E, altitude: 2,196 m a.s.l., soil of walnut and almond trees, 1 April 2013, leg. Zahra Dehghan; Taft County, Shirkuh Rural District, Deh-e Bala Village: 5 females & 8 males, 31�� 36��� 08��� N, 54�� 07��� 34��� E, altitude: 2,482 m a.s.l., soil of walnut trees, 1 April 2013, leg. Zahra Dehghan; Mehriz County, Miankuh Rural District, Fakhr-abad Village: 1 female & 1 male, 31�� 36��� 34��� N, 54�� 18��� 05��� E, altitude: 1,702 m a.s.l., soil of walnut tree, 27 April 2013, leg. Zahra Dehghan; Mehriz County, Miankuh Rural District, Ebrahimabad Village: 1 male, 31�� 38��� 30��� N, 54�� 19��� 39��� E, altitude: 1,635 m a.s.l, soil of pomegranate tree, 18 November 2012, leg. Zahra Dehghan; Mehriz County, Miankuh Rural District, Banadak Sadat Village: 1 female, 31�� 32��� 56��� N, 54�� 12��� 22��� E, altitude: 2,333 m a.s.l., soil of orchard, 24 September 2012, leg. Zahra Dehghan; Mehriz County, Miankuh Rural District, Manshad Village: 3 females, 31�� 30��� 48��� N, 54�� 13��� 30��� E, altitude: 2,369 m a.s.l., soil, 13 September 2012, leg. Zahra Dehghan; Mehriz County, Khormiz Rural District, Khormizat Village: 2 females & 2 males, 31�� 31��� 48��� N, 54�� 26��� 46��� E, altitude: 1,518 m a.s.l, soil, 16 October 2012, leg. Zahra Dehghan; Ardakan County, Kharanaq District, Sarv Park: 3 females, 32�� 24��� 03��� N, 54�� 31��� 37��� E, altitude: 2,123 m a.s.l., soil, 7 September 2012, leg. Zahra Dehghan. Habitat preference in Iran. Soil, leaf-litter, manure, and ants��� nests. Provincial distribution in Iran. Alborz, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, East Azerbaijan, Fars, Golestan, Hamadan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan, Tehran, West Azerbaijan, and Yazd (Khanjani & Kamali, 2000a, b, published as Pachylaelaps karawaiewi Berlese, 1920b; Kamali et al., 2001; Ahmadi, 2002; Khademi et al., 2006; Seifori et al., 2006; Darvishzadeh & Kamali, 2009; Ahangaran et al., 2010; Rostami et al., 2010; Babaeian & Kazemi, 2011; Rajaei et al., 2011; Salarzehi et al., 2011; Soleimani et al., 2011; Ahadiyat & Cheraghali, 2012; Ahangaran et al., 2012; Alizadeh & Shirdel, 2012; Baroozeh & Ahadiyat, 2012; Khorsand et al., 2012; Mahpikaran et al., 2012; Zakeri et al., 2012; Kazemi & Rajaei, 2013; Arjomandi & Kazemi, 2014; Masnavipour et al., 2014; Zarei & Kazemi, 2014; Hasanvand et al., 2015; Abolghasemi & Kazemi, 2016; Maleki et al., 2016; Mohammad-Dustar-Sharaf et al., 2016; Abutaleb Kermani et al., 2017, Nemati et al., 2018; this paper). World distribution. Asia (Iran and Israel) (Costa, 1971; Koroleva, 1977b; this paper), Europe (Georgia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) (Karg, 1971, 1993; Koroleva, 1977b Salmane, 2001; Gwiazdowicz & Gulvik, 2005; Ma����n, 2007; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014). Notes. Onchodellus karawaiewi shows the widest provincial distribution in Iran (in 18 provinces) with different climates. Here, we found it in five provinces (Alborz, Kerman, South Khorasan, Tehran, and Yazd), among them Yazd had the largest numbers of the specimens (30 females, 16 males). They were collected mostly from soil (including orchards, e.g. walnut, pomegranate, almond), and then from manure in croft, ant��� nest and leaf-litter. We found it in mid- to high-land areas at the altitudes between 1,466 (in South Khorasan Province) and 2,675 m a.s.l. (in Alborz Province). It is quite intriguing that this species can live in a wide range of altitudes from mid-land to high-land areas (1,466 ���2,675 m a.s.l.).Although Nemati et al. (2018) mentioned that Hamidi et al. (2013) and Granpayeh & Ostovan (2014) have found this species in their researches, these two references had never reported any pachylaelapid mites. This species is an edaphic euryhygrophilous species found in a variety of habitats, including lowlands flood-plains of rivers, meadows, forests and reed vegetation in plant-litter, rotting vegetation, ants��� nests and rodents��� nests, humus, dark and peat soils (Costa, 1971; Koroleva, 1977b; Karg, 1993; Ma����n, 2007; Salmane & Brumelis, 2010). It prefers dark soils (Karg, 1993; Ma����n, 2007), and is not common in meadows (Salmane & Brumelis, 2010)., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1920 b) Centuria quinta di Acari nuovi. Redia, 14, 143 - 195.","Koroleva, E. V. (1977 b) Family Pachylaelaptidae Vitzthum, 1931. In: Ghilyarov M. S. & Bregetova. N. G. (Eds.), A key to the soil - inhabiting mites, Mesostigmata. Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Petrograd and USSR, Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 411 - 483.","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Khanjani, M. & Kamali, K. (2000 a) A study of Acari fauna of clover (Trifolium sp.) in Hamadan. In: Proceeding of the 14 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress. Vol. 1. Pests. Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, p. 234.","Kamali, K., Ostovan, H. & Atamehr, A. (2001) A Catalog of Mites & Ticks (Acari) of Iran. Islamic Azad University Scientific Publication Center, Tehran, 192 pp.","Ahmadi, K. (2002) New records of six mite species of the genus Pachylaelaps from (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) Kerman province, Iran. In: Proceeding of the 15 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress. Vol. 1. Pests. Razi University, Kermanshah, p. 149.","Khademi, N., Saboori, A. & Faraji, F. (2006) Fauna of Mesostigmata in citrus orchards in Jahrom region, Iran. 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Onchodellus masani Ahadiyat, Ghasemi Moghadam & Abutaleb Kermani, sp. nov. Figs 1���11. Diagnosis. Dorsal shield medium-sized (length/width ratio: 1.53���1.76), setae smooth and uniform in shape and length. Median section of idiosoma between setae j -J slightly reticulated. Seta J4 slightly longer than J5 (J4 / J5 ratio: 1.20���1.57). Two slit-like pores (gd8, gd9) present on each posterolateral dorsal margin. Sternal shield with delicate polygonal reticulation on the surface. Genitiventral shield approximately as long as wide (length/width ratio: 0.95���1.04), weakly lineate-reticulate. Setae st5 and JV1 equal in size. Anal shield subtriangular and almost smooth, length/width ratio: 0.59���0.63. Peritremes moderately shortened with the anterior ends extending well beyond the anterior margins of coxae II. Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument with 13 pairs of setae, containing five pairs of marginal and eight pairs of opisthogastric setae. Spermathecal tubes long, tenuous, weakly sclerotised. Cheliceral fixed digit with a simple apical hook and two well-developed teeth followed by two minute teeth, and movable digit with two conspicuous teeth and a simple apical hook. Description. Female (n = 3). Dorsal idiosoma. Dorsal shield (Fig. 1) medium-sized, 442���490 long, 260���320 wide, oval (length/width ratio: 1.53���1.76), with 30 pairs of setae and 22 pairs of pore-like structures (one pair, gd ?, invisible in one specimen). Shield slightly reticulate medially between setae j���J, reticulation between setae j6���J3 a little more distinct. Area anterior to setae j4 smooth, with no reticulation. Lateral dorsal shield with slight and delicate reticulation. Posterior opisthonotal region slightly reticulated. Dorsal setae uniform, smooth, acicular, short, most setae relatively equal in size. Two slit-like gland pores (gd8, gd9) (Figs 1, 8) on each posterolateral dorsal margin present: the first one with antiaxial position to alignment Z1���Z2, located near Z2, between the setae S3 and S4, and the second one located between the setae S4 and S5. Openings of gd8 slightly closer to the insertions of setae S3 than S4, and gd9 closer to the insertions of setae S4 than S5. Ventral idiosoma (Figs 2���3). Tritosternum (Fig. 3) with a base, 13���15 long, 12���13 wide proximally, 5���6 wide apically, and a pair of laciniae, 64���66 long. Sternal shield 156���161 long, 77���83 wide (between the mid-level of coxae II), 97���100 wide (at the level of setae st2), with distinct but relatively delicate polygonal reticulation on surface. Two oblique lines arising from the bases of setae st2 to the anterior portion of sternal shield, making an arcshaped structure at the anteromedian section of the shield. A delicately arcuate line approximately connects two setae st2���st2. Sternal shield with four pairs of setae, setae st3 shortest, and three pairs of poroids. Genitiventral shield approximately as long as wide, 162���170 long, 162���178 wide, length/width ratio: 0.95���1.04, only slightly longer than sternal shield (length of sternal shield/length of genitiventral shield: 0.93���0.96), with weak lineate reticulation on surface, very indistinct from the middle to the posterior section of the shield. Setae st5 and JV1 equal in size. A pair of poroids iv5 inserted on the lateral sides of genitiventral shield, 21���29 from setae st5. Anal shield 52���58 long, 87���94 wide, length/width ratio: 0.59���0.63, subtriangular, almost smooth, but with zig-zag sculptural lines on the anterior section. Anal opening subtriangular, 10���13 long, 9���11 wide. Peritremes (Figs 2, 10) moderately shortened with the anterior ends extending well beyond the anterior margins of coxae II, but not reaching the anterolateral margins of sternal shield. Posterior sections of peritrematal shields with three or four pairs of small pore-like structures, the first two located close to posterior margins of stigmata, the others located on the posterolateral surfaces of peritrematal shields. Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument bearing 13 pairs of smooth setae, comprising five pairs of marginal setae (r-R series), and eight pairs of opisthogastric setae (JV -ZV series) (15���25). Metapodal platelets narrow, 19���22 long, 3���5 wide. Lengths of idiosomal setae and distances between some of them as presented in Tables 1 and 2. Gnathosoma. Epistome (Fig. 4) with a relatively short and widened neck-like median projection, concave laterally, distinctly serrated apically, anterolateral margins denticulate. Corniculi short, 33���35 long, horn-like, widened basally. Palp 158���165 long, lengths of palp segments: trochanter 47���48, femur 44, genu 34, tibia 36. Chelicera (Figs 5, 9) with fixed digit with a simple apical hook and two well-developed teeth followed by two minute teeth, and movable digit with a simple apical hook and two conspicuous teeth. Pilus dentilis visible. Insemination apparatus (Figs 6, 10���11). Spermathecal tubes 50���60 long, tenuous, weakly sclerotised, opened at the distal end. Basal section associated with posterior section of coxa III, bearing irregular wavy lines almost as long as the spermathecal tube. Legs. Tarsus II (Fig. 7) with one spur-like distal seta pl1, 17���18 long, extending beyond the tarsal apex. Male and immature stages. Not found. Specimens examined. Holotype (AA-20180714-1a): Female, Iran, Yazd Province, Taft County, Shirkuh Rural District, Deh-e Bala Village (31�� 36��� 08��� N, 54�� 07��� 34��� E, altitude: 2,482 m a.s.l.), soil of walnut tree, 1 April 2013, leg. Zahra Dehghan. Paratypes: 1 female (AA-20180714-1b), same data as holotype; 1 female (AA-20180714-1c), Iran, Yazd Province, Meybod, Baharan Park (32�� 12��� 52��� N, 54�� 01��� 28��� E, altitude: unmeasured), soil, 10 March 2012, leg. Omid Joharchi. Etymology. The species is named in honor of Peter Ma����n (Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia) for his valuable contributions to the classification of mesostigmatic mites, especially the family Pachylaelapidae. Differential diagnosis: The short peritreme is a distinct morphological feature for some species of the genus Onchodellus. Eleven other species of Onchodellus bear shortened peritremes, including O. brevicrinitus (Hirschmann & Krauss, 1965), O. brevis (Berlese, 1920b), O. intermedius (Moraza & Pe��a, 2005), O. islandicus (Sellnick, 1969), O. jurassicus (Schweizer, 1961), O. michaelcostai Ma����n & Halliday, 2014, O. minutus (Moraza & Pe��a, 2005), O. mixtus Ma����n, 2007, O. parvulus (Koroleva, 1977a), O. procerus Ma����n, 2007, and O. volkovae (Goncharova & Koroleva, 1974). Since the description of the species presented by Berlese (1920b) was incomplete with no figures, we could not compare the characteristics of O. masani sp. nov. with O. brevis. Also, for O. mixtus, since the female stage was not recognised by Ma����n (2007), we were unable to determine the deferences between this species and the new one. Differential diagnosis between female specimens of O. masani sp. nov. with other species are presented herein. The ratio of J4 / J5 is an important character for separating O. masani sp. nov. (1.20���1.57) from O. brevicrinitus (more than 2.0) based on the illustrations in Hirschmann & Krauss (1965). Also, the anterior end of the peritreme in the female of O. brevicrinitus extends not only beyond the anterior margin of coxa II, but also the level of anterolateral margin of the sternal shield. It does not reach the anterolateral margin of the sternal shield in O. masani sp. nov.. Numbers of teeth in cheliceral fixed and movable digits in O. masani sp. nov. are four and two, while are two and one in O. brevicrinitus, respectively. The new species can be easily distinguished from O. intermedius by the length of the peritreme, the idiosomal ornamentation and the numbers of marginal and opisthogastric setae. In O. intermedius, the pertireme is shorter than that of O. masani sp. nov., with the anterior end not reaching the anterior margin of coxa II. The idiosomal shields are densely granulated in O. intermedius, but delicately reticulated in O. masani sp. nov.. The numbers of marginal and opisthogastric setae are totally 12 and 13 pairs in O. intermedius and O. masani sp. nov., respectively. Onchodellus masani sp. nov. differs from two species, O. islandicus and O. jurassicus, by lengths and widths of dorsal and ventral idiosomal shields, which are smaller in the new species. For instances, the lengths and widths of dorsal shields in O. islandicus and O. jurassicus are 585���625 and 345���380, and 620���630 and 388, respectively, compared with 442���490 and 260���320 in O. masani sp. nov.. The marginal and opisthogastric setae are fewer in these two species (O. islandicus with 10���11 pairs, O. jurassicus with 11 pairs). Lengths of each J4 and J5 setae are almost twice as long in these two species than those setae in O. masani sp. nov. (O. jurassicus: J4 40���44, J5 29���33; O. islandicus: J4 35���40, J5 25���31; O. masani sp. nov.: J4 18���23, J5 14���16). The chelicerae differ in the numbers of teeth in O. islandicus and O. masani sp. nov. (fixed digit with three teeth in O. islandicus and four teeth in O. masani sp. nov.). Onchodellus masani sp. nov. can be distinguished from O. michaelcostai by the length and width of the genitiventral shield, the lengths of setae J4 and J5, and the number of opisthogastric setae. The length and width of genitiventral shield in O. michaelcostai are greater (195 and 200, respectively) than those in O. masani sp. nov. (162���170 and 162���178, respectively). The dorsal setae J4 and J5 are slightly longer in O. michaelcostai (��� 29���31 and 20, respectively) than O. masani sp. nov. (18���23 and 14���16, respectively). Based on Costa���s (1971) illustrations, the marginal+opisthogastric setae in O. michaelcostai are 0+7 pairs, compared with 5+8 pairs in O. masani sp. nov.. The main morphological differences between O. masani sp. nov. and O. minutus the are lengths of the peritremes, lengths of the dorsal setae, the number of gland pores on the posterolateral dorsal margin, and the marginal and opisthogastric setae. In O. minutus, the pertireme is slightly longer, with the anterior end extending beyond the anterior margin of coxa II, overlapping the level of anterolateral margin of sternal shield (not reaching the anterolateral margin of sternal shield in O. masani sp. nov.). The dorsal setae are heterogeneous in length in O. minutus, with setae j2, j3, j4, z2, z4, s2, r2, and r3 nearly twice as long as the other dorsal setae, while they are almost homogeneous in O. masani sp. nov.. Lengths of J4 and J5 are 35���40 and 20���25 in O. minutus, while they are 18���23 and 14���16 in O. masani sp. nov., respectively. Onchodellus minutus bears 12 pairs of marginal and opisthogastric setae (13 pairs in O. masani sp. nov.). The differences between O. masani sp. nov. and O. parvulus are as follows: width of the dorsal shield, 260���320 in the new species, and 200���220 in O. parvulus; peritreme extends well past the anterior margin of coxa II in O. masani sp. nov., while it is clearly shorter in O. parvulus , with the anterior end extending to the posterior level of coxa II; the genitiventral shield is almost as long as wide in O. masani sp. nov. (162���170 long, 162���178 wide), but longer than wide in O. parvulus (140���160 long, 110���120 wide); the number of marginal and opisthogastric setae is 13 pairs in O. masani sp. nov., and about ten pairs in O. parvulus; the ratio of J4 / J5 is 1.20���1.57 in O. masani sp. nov., and about 2.0 in O. parvulus. The number of teeth on the cheliceral fixed digit is four in O. masani sp. nov. and three in O. parvulus. The new species can be distinguished from O. procerus mainly by the following characteristics: length of the dorsal shield, lengths of J4, J5 and ratio of J4 / J5, number of slit-like gland pores on the posterolateral dorsal margin, and the marginal and opisthogastric setae. Length of dorsal shield is slightly smaller in O. masani sp. nov. (442���490) than O. procerus (490���555). The setae J4 and J 5 in O. masani are shorter than those in O. procerus (O. masani sp. nov.: J4 = 18���23, J5 = 14���16, J4 / J5 ratio = 1.20���1.57; O. procerus: J4 = 25���33, J5 = 20���31, J4 / J5 ratio = 1���1.30). The number of slit-like gland pores on the posterolateral dorsal margin of the idiosoma, and marginal and opisthogastric setae are respectively one pair (gd9) and 10���11 pairs in O. procerus, and two pairs (gd8, gd9) and 13 pairs in O. masani sp. nov.. The differences between O. masani sp. nov. and O. volkovae are related to the specific metric data and measurements given, including the length and width of the dorsal shield (LDS & WDS), length of the genitiventral shield, length of seta J4, and the ratio of J4 / J5. The LDS and WDS in O. masani sp. nov. are smaller (442���490 and 260���320, respectively) than those in O. volkovae (510���560 and 350���380, respectively). The length of the genitiven- tral shield in O. masani sp. nov. is shorter than that of O. volkovae (162���170 in O. masani sp. nov., and 180���190 in O. volkovae). The length of seta J4 and the ratio of J4 / J 5 in O. masani sp. nov. are less than those in O. volkovae (O. masani sp. nov.: J4 = 18���23, J4 / J5 ratio = 1.20���1.57; O. volkovae: J4 = 26���28, J4 / J5 ratio ��� 2). The number of teeth on the cheliceral fixed digits is four in O. masani sp. nov. and two in O. volkovae. Taxonomic remarks: Ma����n (2007) established five species groups of Onchodellus based on the European species, but O. masani sp. nov. does not clearly fit into that classification. One of the main morphological characters of the O. strigifer group, namely the existence of two pairs of slit-like gland pores (gd8, gd9) on the posterolateral dorsal margins, suggest that we can place the new species in this group. However, the lack of male specimens of O. masani sp. nov. prevented us from examining the cheliceral spermatodactyl, so we cannot place it definitely in that group. This new species differs from the O. alpinus, O. falcifer, O. islandicus, and O. karawaiewi groups, which have just one pair of slit-like gland pores (gd9) on the posterolateral dorsal margins (Ma����n, 2007). The new species also resembles the O. strigifer group in the short length of seta J5: it is 14���16 in O. masani sp. nov., which is as short as the length of J 5 in the O. strigifer group (less than 20). The length of the peritreme in O. masani sp. nov. does not agree with the O. strigifer group, because in the species of this group lengths of peritremes are not reduced and their anterior ends reach the marginal dorsal surface between setae z1 and z2, unlike O. masani sp. nov.. The shortened peritreme in O. masani sp. nov. resembles the species of the O. islandicus group, in which the anterior ends of peritremes are usually situated close to the anterolateral corners of sternal shield and do not reach the marginal dorsal surface. Considering the given differences, we are currently unable to place O. masani sp. nov. in any of the above-mentioned groups of Onchodellus., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Hirschmann W. & Krauss, W. (1965) Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 8. Gamasiden. Bestimmungstafeln von 55 Pachylaelaps - Arten. Acarologie, Schriftenreihe fur vergleichende Milbenkunde, 7, 1 - 5, pls. 1 - 28.","Berlese, A. (1920 b) Centuria quinta di Acari nuovi. Redia, 14, 143 - 195.","Moraza, M. L. & Pena, M. A. (2005) The family Pachylaelapidae Vitzthum, 1931 on Tenerife Island (Canary Islands), with description of seven new species of the genus Pachylaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata: Pachylaelapidae). Acarologia, 45 (2 - 3), 103 - 129.","Sellnick, M. (1969) Eine neue Pachylaelaps - Art von Island. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 90 (1 - 2), 131 - 133.","Schweizer, J. (1961) Die Landmilben der Schweiz (Mittelland, Jura und Alpen). Parasitiformes Reuter. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 84, 1 - 207.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Koroleva, E. V. (1977 a) Novye vidy kleshchei roda Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888 (Parasitiformes, Pachylaelaptidae). Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 27, 119 - 148.","Goncharova, A. A. & Koroleva, E. V. (1974) Two new species of the genus Pachylaelaps (Parasitiformes, Pachylaelaptidae). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 53, 1257 - 1260.","Costa, M. (1971) Mites of the genus Pachylaelaps Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata, Pachylaelapidae) from litter in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology, 20 (4), 253 - 277. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00212210.1971.10688338"]}

