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Genus Myrmozercon Berlese Myrmozercon Berlese, 1902: 699. Myrmonyssus Berlese, 1903: 16. Type species Myrmonyssus diplogenius Berlese, 1903, designated by Berlese (1904) (synonymy by Rosario and Hunter 1988). Myrmonyssus (Laelaspulus) Berlese (1904): 437. Type species Myrmozercon acuminatus Berlese, 1903, by original designation (synonymy by Shaw and Seeman 2009). Parabisternalis Ueckermann & Loots, 1995: 35. Type species Parabisternalis yemeni Ueckermann & Loots, 1995, by original designation (synonymy by Shaw and Seeman 2009). Type species: Myrmozercon brevipes Berlese,1902 by monotypy. Type depository: Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Florence, Italy. Type locality and habitat: Italy, Portici, Naples, on Messor barbarus capitatus var. minor [Animalia: Hymenoptera: Formicidae]. Diagnosis The concept of Myrmozercon used here is based on that of Shaw and Seeman (2009) with modifications of Joharchi and Moradi (2013), and Kontschán and Seeman (2015)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Babaeian, Esmaeil, 2023, Rediscovery of Myrmozercon brachiatus Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) in south-west Iran, pp. 199-209 in Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (2) on pages 200-201, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v12i2.79934, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1902) Specie di Acari nuovi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 25: 697 - 700.","Berlese, A. (1903) Diagnosi di alcuninuove specie di Acari italiani, mirmecofili e liberi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 27: 12 - 28.","Berlese, A. (1904) Illustrazione iconografica degli Acari mirmecofili. Redia, 1: 299 - 474 + Plates.","Rosario, R. M. & Hunter, P. E. (1988) The genus Myrmozercon Berlese, with description of two new species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae). Journal of Parasitology, 74 (3): 466 - 470. DOI: 10.23 07 / 3282057","Shaw, M. D. & Seeman, O. D. (2009) Two new species of Myrmozercon (Acari: Laelapidae) from Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 2025: 43 - 55.","Ueckermann, E. A. & Loots, G. C. (1995) A new laelapid genus and species (Acari: Parasitiformes: Laelapidae) from Yemen. African Entomology, 3 (1): 35 - 38.","Joharchi, O. & Moradi, M. (2013) Review of the genus Myrmozercon Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae), with description of two new species from Iran. Zootaxa, 3686: 244 - 254.","Kontschan, J. & Seeman, O. D. (2015) Rediscovery and redescription of Myrmozercon brevipes Berlese, 1902 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae). Acarologia, 55: 19 - 31. DOI: 10.1051 / acarolo gia / 20152151"]}

Cataglyphisnodus(Brullé) is one of the fairly known ants of Iran. Here, we present new data on a morphotype from Chaharmahal-o Bakhtiari province (Cheri - Mavarz) closely related toC.nodus. The examined specimens were morphologically had very similar characters with the original description ofC. nodus. In order to explore thephylogenetic position of Iranian specimens, a fragment of the mitochondrialCytochrome coxidasesubunit 1 gene (COI) was used. The Iranian specimens belong to a clade containingC. holgerseniCollingwood & Agosti;C. niger(André),C. nodusandC. savignyi(Dufour). Surprisingly, it was clustered withC. holgerseni, indicating existence of a possibly undescribed species. The final taxonomic conclusion and description of the possible new species postponed until examination of the type specimens of bothC. nodusandC. holgerseni.

Ameroseius aegypticus El-Badry, Nasr & Hafez, 1979 Ameroseius aegypticus El-Badry, Nasr & Hafez, 1979: 2. Ameroseius aegypticus. — Zaher 1986: 401; Narita et al. 2015: 395; Mašán 2017: 26. Distribution and habitats – Egypt, from decayed debris under wild-sage (Lantana camara L.) (Lamiales: Verbenaceae), water weeds and barley grain (El-Badry et al. 1979; Nasr et al. 2011; ElSayed Gad et al. 2020). Published material from Iran – Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, Shahrekord, Saman, Farokhshahr, Boldaji and Choghakhor, from soil and decaying wood; Esfahan Province, Esfahan, from soil; Guilan Province, from stored rice, rice dust and debris (Roodbar), soil in olive orchards, (Sangar), rice hulls,; Sangar, Eslamabad (Shaqaji) Village, from woodchips, from soil, stored products, debris, plant foliage, leaves, wood, and manure; Kerman Province, Kerman, from cow manure and sheep manure; Khorasan Razavi Province, Kashmar, from soil of vineyards; Khuzestan Province, Izeh, from soil; Mazandaran Province, in honey bee hives; Khuzestan and Golestan Provinces, from soil, debris, soil of ants nests and fungi (Kazemi and Rajaei 2013; Nemati et al. 2018). Note – In all above refreences, this species has been reported as Sertitympanum aegypticus., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 406, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["El-badry, E. A., Nasr, A. K. & Hafez, S. M. (1979) Three new mite species of family Ameroseiidae from Egypt (Acari: Mesostigmata). Research Bulletin Faculty Agricultural Ain Shams University, 1028: 1 - 10.","Zaher, M. A. (1986) Predaceous and nonphytophagous mites in Egypt. Volumes 1 - 2. Cairo University, Cairo, 567 pp.","Narita, J. P. Z., Abduch, W. Y., de Moraes, G. J & Klingen, I. (2015) Description of a new species of Ameroseius Berlese (Acari: Ameroseiidae) from Norway, with a key to related species. Zootaxa, 4034 (2): 390 - 398. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4034.2.10","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Nasr, A. K., Magda, M., Abou-Elela & Saleh, Kh. M. A. (2011) Mites associated with water weeds in Egypt. Acarines, 5 (1): 33 - 36.","El-Sayed Gad, M., Metwally, A-S. M. & Bream, A. S. (2020) Some mesostigmatid mites associated with food stuff. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, 13 (2): 189 - 194. DOI: 10.216 08 / eajbsa. 2020.88643","Kazemi, Sh. & Rajaei, A. (2013) An annotated checklist of Iranian Mesostigmata (Acari), excluding the family Phytoseiidae. Persian Journal of Acarology, 2: 63 - 158."]}

Kleemannia guyimingi (Ma, 1997) Ameroseius guyimingi Ma, 1997: 140. Ameroseius chinensis Khalili-Moghadam & Saboori, 2016: 546 (nom. n. pro Ameroseius qinghaiensis Ma, 2008). Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 85) Kleemannia guyimingi. — Mašán 2017: 85. More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 85). Distribution and habitats – China, Jilin Province, on house mouse [Mus musculus (L.)] (Rodentia: Muridae); Qinghai Province, on brown rat [Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout)] (Rodentia: Muridae) (Ma 1997, 2008)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 419, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Ma, L. M. (1997) A new species of the genus Ameroseius from Jilin province, China (Acari: Ameroseiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 22 (2): 140 - 142.","Khalili-Moghadam A, Saboori A (2016) Redescription of Ameroseius eumorphus Bregetova (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae), a new record of Epicriopsis Berlese from Iran and a new homonym in Ameroseiidae. Acarologia, 56: 537 - 551. DOI: 10.1051 / acarologia / 20164138","Ma, Y. (2008) A new species of the genus Amerseius from Qinghai, China (Acari, Ameroseiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 33 (4) 748 - 750.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Ameroseius gabonensis Elsen, 1973 Ameroseius gabonensis Elsen, 1973: 753. Ameroseius gabonensis. — Narita et al. 2015: 396; Mašán 2017: 40. Distribution and habitats – Cameroon, on the dorsal side of the thorax of Doryllus depilis Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Elsen 1973); Democratic Republic of Congo, on base of elytra of Ancylonotus tribulus (Fabricius) (Coleoptere: Cermbycidae) (Elsen 1973); Gabon, on abdomen and wings of Crocisa meripes (Vachal) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (Elsen 1973)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 409, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Elsen, P. (1973) Nouvelles especes de Ameroseius Berlese, 1903 (Acari, Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae) phoretiques de Hymenopteres et de Col. opteres. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 87: 729 - 757.","Narita, J. P. Z., Abduch, W. Y., de Moraes, G. J & Klingen, I. (2015) Description of a new species of Ameroseius Berlese (Acari: Ameroseiidae) from Norway, with a key to related species. Zootaxa, 4034 (2): 390 - 398. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4034.2.10","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Ameroseius variolarius Ishikawa, 1972 Ameroseius variolarius Ishikawa, 1972: 101. Ameroseius variolarius. — Mašán 2017: 54. Distribution and habitats – Japan, from fungi, plants, soil and litter (Ishikawa 1972; Nakamura et al. 2006; Karasawa et al. 2008; Ishikawa 2012). Ameroseius vietnamensis Micherdzinski, 1965 Amesoseius (sic) vietnamensis Micherdziński, 1965: 17. Amersoseius (sic) vietnamensis. — Micherdziński 1965: 21. Ameroseius vietnamensis. — Ho et al. 2010: 91; Ma & Lin 2013: 84; Mašán 2017: 54. Distribution and habitats – China, Sichuan Province, from leaf litter (Ma and Lin 2013); Vietnam, from mould in a rocky cavity, leaf litter, dry and moist moss soil, (Micherdzinski 1965; Ho et al. 2010)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on pages 412-413, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Ishikawa, K. (1972) Studies on the mesostigmatid mites in Japan. V. Family Ameroseiidae Evans. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonensis, 45: 94 - 103.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Nakamura, Y., Ishikawa, K., Shiba, M., Fujikawa, T., Ono, H. Tamura, H. & Morikawa, H. (2006) Soil animals of the 88 Buddhist temples in Shikoku Island. Memoirs of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, 51: 25 - 48.","Karasawa, S., Beaulieu, F., Sasaki, T., Bonato, L., Hagino, Y., Hayashi, M., Itoh, R., Kishimoto, T., Nakamura, O., Nomura, S., Nunomura, N., Sakayori, H., Sawada, Y., Suma, Y., Tanaka, S., Tanabe, T., Tanikawa, A. & Hijii, N. (2008) Bird's nest ferns as reservoirs of soil arthropod biodiversity in a Japanese subtropical rainforest. Edaphologia, 83: 11 - 30. DOI: 10.20695 / EDAPHOLOGIA. 83.0 _ 11","Ishikawa, K. (2012) Species list of Acarina in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. The Department of Environment, Matsuyama City, pp. 265 - 272.","Micherdzinski, W. (1965) Two new species of Ameroseius Berlese 1903 (Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae) from Viet-Nam. Acarologia, 7: 17 - 29.","Ho, C. C., Ma, L. M., Wang, S. C. & Severinghaus, L. L. (2010) A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata). Formosan Entomolology, 30: 87 - 97. DOI: 10.6661 / TESFE. 2010012","Ma, L. M. & Lin, J. Z. (2013) A new species and a new record of the genus Ameroseius from Mainland, China (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica, 22: 82 - 85."]}