Tribe: Onchodellini Ma����n, 2007 Genus: Onchodellus Berlese, 1904 Onchodellus alpinus (Willmann, 1953) Onchodellus anovillosus (Berlese, 1920b) Onchodellus hispani (Berlese, 1908) Onchodellus karawaiewi (Berlese, 1920b) Onchodellus masani sp. nov. Onchodellus siculus (Berlese, 1892) Onchodellus strigifer (Berlese, 1892), Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Berlese, A. (1904) Illustrazione iconografica degli Acari mirmecofili. Redia, 1, 299 - 474, pls. VII-XX.","Willmann, C. (1953) Neue Milben aus den ostlichen Alpen. Sitzungsberichten der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, I, 162 (6), 449 - 519.","Berlese, A. (1920 b) Centuria quinta di Acari nuovi. Redia, 14, 143 - 195.","Berlese, A. (1908) Elenco di generi e specie nuove di acari. Redia, 5, 1 - 15.","Berlese, A. (1892) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones, hucusque in Italia reperta, 64, 1 - 15 (text), 10 pls."]}

Pachylaelaps (Pachylaelaps) magnus Halbert, 1915 Pachylaelaps pectinifer var. magnus Halbert, 1915: 63. Ahmadi (2002) recorded Pachylaelaps magnus Halbert, 1915 from Iran, but we can not confirm this record. Ma����n (2007) and Ma����n & Halliday (2014) reported that P. magnus is a junior synonym of P. (Pachylaelaps) ensifer Oudemans, 1902, and it has been widely misidentified instead of P. (Pachylaelaps) troglophilus Willmann, 1940 (Ma����n, 2007), so we have removed it from our list., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Halbert, J. N. (1915) Clare Island Survey. 39. Acarinida. Section II. - Terrestrial and Marine Acarina. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 31 (Section 2), 45 - 136, pls. IV-VIII.","Ahmadi, K. (2002) New records of six mite species of the genus Pachylaelaps from (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) Kerman province, Iran. In: Proceeding of the 15 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress. Vol. 1. Pests. Razi University, Kermanshah, p. 149.","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Oudemans, A. C. (1902) Verslag. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 45, 50 - 64.","Willmann, C. (1940) Neue Milben aus Hohlen der Balkanhalbinsel, gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Absolon, Brunn (2. Mitteilung.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 130 (9 / 10), 209 - 218."]}

Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) longisetis Halbert, 1915 Pachylaelaps longisetis Halbert, 1915: 65. Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) longisetis.��� Ma����n, 2007: 55; Ma����n & Halliday, 2014: 30. Shariati et al. (2017) recorded Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) longisetis Halbert, 1915 from Iran. We could not confirm this record, so this species is not listed below., Published as part of Ahadiyat, Ali, Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi, Kermani, Reyhaneh Abutaleb & Harchi, Omid Jo-, 2020, Review of the Iranian species of Pachylaelapidae, with description of a new species of Onchodellus (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Zootaxa 4778 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3823648, {"references":["Halbert, J. N. (1915) Clare Island Survey. 39. Acarinida. Section II. - Terrestrial and Marine Acarina. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 31 (Section 2), 45 - 136, pls. IV-VIII.","Masan, P. (2007) A Review of the Family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with Systematics and Ecology of European Species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3776.1.1","Shariati, R., Jalalizand, A. & Moradi-Faradonbeh, M. (2017) The fauna of edaphic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Saman County, Southwest Iran. In: Hajiqanbar, H. & Saboori, A. (Eds.), Program & Abstract Book of the Third International Persian Congress of Acarology. University of Tehran, Tehran, p. 36."]}

Valizadeh, Saeid, Ahadiyat, Ali, Bagheri, Mohammad, Joharchi, Omid (2019): Second world record of Olopachys hallidayi Özbek, 2014 (Mesostigmata: Pachylaelapidae) from Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (2): 169-174, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v8i2.43928, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6d0a6c83-8477-37c3-aaf9-99216b3f49ff/

Pachylaelaps (Olopachys) Berlese, 1910: 256. Zoobank: E217FB12-5254-4D51-AA22-CD408ABEDC31 Type species: Pachylaelaps (Olopachys) scutatus Berlese, 1910, by original designation. The genus was re-described in detail by Ma����n (2007a, 2007b)., Published as part of Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2019, A new species of Olopachys Berlese (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) from Iran with a key to the world species, pp. 46-56 in Acarologia 59 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20194313, http://zenodo.org/record/4487673, {"references":["Berlese A. 1910. Lista di nuove specie e nuovi generi di Acari. Redia, 6: 242 - 271.","Masan P. 2007 a. A review of the family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with systematic and ecology of European species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Bratislava: Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences. pp. 247.","Masan P. 2007 b. Olopachys (Olopachylaella) gronychi subgen. nov., sp. nov., a new species of mite from Bulgaria (Acari: Mesostigmata: Pachylaelapidae). Zootaxa, 1509: 31 - 39."]}