Ameroseiella macrochelae (Westerboer, 1963) Ameroseius macrochelae Westerboer (in Westerboer & Bernhard 1963: 501). Ameroseius apodius Karg, 1971a: 226. Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 20). Ameroseiella macrochelae. — Mašán 2017: 20. More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 20). Distribution and habitats – Finland, from mink, farm waste and compost (Huhta 2016); France, from compost (Westerboer and Bernhard 1963; Karg 1971a; 1993); Germany, from compost soil (Karg 1971a; 1993); Ireland, unspecified substrate (Evans and Till 1979); Poland, from nests of the white-tailed sea eagle Haliaeetus albicilla L. (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) (Gwiazdowicz et al. 2006), nests of birds (Bloszyk et al. 2009; 2011); Russia, Moscow, Novosibirsk Oblast and Rostov Oblast, from soil and litter (Bregetova 1977); Slovakia, from nest of Passer domesticus L. (Passeriformes: Passeridae), Haliaeetus albicilla L. (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) and Passer montanus (Passeriformes: Passeridae) (Mašán 2017); United Kingdom, unspecified substrate (Evans and Till 1979); Europe (country not mentioned), from nest of birds (Aves, Columbiformes: Columbidae) and nests of hoopoe (Upupa epops L.) (Bucerotiformes: Upupidae) (Sixl 1975; Krištofík et al. 2013)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 405, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Westerboer, V. I. & Bernhard, F. (1963) Die Familie Phytoseiidae Berlese 1916. In: Stammer, H. (Ed.), Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie mitteleuropaischer Acarina. Band II, Mesostigmata I. Geest and Portig, Leipzig, pp. 451 - 804.","Karg, W. (1971 a) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides). Raubmilben Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1 - 475.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Huhta, V. (2016) Catalogue of the Mesostigmata mites in Finland. Memoranda Society Fauna Flora Fennica, 92: 129 - 148.","Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach. Raubmilben. 2. Uberarbeitete Auflage. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1 - 523.","Evans, G. O. & Till, W. M. (1979) Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari- Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 35: 145 - 270. DOI: 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1979. tb 00059. x","Gwiazdowicz, D. J., Bloszyk, J., Bajerlein, D., Halliday, R. B. & Mizera, T. (2006) Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) inhabiting nests of the white-tailed sea eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (L.) in Poland. Entomologia Fennica, 17: 366 - 372. DOI: 10.33338 / ef. 84359","Bloszyk, J., Gwiazdowicz, D. J., Halliday, B., Dolata, P. T. & Goldyn, B. (2009) Nests of the black stork Ciconia nigra as a habitat for mesostigmatid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata). Biologia, 64: 962 - 968. DOI: 10.2478 / s 11756 - 009 - 0146 - z","Bloszyk, J., Drazina, T., Gwiazdowicz, D. J., Halliday, B., Goldyn, B., Napierala, A. & Rybska, E. (2011) Mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in nests of the Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) in Croatia. Biologia, 66 (2): 335 - 339. DOI: 10.2478 / s 11756 - 011 - 0011 - 8","Bregetova, N. G. (1977) Family Ameroseiidae (Berlese, 1919) Evans, 1961. In: Ghilyarov, M. S. & Bregetova, N. G. (Eds.), Key to the soil-inhabiting mites, Mesostigmata. Akademia Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 148 - 169.","Sixl, W. (1975) Zum Problem der verwilderten Stadttaube (Aves, Columbiformes, Columbidae). Mitteilungen der Abteilung fur Zoologie und Botanik am Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz, 4 (1): 87 - 97.","Kristofik, J., Masan, P. Sustek, Z. & Nuhlickova, S. (2013) Arthropods (Acarina, Coleoptera, Siphonaptera) in nests of hoopoe (Upupa epops) in Central Europe. Biologia, 68 (1): 155 - 161."]}

Sinoseius lobatus Bai, Gu & Fang, 1995 Sinoseius lobatus Bai, Gu & Fang, 1995: 436. Sinoseius pinnatus Huhta & Karg, 2010: 335. Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 121). Sinoseius pinnatus. — Fenďa & Lukáš 2014: 174. Sinoseius lobatus. — Mašán 2017: 121. Distribution and habitats – China, Ningxia Autonomous Region, on long-tailed dwarf hamster (Cricetulus longicaudatus Milne-Edwards) (Rodentia: Cricetidae) and Yunnan red-backed vole (Eothenomys miletus Thomas) (Rodentia: Cricetidae) (Bai et al. 1995; Peng et al. 2015); Finland, from bottom of straw shed and garden soil (Huhta and Karg 2010; Huhta 2016); Slovakia, from nest of Sitta europaea L. (Passeriformes: Sittidae) (Fenďa and Lukáš 2014)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 428, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Bai, X., Gu, Y. & Fang, L. (1995) A new genus and species of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Gamasina). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 20: 435 - 438.","Huhta, V. & Karg, W. (2010) Ten new species in genera Hypoaspis (s. lat.) Canestrini, 1884, Dendrolaelaps (s. lat.) Halbert, 1915, and Ameroseius Berlese, 1903 (Acari: Gamasina) from Finland. Soil Organisms, 82 (3): 325 - 349.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Fenda, P. & Lukas, J. (2014) First records of mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Slovakia. Folia Faunistica Slovaca, 19 (2): 171 - 175.","Peng, P. Y., Guo, X. G., Song, W. Y., Hou, P., Zou, Y. J., Fan, R. & He, X. S. (2015) Communities of gamasid mites on Eothenomys miletus in southwest China. Biologia, 70 (5): 674 - 682. DOI: 10. 1515 / biolog- 2015 - 0080","Huhta, V. (2016) Catalogue of the Mesostigmata mites in Finland. Memoranda Society Fauna Flora Fennica, 92: 129 - 148."]}

Epicriopsis atuberculatus Narita & Moraes, 2016 Epicriopsis atuberculatus Narita & Moraes, 2016: 478. Epicriopsis atuberculatus. — Mašán 2017: 61. Distribution and habitats – Brazil, State of Minas Gerais, on leaves of macaúba palm [Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq. Lodd.)] (Arecales: Arecaceae) (Narita and Moraes 2016); Colombia, on leaves of coffee plants and Matisia cordata Humb. and Bompl. (Malvales: Malvaceae) (Narita and Moraes 2016); Peru, on leaves of avocado plants (Narita and Moraes 2016)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 414, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Narita, J. P. Z. & de Moraes, G. J. (2016) A new species of Epicriopsis Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae) from Brazil, with a key to the world species of the genus. Zootaxa, 4114: 477 - 484. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4114.4.7","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Neocypholaelaps novaehollandiae Evans, 1963 Neocypholaelaps novaehollandiae Evans, 1963: 223. Neocypholaelaps novaehollandiae. — Mašán 2017: 111. More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 111). Distribution and habitats – New Zealand, on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), heads of bellbirds [Anthornis melanura (Sparrman)] (Passeriformes: Meliphagidae), on inflorescences of Rhopalostylis sapida H.Wendl. and Drude (Arecales: Arecaceae) (Evans, 1963; Gravatt, 1969; Kar et al. 2015); Europe (country not mentioned), on honey bees (Jong et al. 1982)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 426, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Evans, G. O. (1963) the genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13 (6): 209 - 230. DOI: 10.1080 / 00222936308651345","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Gravatt, D. J. (1969) A note on pollen mites found on bellbirds. Tane, 15: 99.","Kar, F., Lin, S. & Zhang, Z. - Q. (2015) Neocypholaelaps novaehollandiae Evans (Acari: Ameroseiidae) rediscovered: experiments on its life history and behavior. New Zealand Entomologist, 38: 126 - 133. DOI: 10.1080 / 00779962.2015.1043043","De Jong, D., Morse, R. A. & Eickwort, G. C. (1982) Mite pests of honey bees. Annual Review of Entomology, 27: 229 - 52."]}

Sertitympanum contiguum Elsen & Whitaker, 1985 Sertitympanum contiguum Elsen & Whitaker, 1985: 122. Sertitympanum contiguum. — Mašán 2017: 116. Distribution and habitats – Mexico, on Dipodomys nelsoni Merriam (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) (Bassols et al. 1993); United States of America, State of Oregon, on Dipodomys ordii Woodhouse (Elsen and Whitaker 1985); State of California, on elephant-eared kangaroo rat [Dipodomys elepantinus (Grinnell)] and Santa Cruz kangaroo rat [Dipodomys venustus (Merriam)] (Thomas et al. 1991)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 427, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Elsen, P. & Whitaker, J. O. (1985) Sertitympanum, a new genus of Ameroseiidae (Acarina, Mesostigmata) taken from rodents in the United States: including descriptions of three new species in the genus. Acarologia, 26: 122 - 137.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Bassols, B. I., Vargas, M. & Polaco, O. J. (1993) Algunas consideraciones sobre Sertitympanum contiguum Elsen & Whitaker, 1985 (Mesostigmata, Ameroseiidae) y descripcion del macho. Folia Entomologica Mexicana, 88: 1 - 7.","Thomas, H. H., Troy, L. B. & Charles, L. (1991) Parasitic and phoretic arthropods of the elephanteared and Santa Cruz Kangaroo rats. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 27 (2): 358 - 360."]}

Sertitympanum separationis Elsen & Whitaker, 1985 Sertitympanum separationis Elsen & Whitaker, 1985: 119. Sertitympanum separationis. — Elsen et al. 1992: 113; Mašán 2017: 119. Distribution and habitats – United States of America, State of Indiana, on thirteen-lined ground squirrel [Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Mitchill)] (reported as Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) (Rodentia: Sciuridae) (Elsen and Whitaker 1985; Elsen et al. 1992; Whitaker et al. 2007)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 427, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Elsen, P. & Whitaker, J. O. (1985) Sertitympanum, a new genus of Ameroseiidae (Acarina, Mesostigmata) taken from rodents in the United States: including descriptions of three new species in the genus. Acarologia, 26: 122 - 137.","Elsen, P., Hudson, H. & Whitaker, J. O. (1992) Descriptions of male and nymph of Sertitympanum separationis Elsen and Whitaker, 1985 (Acari: Ameroseiidae). Acarologia, 33 (2): 113 - 116.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum, 1943 Cypholaelaps Berlese, 1918: 117 (preocc. by Cypholaelaps Berlese, 1916b: 166). Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum, 1942: 763. Replacement name for Cypholaelaps Berlese, 1918: 117. Type species: Laelaps ampullula Berlese, 1910, by original designation. Indoseius Evans, 1955: 107. Type species: Indoseius stridulans Evans, 1955, by original designation. Synonymy by Evans (1963). Not Indoseius Ghai & Menon, 1969 (syn.: Indoseiulus Ehara, 1982, replacement name for Indoseius sensu Ghai & Menon, 1969). Neocypholaelaps. — Evans 1963: 210; Karg 1993: 220; Moraes & Narita 2010: 38. For diagnosis of the genus see Mašán (2017)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 424, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1918) Centuria quarta di Acari nuovi. Redia, 13: 115 - 192.","Berlese, A (1916 b) Centuria seconda di Acari nuovi. Redia, 12: 125 - 177.","Vitzthum, H. G. (1942) Acarina. In: Bronns, H. G. (Ed.), Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. 5. Band 5: Arthropoda. IV. Abteilung: Arachnoidea, 5 Buch, Acarina, Lieferung 5. Becker & Erler, Leipzig, pp. 641 - 800.","Berlese, A. (1910) Lista di nuove specie e nuovi generi di Acari. Redia, 6: 242 - 271.","Evans, G. O. (1955) A stridulating organ in the Acarina. Bulletin of the National Institute of Sciences of India, New Delhi, 7: 107 - 109.","Evans, G. O. (1963) the genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13 (6): 209 - 230. DOI: 10.1080 / 00222936308651345","Ghai, S. & Menon, M. G. R. (1969) Taxonomic studies on Indian mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acarina) II. Two new genera and species of Phytoseiidae. Oriental Insects, 3: 347 - 352. DOI: 10.1080 / 00305316.1969.10433928","Ehara, S. (1982) Two new species of phytoseiid mites from Japan (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 17: 40 - 45.","Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach. Raubmilben. 2. Uberarbeitete Auflage. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1 - 523.","De Moraes, G. J. & Narita, J. P. Z. (2010) Description of a new species of Neocypholaelaps (Acari: Ameroseiidae) from Brazil, with a key to the world species. Zootaxa, 2554: 37 - 44. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2554.1.3","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Kleemannia kosi El-Badry, Nasr & Hafez, 1979 Kleemania (sic) kosi El-Badry, Nasr & Hafez, 1979: 5. Kleemannia Kosi (sic). — Mohamed et al. 1985: 99. Kleemannia kosi. — Mohamed et al. 1985: 98; Zaher 1986: 402; Mašán 2017: 86. Distribution and habitats – Egypt, from debris under orange tree, Citrus sininses (L.) Osbeck (Sapindales: Rutaceae), from rice grain, maize grain, onion and garlic (El-Badry et al. 1979; Metwally et al. 2016; El-Sayed Gad et al. 2020)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 419, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["El-badry, E. A., Nasr, A. K. & Hafez, S. M. (1979) Three new mite species of family Ameroseiidae from Egypt (Acari: Mesostigmata). Research Bulletin Faculty Agricultural Ain Shams University, 1028: 1 - 10.","Mohamed, M. I., Zaher, M. A. & Mabrouk, A. M. (1985) Biological and morphological studies on Kleemannia kosi El-Badry, Nasr & Hafez (Ameroseiidae: Gamasida). Bulletin-Zoological Society of Egypt, 35: 98 - 107.","Zaher, M. A. (1986) Predaceous and nonphytophagous mites in Egypt. Volumes 1 - 2. Cairo University, Cairo, 567 pp.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Metwally, A. M., Abd-Allah, A. A., El-Din, H. M. G. & El-Bltagy, H. M. (2016) Mites associated with stored products. Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor, 54 (3): 649 - 658. DOI: 10.21608 / assjm. 2016.112623","El-Sayed Gad, M., Metwally, A-S. M. & Bream, A. S. (2020) Some mesostigmatid mites associated with food stuff. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, 13 (2): 189 - 194. DOI: 10.216 08 / eajbsa. 2020.88643"]}