Olopachys iraniensis n. sp. (Figures 1–3, 4C) Diagnosis (Female) Movable digit of chelicera with a subterminal tooth and terminal hook, fixed digit with two subterminal teeth and distal hook; base of epistome finely denticulated lateraly, epistome with narrow subdistal neck and long apical serration; posterolateral margins of dorsal idiosoma with one pair of gland pores (gdS4); clunal setae J5 minute; genitiventrianal shield longer than wide, length/ width ratio: 1.3 (1.26–1.33), spermathecal tubes hyaline, hook-like, stout, relatively long, with well indicated and observable ductus; soft dorsolateral and opisthogastric integument bearing 14 pairs of setae (r6, R1, R3–R8, JV3–JV5, ZV2–ZV4) and four pairs of poroids (ivo1, ivo2, ivo3, ivp); tarsus II with two spur-like distal setae (pl1, pl2). Description. Female (n=4) Dorsal idiosoma (Fig. 1A) — Dorsal shield 669 (616–715) long, 403 (385–420) wide, length/width ratio: 1.7 (1.6–1.7), oval-shaped, ornamented with reticular pattern; with twelve pairs of poroids (idj4, idj6, idJ1, idJ2, idJ4, ids4, idS3, idS4, idS5, idz6, idZ2, idZ3); a pair of gland pores (gdS4) present on posterolateral margins, gdZ1 subcircular and well separated from gdS4; shield bearing 30 pairs of setae, smooth and needle-like, clunal setae J5 minute, other setae long. Lengths of dorsal setae: j1 25 (24–26), j2 67 (62–72), j3 79 (78–80), j4 72 (72–74), j5 51 (48–54), j6 84 (78–88), J1 91 (90–94), J2 88 (82–93), J3 86 (78–96), J4 83 (80–90), J5 9 (8–10), z1 52 (48–55), z2 88 (86–90), z4 102 (100–106), z5 65 (62–68), z6 94 (90–96), Z1 93 (88–98), Z2 98 (96–100), Z3 99 (94–104), s2 80 (76–84), s4 95 (88–100), s5 95 (88–100), s6 65 (60–68), S1 51 (50–54), S3 25 (24–28), S4 90 (86–93), S5 89 (84–93). Ventral idiosoma (Fig. 1B) — Sternal shield 217 (208–228) long, 116 (96–135) wide, reticulate and bearing four pairs of setae st1-4 and three pairs of poroids (iv1, iv2, iv4); shield posterior margin concave, reaching level of posterior margin of coxae IV. Length of setae: st1 77 (68–83), st2 73 (68–80), st3 61 (52–67) and st4 71 (68–73). Genitiventrianal shield 327 (304–348) long, 253 (240–260) wide, longer than wide, length/ width ratio: 1.3 (1.26–1.33), abutting sternal shield anteromesally, suboval, reticulate throughout and bearing genital setae st5 70 (68–72), with two pairs of opisthogastric setae JV1 71 (68–76), JV2 70 (64–80), one pair of pore (iv5) and three short circumanal setae. Metapodal plates small and oval. Dorsolateral and opisthogastric soft integument with eight pairs of marginal [r6 47 (46–48), R1 15 (14–16), R3 42 (40–44), R4 43 (42–44), R5 75 (74–76), R6 71 (64–80), R7 75 (74–76), R8 75 (74–76)] and six pairs of opisthogastric setae [JV3 68 (66–70), JV4 58 (56–60), JV5 87 (86–88), ZV2 70 (68–72), ZV3 88 (86–90), ZV4 77 (76–78)], respectively. Opisthogastric integument bearing four pairs of poroids (ivo1, ivo2, ivo3, ivp). Gnathosoma — Hypostomal seta h3 31 (28–34) and h1 30 (28–33) over twice longer than h2 13 (12–15) and palpcoxal setae pc 11 (10–14); corniculi elongated 77 (76–80) and horn-like (Fig. 2A); six transverse rows of denticles, followed posteriorly by a smooth ridge. Palptarsus with 3-tined apotele (Fig. 2B). Epistome with finely denticulate anterolateral margins, median process neck-like, concave laterally, with apical serration of elongate denticles (Fig. 2C). Movable digit of chelicera 62 (60–64), with large subterminal tooth and distal hook; fixed digit 47 (45–49) with two subterminal teeth and tridentate distal hook; pilus dentilis not seen (Fig. 3A). Spermathecal apparatus (Fig. 3B) — Sperm access system associated with coxae IV. Tubes of sperm induction system hyaline, well-developed, stout and slightly curved (somehow comma-shaped) with thin ductus inside. Legs (Fig. 3C) — Legs normal, shorter than idiosoma. Tarsus I-IV with ambulacrum and two claws. Female tarsus II with two spur-like distal setae (pl1, pl2). Leg lengths (including pretarsi): I 496 (464-520); II 450 (400-544); III 366 (336-408); IV 502 (472-544). Leg IV is the longest and leg III is the shortest one. Legs IV and I longer than legs II and III. Leg chaetotaxy normal for the genus. Leg I: coxa 1-1/0-1/1-0; trochanter 1-1/2-0/1-1; femur 2-2/3-3/1-2; genu 2-3/3-1/2-2; tibia 2-3/2-1/2-2; leg II: coxa 0-0/0-0/1-0; trochanter 1-2/1-0/0-1; femur μm for B. 2-2/3-1/2-1; genu 2-3/2-2/0-2; tibia 2-3/1-0/2-2, tarsus 3-3/4-3/2-3; leg III: coxa 0-0/0-0/0-0; trochanter 1-2/1-0/0-1; femur 1-2/1-0/1-1; genu 1-2/2-0/1-1; tibia 1-2/1-1/1-1, tarsus 3-4/3-2/3- 3; leg IV: coxa 0-0/0-0/0-0; trochanter 1-1/0-0/2-1; femur 1-2/1-0/1-1; genu 1-2/2-0/1-1; tibia 1-1/2-1/1-1, tarsus 3-3/4-3/2-3. Male. Not found.

A new species, Olopachys iraniensis n. sp. (Mesostigmata: Pachylaelapidae) is described based on adult females collected from soil in Guilan Province, northern Iran. Two identification keys are provided, one for all known species of Olopachys, and the other for species recorded from Iran. A brief review on pachylaelapid mites of Iran is also provided., Acarologia, 59, 46-56

Faez, Rohollah, Fathipour, Yaghoub, Shojaii, Mahmoud, Ahadiyat, Ali (2018): Effect of initial infestation on population fluctuation and spatial distribution of Panonychus citri (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Thomson navel orange in Ghaemshahr, Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (3): 265-278, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v7i3.37967, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/c80471c6-200a-30ce-85b5-43e8d6a53112/

Onchodellus alpinus (Willmann, 1953) Diagnosis Female with dorsal shield middle-sized, 580 long, 420 wide (length/width ratio: 1.38), oval, wellreticulated. Dorsal shield setae J1–2 65, J3–4 68, J5 33 long (J4 / J5 ratio: 2.06). Posterolateral margins of dorsal shield with one pair of slit-shaped gland pores (gdS4) close to seta S4, glands gdZ1 circular. Sternal shield 164 long, 100 wide (length/width ratio: 1.64), well reticulated. Genitiventral shield 200 long, 216 wide (length/width ratio: 0.92), reticulate-lineate. Anal shield subtriangular, smooth, 64 long, 100 wide (length/width ratio: 0.64). Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument bearing 12 pairs of smooth setae. Tarsus II with one spur-like distal seta. Sperm access system with a spermathecal tube long and sac-like basally. Material examined – 1 female, Saravan forest, from soil under pine tree, 14 June 2016. Distribution and habitats in Iran – This species was firstly recorded in honey bee hives from Tehran province (Region not mentioned) (Rahmani et al. 2006). World distribution – European countries (e.g. Central Europe, Alps area, Austria, Finland and Slovakia) (Karg 1993; Mašán 2007; Mašán and Mihál 2009; Mašán and Halliday 2014a; Huhta 2016). Note – This is the first record of this species in Guilan province., Published as part of Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2017, Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran, pp. 269-285 in Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4) on page 273, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712, http://zenodo.org/record/7174046, {"references":["Rahmani, H., Kamali, K., Saboori, A. & Nowzari, J. (2006) Mites of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) hives in Tehran province (Iran). 17 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Vol. 1, Pests. University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. p. 195.","Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach. Raubmilben. 2. Uberarbeitete Auflage. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1 - 523 (In German).","Masan, P. (2007) A review of the family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with systematic and ecology of European species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Mihal, I. (2009) Arachnids of the Cerova vrchovina highland (Arachnida: Araneae, Pesudoscorpiones, Opiliones, Acari). Statna ochrana prirody SR (Banska Bystrica) - Sprava CHKO Cerova vrchovina (Rimavska Sobota), Ustav zoologie SAV (Bratislava) - Ustav ekologie lesa SAV (Zvolen). 311 pp. (In Slovak).","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014 a) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1): 1 - 66.","Huhta, V. (2016) Catalogue of the Mesostigmata mites in Finland. Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 92: 129 - 148."]}