Genus Ameroseiella Bregetova, 1977 Ameroseiella Bregetova, 1977: 167. Type species: Ameroseius apodius Karg, 1971a (syn.: A. macrochelae Westerboer, 1963), by original designation. For diagnosis of the genus see Mašán (2017)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 405, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Bregetova, N. G. (1977) Family Ameroseiidae (Berlese, 1919) Evans, 1961. In: Ghilyarov, M. S. & Bregetova, N. G. (Eds.), Key to the soil-inhabiting mites, Mesostigmata. Akademia Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 148 - 169.","Karg, W. (1971 a) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides). Raubmilben Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1 - 475.","Westerboer, V. I. & Bernhard, F. (1963) Die Familie Phytoseiidae Berlese 1916. In: Stammer, H. (Ed.), Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie mitteleuropaischer Acarina. Band II, Mesostigmata I. Geest and Portig, Leipzig, pp. 451 - 804.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Genus Asperolaelaps Womersley, 1956 Asperolaelaps Womersley, 1956a: 534. Type species: Asperolaelaps rotundus Womersley, 1956, by original designation. For diagnosis of the genus see Mašán (2017)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 413, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Womersley, H. (1956 a) On some new Acarina-Mesostigmata from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 42: 505 - 599.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Genus Sinoseius Bai & Gu, 1995 Sinoseius Bai & Gu (in Bai et al. 1995: 435). Type species: Sinoseius lobatus Bai, Gu & Fang, 1995, by original designation. For diagnosis of the genus see Mašán (2017)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 428, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Bai, X., Gu, Y. & Fang, L. (1995) A new genus and species of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Gamasina). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 20: 435 - 438.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Pseudoameroseius michaelangeli (Moraza, 2006) Ameroseius michaelangeli Moraza, 2006: 163. Pseudoameroseius michaelangeli. — Mašán 2017: 113. Distribution and habitats – Canary Islands (Spain), from soil and litter of Cheirolophus burchardii Susanna (reported as Cheirolophus canariensis subsp. subexpinnatus) (Asterales: Asteraceae) and Euphorbia aphylla Brouss. Ex. Willd. (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae) (Moraza 2006; Oromí and García 2009)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 427, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Moraza, M. L. (2006) A new species of Ameroseiidae from the Canary Islands, Spain (Acari: Mesostigmata). International Journal of Acarology, 32 (2): 163 - 167. DOI: 10.1080 / 0164795060 8684455","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Oromi, P. & Garcia, A. (2009) List of species of wild Canary Islands fungi, plants and terrestrial animals. Edicion y financiacion Gobierno de Canarias, 577 pp."]}

Family Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961 Ameroseiidae Evans (in Hughes, 1961: 244). Type genus: Ameroseius Berlese, 1904, by inference. For diagnosis of the family, see Mašán (2017)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 404, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Hughes, A. M. (1961) The mites of stored food. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Technical Bulletin No. 9. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 287 pp.","Berlese, A. (1904) Acari nuovi. Manipulus II. us. Redia, 1: 258 - 280.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Neocypholaelaps cocos Evans, 1963 Neocypholaelaps cocos Evans, 1963: 221. Neocypholaelaps cocos. — Baker & Delfinado-Baker 1985: 232; Halliday 1997: 197; Moraes & Narita 2010: 43; Narita et al. 2011: 62; Mašán 2017: 106. Distribution and habitats – Australia, State of Queensland, on flower of a dwarf variety of coconut (Halliday 1997); Solomon Islands, on inflorescence of Cocos nucifera L. (Arecales: Arecaceae) (Evans 1963)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 425, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Evans, G. O. (1963) the genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13 (6): 209 - 230. DOI: 10.1080 / 00222936308651345","Baker, E. W. & Delfinado-Baker, M. (1985) An unusual new species of Neocypholaelaps (Acari: Ameroseiidae) from the nests of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae). International Journal of Acarology, 11: 227 - 232. DOI: 10.1080 / 01647958508683421","Halliday, R. B. (1997) Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 10: 179 - 201. DOI: 10.1071 / IT 96010","De Moraes, G. J. & Narita, J. P. Z. (2010) Description of a new species of Neocypholaelaps (Acari: Ameroseiidae) from Brazil, with a key to the world species. Zootaxa, 2554: 37 - 44. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2554.1.3","Narita, J. P. Z., de Moraes, G. J. & Fernando, L. C. P. (2011) Two species of Neocypholaelaps from Sri Lanka (Acari: Ameroseiidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2741: 59 - 65. DOI: 10. 11646 / zootaxa. 2741.1.3","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Ameroseius denticulatus Gu & Guo, 1997 Ameroseius denticulatus Gu & Guo, 1997: 137. Ameroseius denticulatus. — Mašán 2017: 37. Distribution and habitats – China, Yunnan Province, on Yunnan red-backed vole [Eothenomys miletus (Thomas)] (Rodentia: Cricetidae) (Gu and Guo 1997; Luo et al. 2007)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 408, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Gu, Y. - M. & Guo, X. - G. (1997) A new species of the genus Ameroseius from China (Acari; Ameroseidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 22: 137 - 139.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Luo, L., Guo, X., Qian, T., Wu, D., Men, X. - Y. & Dong, W. (2007) Distribution of gamasid mites on small mammals in Yunnan Province, China. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 14: 71 - 78."]}

Ameroseius proteae Ryke, 1964 Ameroseius proteae Ryke, 1964: 344. Ameroseius proteae. — Mašán 2017: 49. Distribution and habitats – South Africa, on dry flower of sugarbush, Protea repens (L.) (reported as Protea mellifera) (Proteales: Proteaceae) (Ryke 1964; Roets 2006; Roets et al. 2007; Roets et al. 2011)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 411, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Ryke, P. A. J. (1964) Acarina associated with protea flowers in the Cape Province. Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 26 (2): 337 - 354. DOI: 10.1016 / j. funbio. 2011.01.005","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Roets, F. (2006) Ecology and systematics of South African Protea - associated Ophiostoma species. Dissertation presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Stellenbosch University, 245 pp.","Roets, F., Wingfield, M. J., Crous, P. W. & Dreyer, L. L. (2007) Discovery of fungus-mite mutualism in a unique niche. Environmental Entomology, 36 (5): 1226 - 1237. DOI: 10.1093 / ee / 36.5.1226","Roets, F., Wingfield, M. J., Wingfield, B. D. & Dreyer, L. L. (2011) Mites are the most common vectors of the fungus Gondwanamyces proteae in Protea infructescences. Fungal Biology, 115 (4 - 5): 343 - 50. DOI: 10.1016 / j. funbio. 2011.01.005"]}

Neocypholaelaps pradhani Gupta, 1969 Neocypholaelaps pradhani Gupta, 1969: 335. Neocypholaelaps pradhani. — Gupta 1985: 327; Moraes & Narita 2010: 43; Mašán 2017: 111. Distribution and habitats – India, State of Tamil Nadu, on flowers of apple tree [Malus domestica (Borkh.)] (reported as Pyrus malus, Rosales: Rosaceae) and fig trees (Gupta 1969; Singh et l. 2016)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 426, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Gupta, S. K. (1969) Description of a new species of mite of the genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acarina: Ameroseiidae) from India. Oriental Insects, 3: 335 - 337.","Gupta, S. K. (1985) Plant mites of India. Zoological Survey of India, Aurobindi Press, Calcutta, 520 pp.","De Moraes, G. J. & Narita, J. P. Z. (2010) Description of a new species of Neocypholaelaps (Acari: Ameroseiidae) from Brazil, with a key to the world species. Zootaxa, 2554: 37 - 44. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2554.1.3","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Neocypholaelaps favus Ishikawa, 1968 Neocypholaelaps favus Ishikawa, 1968: 38. Ameroseius bregetovae Livshits & Mitrofanov, 1975: 463. Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 106). Neocypholaelaps favus. — Mašán 2017: 106. More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 106). Distribution and habitats – Czech Republic, in bee hives (Haragsim et al. 1978); Denmark, in hives of honey bee (Schousboe 1986); Greece, on honey bee (Emmanouel et al. 1983); Hungary, in bee hives of Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (Kontschán et al. 2015c); Japan, on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (Ishikawa 1968; 1972; 2012; Okabe and Mkino 2008); Ukraine, from litter (Livshits and Mitrofanov 1975); Slovakia, in an apiary (Fenďa and Lukáš 2014); Turkey, on bee (Selçuk and Aydin 2013); Europe (country not mentioned), on honey bees (Jong et al. 1982)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 425, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Ishikawa, K. (1968) Studies on the mesostigmatid mites associated with the insects in Japan (I). Reports of Research Matsuyama Shinonome Junior College, 3: 197 - 218.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Haragsim, O., Samsinak, K. & Vobrazkova, E. (1978) The mites inhabiting the bee-hives in CSR. Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Entomologie, 87: 52 - 67.","Schousboe, C. (1986) Sjaelden mide i danske bistader (Neocypholaelaps favus). Tidsskrift for Biavl, 120: 322 - 325.","Emmanouel, N. G., Pelekassis, C. D. & Santas, L. A. (1983) Harmful mesostigmatic mites ectoparasitic to honey bees. Entomologia Hellenica, 1: 17 - 23.","Kontschan, J., Tobias, I., Bozsik, G. & Szocs, G. (2015 c) First record of Neocypholaelaps apicola from beehives in Hungary (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae): re-description and DNA barcoding. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 61: 237 - 245. DOI: 10.17109 / AZH. 61.3. 3.2015","Ishikawa, K. (1972) Studies on the mesostigmatid mites in Japan. V. Family Ameroseiidae Evans. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonensis, 45: 94 - 103.","Ishikawa, K. (2012) Species list of Acarina in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. The Department of Environment, Matsuyama City, pp. 265 - 272.","Fenda, P. & Lukas, J. (2014) First records of mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Slovakia. Folia Faunistica Slovaca, 19 (2): 171 - 175.","Selcuk, O. & Aydin, L. (2013) Other harmful arthropods in honeybees section 2: Acarina and Arachnida. Uludag Bee Journal, 13 (1): 41 - 51.","De Jong, D., Morse, R. A. & Eickwort, G. C. (1982) Mite pests of honey bees. Annual Review of Entomology, 27: 229 - 52."]}