Pachylaelaps pectinifer (G. Canestrini, 1881) (Fig. 3) Diagnosis Female with dorsal shield oval, middle-sized, 800–816 long, 496–512 wide (length/width ratio: 1.59–1.61). Dorsal shield simple, needle-like. Setae J1 57–60, J2 77–80, J3 80–83, J4 85–88, J5 17– 18 (J4 / J5 ratio: 4.88–5). Sternal shield 240–272 long, 120–128 wide (length/width ratio: 2–2.12). Genitiventral shield 248–280 long, 280–296 wide (length/width 0.88–0.94). Anal shield subtriangular, 80–96 long, 152–168 wide (length/width ratio: 0.52–0.57). All ventral shields well reticulated. Two pairs of almost adjacent slit-shaped gland pores on posterolateral margins of dorsal shield. Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument bearing 14 pairs of smooth setae, containing six and eight pairs of marginal and opisthogastric setae, respectively. Tarsus II with two spur-like distal setae. Epistome with a distally serrated projection with long, narrow neck. Sperm access system with a well sclerotized Y-shaped tube. Male with dorsal shield 680–696 long, 400–472 wide (length/width ratio: 1.47–1.70). Dorsal shield setae J1 55–60, J2 80–88, J3 77–80, J4 82–84, J5 7–8 (J4 / J5 ratio: 10.50–11.71). Palptibia with no outgrowth. Tarsus II with two spur-like setae pl1 and pl2. Cheliceral spermatodactyle elongate, about 1.5 x as long as movable digit. Material examined – 4 females and 1 male, Astaneh- Ashrafieh Safrabasteh forest, from soil under oak trees, 2 July 2015; 1 male, Shaft Chubar forest, from soil under pine tree, 9 June 2016; 1 female, Astaneh- Ashrafieh Safrabasteh forest, from soil under oak trees, 14 June 2016. Distribution and habitats in Iran – This species is widely distributed in Iran. It was found in soil, leaf-litter, plant debris, and in association with a scarabaeid beetle, Copris hispanus (Linnaeus, 1764), in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (Saman, Shahrekord), Fars (Northwestern area), Golestan (Marzankalateh), Guilan (Region not mentioned), Isfahan (Najaf Abad, Mobarake, Kashan), Kerman (Baft, Jiroft), Lorestan (Khorramabad), Mazandaran (Nowshahr), Tehran (e.g. Rudbaar-Qasran of Shemiranat), West Azerbaijan (Miandoab, Urmia) provinces (Jalaeian et al. 2004; Ahangaran et al. 2010; Babaeian and Kazemi 2011; Bahrami et al. 2011; Rajaei et al. 2011; Rezaie et al. 2011; Sekonji et al. 2011; Ahadiyat and Cheraghali 2012; Balooch Shahryari et al. 2012; Ghasemi Moghadam and Ahadiyat 2012; Nazari-Tajani et al. 2012; Hasanvand et al. 2014; Zarei and Kazemi 2014; Abolghasemi and Kazemi 2016; Abutaleb Kermani et al. 2017; Shariati et al. 2017). World distribution – Azerbaijan, Croatia, East Russia, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, North Africa, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine and the USA (Koroleva 1977b; Salmane 2001; Salmane and Kontschán 2005, 2006; Mašán 2007; Kaczmarek et al. 2009; Mašán and Halliday 2009, 2014a)., Published as part of Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2017, Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran, pp. 269-285 in Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4) on page 277, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712, http://zenodo.org/record/7174046, {"references":["Jalaeian, M., Saboori, A. & Seyedoleslami, H. (2004) Report of mesostigmatic mites in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 23 (2): 125 - 126.","Ahangaran, Y., Afshari, A., Saboori, A., Kazemi, Sh. & Asadeh, Gh. (2010) Introduction of some pachylaelapid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Nowshahr Region. In: Manzari, S. (Ed.), 19 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Vol. 1, Pests. Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran, p. 368.","Babaeian, E. & Kazemi, Sh. (2011) Mites of the family Pachylaelapidae (Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea) in Shahrekord region, Iran. In: Kazemi, Sh. & Saboori, A. (Eds.), First Persian Congress of Acarology, International Center for Science, High Technology & Environmental Sciences, Kerman, Iran, p. 43.","Bahrami, F., Arbabi, M., Vafaei Shoushtari, R. & Kazemi, Sh. (2011) Mesostigmatic mites associated with Coleoptera and biodiversity calculation of these mites phoretic on dung beetles in Golestan Province (north of Iran). Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 9 (3): 345 - 366.","Rajaei, A., Kazemi, Sh. & Yazdanian, M. (2011) Soil-inhabiting Mesostigmatia of the superfamilies Uropodoidea and Eviphidoidea (Acari) in Baft region, Kerman province, Iran. In: Kazemi, Sh. & Saboori, A. (Eds.), First Persian Congress of Acarology, International Center for Science, High Technology & Environmental Sciences, Kerman, Iran, p. 50.","Rezaie, P., Safaralizadeh, M. H., Joharchi, O., Behboodzadeh, H. & Ehramiyan, N. S. (2011) Mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in Urmia region, Iran. In: Kazemi, Sh. & Saboori, A. (Eds.), First Persian Congress of Acarology, International Center for Science, High Technology & Environmental Sciences, Kerman, Iran, p. 51.","Sekonji, M. H., Nemati, A. & Hatami, M. (2011) Some edaphic mites of Mesostigmata (Acari) from Kashan, Iran. In: Kazemi, Sh. & Saboori, A. (Eds.), First Persian Congress of Acarology, International Center for Science, High Technology & Environmental Sciences, Kerman, Iran, p. 52.","Ahadiyat, A. & Cheraghali, Z. (2012) Faunistic study of pachylaelapid mites (Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea: Pachylaelapidae) in Roodbaar-Ghasraan region (Shemiraanaat county) of Tehran province. In: Sarafrazi, A., Asef, M. R., Mozhdehi, M., Mozhdehi, M., Solhjouy Fard, S. & Abdollahi, T. (Eds.), 20 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, p. 428.","Balooch Shahryari, N., Hajizadeh, J. & Asadi, M. (2012) Fauna of edaphic mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Jiroft city. In: Sarafrazi, A., Asef, M. R., Mozhdehi, M., Mozhdehi, M., Solhjouy Fard, S. & Abdollahi, T. (Eds.), 20 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, p. 518.","Ghasemi Moghadam, S. & Ahadiyat, A. (2012) Fauna of mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with green spaces and parks of Tehran, Iran. In: Murariu, D., Adam, C., Chisamera, G., Iorgu, E., Ovidiu Popa, L. & Paula Popa, O. (Eds.), Fourth Annual Zoological Congress of \" Grigore Antipa \" Museum (CZGA 2012), \" Ion Heliade Radulescu \" Amphitheatre of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, p. 139.","Nazari-Tajani, M., Hajizadeh, J. & Noei, J. (2012) First report of one pachylaelapid species (Mesostigmata: Pachylaelapidae) from Iran. In: Sarafrazi, A., Asef, M. R., Mozhdehi, M., Mozhdehi, M., Solhjouy Fard, S. & Abdollahi, T. (Eds.), 20 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, p. 510.","Hasanvand, I., Rahmati, M., Jafari, Sh., Pourhosseini, L., Chamaani, N. & Louni, M. (2014) Fauna of some mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Khorramabad Region, Lorestan Province, Iran. International Journal of Advanced Biological and Biomedical Research, 2 (12): 2867 - 2873.","Zarei, E. & Kazemi, Sh. (2014) Fauna of edaphic Mesostigmata (Acari) in apple orchards of Miandoab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. 21 st Iranian Plant Protection Congress,","Abolghasemi, S. & Kazemi, Sh. (2016) A new record of the genus Dendrolaelaps Halbert (Acari: Mesostigmata: Digamasellidae) from Iran. In: Talaei-Hassanloui, R. (Ed.), 22 nd Iranian Plant Protection Congress. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran, p. 510.","Abutaleb Kermani, R., Ahadiyat, A. & Joharchi, O. (2017) A research on the distribution of soil inhabiting mites of the superfamily Eviphidoidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) in the Kashan region, Isfahan Province, Iran. In: Hajiqanbar, H. and A. Saboori (Eds.), 3 rd International Persian Congress of Acarology. University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, pp. 2 - 3.","Shariati, R., Jalalizand, A. & Moradi-Faradonbeh, M. (2017) The fauna of edaphic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Saman County, Southwest Iran. In: Hajiqanbar, H. and A. Saboori (Eds.), 3 rd International Persian Congress of Acarology. University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, p. 36.","Koroleva, E. V. (1977 b) Family Pachylaelaptidae Vitzthum, 1931. In: Ghilyarov M. S. & Bregetova. N. G. (Eds.), A key to the soil-inhabiting mites, Mesostigmata. Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences: Petrograd. Nauka, Leningrad, USSR, pp. 411 - 483 (In Russian).","Salmane, I. (2001) A check-list of Latvian Gamasina mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) with short notes to their ecology. Latvijas Entomologs, 38: 27 - 38.","Salmane, I. & Kontschan, J. (2005) Soil Gamasina mites (Acari, Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata) from Hungary. I. Latvijas Entomologs, 42: 48 - 56.","Salmane, I. & Kontschan, J. (2006) Soil Mesostigmata mites (Acari, Parasitiformes) from Hungary. II. Latvijas Entomologs, 43: 14 - 17.","Masan, P. (2007) A review of the family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with systematic and ecology of European species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Kaczmarek, S., Marquardt, T. & Falenczyk-Kozirog, K. (2009) Checklist of soil Mesostigmata (Acari) of Central Croatia (Dalmatia) with some microenvironmental remarks. Polish Journal of Entomology, 78 (2): 177 - 184.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2009) Mesostigmatid mites associated with the dung beetle Copris lunaris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). European Journal of Entomology, 106 (4): 545 - 550.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014 a) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1): 1 - 66."]}