Kleemannia tenella (Berlese, 1916) Ameroseius tenellus Berlese, 1916a: 47. Ameroseius lanatus Solomon, 1969: 274. Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 101). Ameroseius fimetorum Karg, 1971a: 230. Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 101). Kleemannia tenella. — Mašán 2017: 101. More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 101). Distribution and habitats – Georgia, from warehouse refuse (Bregetova 1977); Germany, from compost soil of greenhouse (Karg 1971a; 1993); Italy, from moss; (Berlese 1916a); Kazakhstan, from litter (Bregetova 1977); Moldavia, under hay (Bregetova 1977); Poland, on small mammals and nests of rodent (Haitlinger 1978c; 2010); Romania, from soil, on small rodents [Apodemus sylvaticus L. (Muridae) and Microtus arvalis Pallas (Cricetidae)] (Solomon 1969; Honciuc and Manu 2010; Manu and Onete 2016; Manu et al. 2015; 2017); Russia, Leningrad Oblast, Gor kiy, Tula Oblast, Rostov Oblast, Caucasus region, unspecified substrate (from litter, rodents nest, under hay, in warehouse refuse, in hen house) (Bregetova 1977), Western Siberia, on narrow-skulled vole Microtus gregalis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) Malkova and Bogdanov 2004); Republic of Tatarstan, from nests of birds and micromammal (Borisova 1977; Vinarskaya et al. 2016); Slovakia, from burrow entry of Spermophilus citellus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), on rotting leaves and vegetation rests (Mašán 2017); Ukraine, unspecified substrate (from litter, rodents nest, under hay, in warehouse refuse, in hen house) (Bregetova 1977), Kharkiv province, on Sorex araneus L. (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) (Naglov et al. 2006); United Kingdom, unspecified substrate (Turk 1953), Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 424, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1916 a) Centuria prima di Acari nuovi. Redia, 12: 19 - 67.","Solomon, L. (1969) Contributie la cunoasterea acaroparazitofaunei mamiferelor mici din Dobrogea. Comunicari stiintifice, 1969: 271 - 283.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Karg, W. (1971 a) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides). Raubmilben Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1 - 475.","Bregetova, N. G. (1977) Family Ameroseiidae (Berlese, 1919) Evans, 1961. In: Ghilyarov, M. S. & Bregetova, N. G. (Eds.), Key to the soil-inhabiting mites, Mesostigmata. Akademia Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 148 - 169.","Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach. Raubmilben. 2. Uberarbeitete Auflage. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1 - 523.","Honciuc, V. & Manu, M. (2010) Ecological study on the edaphic mites populations (Acari: Mesostigmata-Gamasina; Oribatida) in urban areas from Romania. Romanian Journal of Biology, 55: 3 - 17.","Manu, M. & Onete, M. (2016) Comparative ecological characterization of the soil mite populations (Acari: Mesostigmata) from some anthropogenic ecosystems, Romania. Oltenia. Studii si comunicari. Stiintele Naturii, 32 (1): 173 - 180.","Manu, M., Szekely, L., Oromulu, L. V., Barbuceanu, D., Honciuc, V., Maican, S., Fiera, C., Purice, D. & Ion, M. (2015) Invertebrates (Part II). In: Kelcey, J. G. (Eds.), Vertebrates and Invertebrates of European Cities: Selected Non-Avian Fauna. Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London, pp. 257 - 323.","Manu, M., Onete, M., & Bancila, R. I. (2017) The effect of heavy metals on mite communities (Acari: Gamasina) from urban parks-Bucharest, Romania. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 17 (9): 2071 - 2081.","Malkova, M. G. & Bogdanov, I. I. (2004) Landscape aspects of host-parasite relationships between parasitic arthropods and the narrow-skulled vole Microtus gregalis (Rodentia) in Western Siberia. Parasitology, 38 (4): 288 - 303.","Borisova, V. I. (1977) Gamasid mites from the nests of birds of the Volga-Kama State Reserve. Parasitology, 2: 141 - 146.","Vinarskaya, I. I. O., Gogdanov, N. N., Vinarsky, N. V., Vinarskaya, N. P. K., Bogdanov, I. I. & Vinarski, M. V. (2016) The structure of the ecological-faunistic complex of gamasid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasida) associated with Micromammalia in the Middle Irtysh River Region of Omskaya Oblast, Russia. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 15 (5): 427 - 438.","Naglov, V., Tkach, G. & Zorya, A. (2006) Shrews of Kharkiv province, their ectoparasites and epizootological value. Proceedings of Theriological School, 8: 175 - 185.","Turk, F. A. (1953) A synonymic catalogue of British Acari. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12 (6): 1 - 99."]}