Onchodellus siculus (Berlese, 1892) Diagnosis Male with dorsal shield 576–630 long, 408–440 wide (length/width ratio: 1.41–1.43). Dorsal shield setae J4 72–75, J5 51–55 (J4/J5 ratio: 1.36–1.41). Sternogenital and ventrianal regions each bearing five pairs of setae. Opistogasteric and lateral idiosoma with 6–7 pairs of setae. Sternogenital region reticulated. Ventrianal region lineate medially. Cheliceral spermatodactyl elongated, about twice as long as cheliceral movable digit, increasingly tapered distally; sperm ducts positioned symmetrically in all sections of spermatodactyle. Terminal part of tarsus II with one spur-like seta pl1. Material examined – 1 male, forest areas of the Imamzadeh Hashem, from soil under poplar tree, 18 January 2016; 1 male, Astaneh-Ashrafieh Safrabasteh forest, from soil under oak tree, 14 June 2016. Distribution and habitats in Iran – This species was found in soil, foliage, and in association with a scarabaeid beetle, Pentodon sp., from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (Shahrekord), Hamedan (Region not mentioned), Kerman (Region not mentioned), West Azerbaijan (Miandoab Plain) provinces (Ahmadi 2002; Haddad Irani-Nejad et al. 2003; Rostami et al. 2010; Babaeian and Kazemi 2011). World distribution – Finland, Germany, Hungary, Korea, Latvia and Slovakia (Karg 1993; Salmane 2001; Salmane and Kontschán 2005; Mašán 2007; Huhta 2016; Keum et al. 2016). Note – This is the first record of this species in Guilan province., Published as part of Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2017, Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran, pp. 269-285 in Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4) on page 274, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712, http://zenodo.org/record/7174046, {"references":["Ahmadi, K. (2002) New records of six mite species of the genus Pachylaelaps from (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) Kerman province, Iran. 15 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Vol. 1, Pests. Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, p. 149.","Haddad Irani-Nejad, K., Hajiganbar, H. R. & Talebi Chaichi, P. (2003) Introduction of some mesostigmatic mites of sugarbeet fields in Miandoab plain. Journal of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources, 10 (2): 147 - 157. [In Persian with English abstract].","Rostami, E., Abassipour, H., Khanjani, M. & Askarianzadeh, A. (2010) Faunistic study of fruit tree mites in Hamedan Province, west of Iran. In: Moraes, G. J. de, Castilho, R. C. & Flechtmann C. H. W. (Eds.), 13 th International Congress of Acarology, Recife-PE, Brazil, p. 233.","Babaeian, E. & Kazemi, Sh. (2011) Mites of the family Pachylaelapidae (Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea) in Shahrekord region, Iran. In: Kazemi, Sh. & Saboori, A. (Eds.), First Persian Congress of Acarology, International Center for Science, High Technology & Environmental Sciences, Kerman, Iran, p. 43.","Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach. Raubmilben. 2. Uberarbeitete Auflage. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1 - 523 (In German).","Salmane, I. (2001) A check-list of Latvian Gamasina mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) with short notes to their ecology. Latvijas Entomologs, 38: 27 - 38.","Salmane, I. & Kontschan, J. (2005) Soil Gamasina mites (Acari, Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata) from Hungary. I. Latvijas Entomologs, 42: 48 - 56.","Masan, P. (2007) A review of the family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with systematic and ecology of European species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Huhta, V. (2016) Catalogue of the Mesostigmata mites in Finland. Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 92: 129 - 148.","Keum, E., Takaku, G., Lee, K. & Jung, C. (2016) New records of phoretic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Korea and their ecological implication. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 19 (2): 353 - 357."]}

Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza, Ahadiyat, Ali (2017): Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4): 269-285, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b291baa7-d39d-322b-b94d-4d97866901cf/

Pachylaelaps grandis Koroleva, 1977 Diagnosis Female with dorsal shield 920–1040 long, 632–704 wide (length/width ratio: 1.45–1.47). Most of dorsal idiosomal setae long, extending well behind the insertion of next setae. Sternal shield 256– 304 long, 128–160 wide (length/width ratio: 1.90–2), reticulated almost in two third anterior half, smooth posteriorly. Genitoventral shield wider than long, 320–360 long, 384–456 wide (length/width ratio: 0.78–0.83), posterior margin straight. Anal shield 96–152 long, 232–256 wide (length/width ratio: 0.41–0.59). Two pairs of adjacent slit-shaped gland pores (gdZ1, gdS4) on posterolateral margins of dorsal shield. Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument bearing 15 pairs of smooth setae, containing eight and seven pairs of opisthogastric and marginal setae, respectively. Tarsus II with two spur-like distal setae. Material examined – 3 females, Shaft Chubar forest, from soil under pine and poplar trees, 18 June 2015; 2 females, Astaneh-Ashrafieh Safrabasteh forest, from soil under oak trees, 2 July 2015; 7 females, Saravan forest, from soil under ironwood (Parrotia persica, Hamamelidaceae), oak and pine trees, 11 July 2015; 3 females, Shaft Chubar forest, from soil under pine and oak trees, 11 July 2015; 2 females, Rezvanshahr-Talesh Gisoum forest, from soil and moss under pine trees, 24 November 2015; 2 females, Guilan University pine forest, from soil under pine trees, 25 November 2015; 4 females, Shaft Chubar forest, from soil under poplar trees, 9 June 2016; 3 females, Saravan forest, from soil under hawthorn trees, 14 June 2016. Distribution and habitats in Iran – This species was found in soil, leaf-litter and plant debris in Golestan (Kalale, Minudasht), Mazandaran (Ecology Garden of Nowshahr) and Tehran (Rudbar-e Qasran of Shemiranat) provinces (Ahadiyat and Cheraghali 2012; Zakeri et al. 2012; Saberi et al. 2016). World distribution – Armenia, Georgia and Russia (Koroleva 1977a, b; Mašán and Halliday 2014a). Note – This is the first record of this species in Guilan province., Published as part of Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2017, Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran, pp. 269-285 in Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4) on page 276, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712, http://zenodo.org/record/7174046, {"references":["Ahadiyat, A. & Cheraghali, Z. (2012) Faunistic study of pachylaelapid mites (Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea: Pachylaelapidae) in Roodbaar-Ghasraan region (Shemiraanaat county) of Tehran province. In: Sarafrazi, A., Asef, M. R., Mozhdehi, M., Mozhdehi, M., Solhjouy Fard, S. & Abdollahi, T. (Eds.), 20 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, p. 428.","Zakeri, V., Kamali, K. & Hajiqanbar, H. R. (2012) Coprophage and edaphic mites of the families Macrochelidae and Pachylaelapidae in eastern region of Golestan Province, Iran. Journal of Iranian Plant Pests Research, 1 (1): 17 - 23 (In Persian with English abstract).","Saberi, S., Kazemi, Sh. & Ahadiyat, A. (2016) Edaphic mites of the cohort Gamasina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in the Ecological Garden of Nowshahr, Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology, 5 (2): 121 - 130.","Koroleva, E. V. (1977 a) Novye vidy kleshchei roda Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888 (Parasitiformes, Pachylaelaptidae). Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 27: 119 - 148 (In Russian).","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014 a) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1): 1 - 66."]}

Onchodellus hispani (Berlese, 1908) Diagnosis Female with dorsal shield oval, middle-sized, 568 long, 368 wide (length/width ratio: 1.54), marginal section reticulate and median section lineate. Dorsal shield setae J1 40, J2–3 76, J4, J5 long (J4 72, J5 44) and slightly differing in length (J4 / J5 ratio: 1.63). Sternal shield 200 long, 100 wide (length/width ratio: 2), lateral and median surfaces reticulate and smooth, respectively. Genitiventral shield 208 long, 224 wide, (length/width ratio: 0.92), median section with no reticulation. Anal shield subtriangular and smooth, 64 long, 120 wide, (length/width ratio: 0.53). Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument with 15 pairs of smooth setae. Tarsus II with one spur-like distal seta. Material examined – 1 female, Saravan forest, from soil and humus under pine tree, 11 July 2015. Distribution and habitats in Iran – This species was found in soil from Kerman province (Region not mentioned) (Ahmadi 2002). World distribution – European countries (e.g. Bulgaria, Italy, Poland and Slovakia) (Karg 1993; Mašán 2007; Mašán and Halliday 2009, 2014a; Mašán and Mihál 2009). Note – This is the first record of this species in Guilan province., Published as part of Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2017, Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran, pp. 269-285 in Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4) on pages 273-274, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712, http://zenodo.org/record/7174046, {"references":["Ahmadi, K. (2002) New records of six mite species of the genus Pachylaelaps from (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) Kerman province, Iran. 15 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Vol. 1, Pests. Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, p. 149.","Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach. Raubmilben. 2. Uberarbeitete Auflage. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1 - 523 (In German).","Masan, P. (2007) A review of the family Pachylaelapidae in Slovakia, with systematic and ecology of European species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea). Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 247 pp.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2009) Mesostigmatid mites associated with the dung beetle Copris lunaris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). European Journal of Entomology, 106 (4): 545 - 550.","Masan, P. & Halliday, B. (2014 a) Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 3776 (1): 1 - 66.","Masan, P. & Mihal, I. (2009) Arachnids of the Cerova vrchovina highland (Arachnida: Araneae, Pesudoscorpiones, Opiliones, Acari). Statna ochrana prirody SR (Banska Bystrica) - Sprava CHKO Cerova vrchovina (Rimavska Sobota), Ustav zoologie SAV (Bratislava) - Ustav ekologie lesa SAV (Zvolen). 311 pp. (In Slovak)."]}

Genus Onchodellus Berlese, 1904 Pachylaelaps (Onchodellus) Berlese, 1904: 452. Type species: Pachylaelaps (Onchodellus) reticulatus Berlese, 1904, by monotypy. Diagnosis Dorsal shield with 30 pairs of setae. Setae J5 normally developed, needle-like. Posterolateral margins of dorsal idiosoma with one or two pairs of gland pores. Sternal shield fused to metasternal platelets and endopodal elements, bearing four pairs of setae. Peritrematal shields fused to exopodal elements, and developed posteriorly. Genitiventral shield enlarged, closely adjacent to subtriangular anal shield. Soft integument with 10–15 pairs of setae. Hypostomal corniculi short and horn-like. Palp apotele three-tined. Sperm access systems associated with coxae III with long and fine spermathecal tubes. Genu I with 12 setae (2-5/3-2). Female tarsus II with one spur-like distal seta (pl1). Genu IV and tibia IV each with seven setae (1-4/1-1 and 1-3/2-1, respectively)., Published as part of Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2017, Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran, pp. 269-285 in Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4) on page 273, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712, http://zenodo.org/record/7174046

Olopachys caucasicus Koroleva, 1976 (Fig. 1) Diagnosis Female with dorsal shield 680–800 long, 440–528 wide (length/width ratio: 1.51–1.54). Dorsal shield setae J1 84–100, J2–3 100–112, J4 53–64, J5 reduced, 16–18 (J4 / J5 ratio: 3.31–3.55). Sternal shield 220–240 long, 120–140 wide (length/width ratio: 1.71–1.83). Genitiventrianal shield 344–416 long, 308–360 wide (length/width ratio: 1.11–1.15). Two pairs of close slit-shaped gland pores on posterolateral margins of dorsal shield. Soft lateral and opisthogastric integument bearing 13 pairs of smooth setae, containing seven and six pairs of opisthogastric and marginal setae, respectively. Tarsus II with two spur-like distal setae. Sperm access system with a short, slightly curved tube. Material examined – 3 females, Saravan forest, from soil under pine trees, 11 July 2015; 1 female, Rezvanshahr-Talesh Gisoum forest, from moss of oak tree, 24 November 2015; 1 female, Guilan University pine forest, from soil under pine tree, 25 November 2015; 1 female, Saravan forest, from soil under pine tree, 14 June 2016. Distribution and habitats in Iran – This species was previously found in soil, leaf-litter and decaying trunk of trees in Mazandaran (Nowshahr and Ecology Garden of Nowshahr) and East Azerbaijan (Arasbaran forests) provinces (Ahangaran et al. 2010; Mohammad-Dustar-Sharaf et al. 2016a, b; Saberi et al. 2016). World distribution – Armenia and Georgia (Koroleva 1976, 1977b). Notes – This is the first record of this species in Guilan province. According to the original description of the species provided by Koroleva (1976) studying an individual female, the length and width of dorsal shield were considered as 690 and 450, respectively, while here we measured six specimens, most of which were longer and wider than the Koroleva's specimen., Published as part of Mojahed, Samaneh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hosseini, Reza & Ahadiyat, Ali, 2017, Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran, pp. 269-285 in Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (4) on page 271, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712, http://zenodo.org/record/7174046, {"references":["Koroleva, E. V. (1976) New species of mites of the genus Olopachys Berlese, 1910 (Parasitiformes, Pachylaelaptidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 55: 480 - 496 (In Russian).","Ahangaran, Y., Afshari, A., Saboori, A., Kazemi, Sh. & Asadeh, Gh. (2010) Introduction of some pachylaelapid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Nowshahr Region. In: Manzari, S. (Ed.), 19 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Vol. 1, Pests. Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran, p. 368.","Saberi, S., Kazemi, Sh. & Ahadiyat, A. (2016) Edaphic mites of the cohort Gamasina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in the Ecological Garden of Nowshahr, Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology, 5 (2): 121 - 130.","Koroleva, E. V. (1977 b) Family Pachylaelaptidae Vitzthum, 1931. In: Ghilyarov M. S. & Bregetova. N. G. (Eds.), A key to the soil-inhabiting mites, Mesostigmata. Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences: Petrograd. Nauka, Leningrad, USSR, pp. 411 - 483 (In Russian)."]}