Brontispalaelaps leveri Womersley, 1956 Brontispalaelaps leveri Womersley, 1956a: 533. Brontispalaelaps leveri. — Silva et al. 2014: 710; Mašán 2017: 58. Distribution and habitats – Papua New Guinea, on coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa longissima Gestro) (reported as Brontispa froggatti) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (Womersley 1956a); Solomon Islands, on coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa longissima) (reported as Brontispa froggatti) (Womersley 1956a); Thailand, on coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa longissima) (Silva et al. 2014)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 414, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Womersley, H. (1956 a) On some new Acarina-Mesostigmata from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 42: 505 - 599.","Silva, R. V., Narita, J. P. Z., Vichitbandha, P., Chandrapatya, A., Konvipasruang, P., Kongchuensin, M. & de Moraes, G. J. (2014) Prospection for predatory mites to control coconut pest mites in Thailand, with taxonomic descriptions of collected Mesostigmata (Acari). Journal of Natural History, 48 (11 - 12): 699 - 719. DOI: 10.1080 / 00222933.2013.839842","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Ameroseius womersleyi, Mašán, 2017 Ameroseius ornatus Womersley, 1956a: 547. Junior secondary homonym by Masán (2017: 54) Ameroseius womersleyi Mašán, 2017: 54. More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 54). Distribution and habitats – Australia, State of Tasmania, on strawberry plants (Womerrley 1956a; Halliday 1997); South Africa, on Protea obtusifolia H. Buek ex. Meisn (Proteales: Proteaceae) (Theron 2011). Published material from Iran – Fars Province, Estahban, from soil, leaves, litter, bark and saffron balb; Kerman Province, Rafsanjan, from soil of fruit groves (Kazemi and Rajaei 2013). Note – This species had been reported mistakenly from Iran by mentioned authors. Therefore, we removed it from Iranian mite fauna., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 413, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Womersley, H. (1956 a) On some new Acarina-Mesostigmata from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 42: 505 - 599.","Halliday, R. B. (1997) Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 10: 179 - 201. DOI: 10.1071 / IT 96010","Theron, N. (2011) Mite communities within Protea infructescences in South Africa. Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conservation Ecology at Stellenbosch University, 185 pp.","Kazemi, Sh. & Rajaei, A. (2013) An annotated checklist of Iranian Mesostigmata (Acari), excluding the family Phytoseiidae. Persian Journal of Acarology, 2: 63 - 158."]}

Ameroseius lehtineni Huhta & Karg, 2010 Ameroseius lehtineni Huhta & Karg 2010: 337. Ameroseius lehtineni. — Mašán 2017: 44. Distribution and habitats – Finland, from old pile of sawdust under barn and on fungus on dead wood (Huhta and Karg 2010; Huhta 2016)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 410, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Huhta, V. & Karg, W. (2010) Ten new species in genera Hypoaspis (s. lat.) Canestrini, 1884, Dendrolaelaps (s. lat.) Halbert, 1915, and Ameroseius Berlese, 1903 (Acari: Gamasina) from Finland. Soil Organisms, 82 (3): 325 - 349.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Huhta, V. (2016) Catalogue of the Mesostigmata mites in Finland. Memoranda Society Fauna Flora Fennica, 92: 129 - 148."]}

Genus Hattena Domrow, 1963 Hattena Domrow, 1963: 202. Type species: Hattena erosa Domrow, 1963, by monotypy. Edbarellus Manson, 1974: 115. Type species: Edbarellus tonganus Manson, 1974, by original designation. Synonymy by Halliday (1997). For diagnosis of the genus see Mašán (2017)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on pages 416-417, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Domrow, R. (1963) New records and species of Austromalayan laelapid mites. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 88: 199 - 220.","Manson, D. C. M. (1974) A new species, genus and subfamily of mesostigmatid mite (Acarina: Ascidae) associated with honey bees from Tonga. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 4: 115 - 122.","Halliday, R. B. (1997) Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 10: 179 - 201. DOI: 10.1071 / IT 96010","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Ameroseius matsudai Ishikawa, 1977 Ameroseius matsudai Ishikawa, 1977: 182. Ameroseius matsudai. — Ho et al. 2010: 91; Mašán 2017: 48. Distribution and habitats – China, Taiwan, from soil (Ho et al. 2010); Japan, on Japanese pine sawyer (Monochamus alternatus Hope) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) (Ishikawa 1977)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 411, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Ishikawa, K. (1977) On the mesostigmatid mites associated with cerambycid beetle, Monochamus alternatus Hope (II). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 50 (3): 182 - 186.","Ho, C. C., Ma, L. M., Wang, S. C. & Severinghaus, L. L. (2010) A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata). Formosan Entomolology, 30: 87 - 97. DOI: 10.6661 / TESFE. 2010012","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Hattena tongana Manson, 1974 Edbarellus tonganus Manson, 1974: 116. Hattena tonganus. — Klimov et al. 2016. Hattena tongana. — Halliday 1997: 188; Mašán 2017: 75. Distribution and habitats – Tonga, in a hive of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (Manson 1974); Europe (country not metioned), on honey bees (Apis spp.) (De Jong et al. 1982)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 417, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Manson, D. C. M. (1974) A new species, genus and subfamily of mesostigmatid mite (Acarina: Ascidae) associated with honey bees from Tonga. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 4: 115 - 122.","Klimov, P. B., OConnor, B., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G. R. & Scher, J. (2016) Bee Mite ID: Beeassociated mite genera of the world. USDA APHIS Identification Technology Program (ITP), Fort Collins, CO. http: // www. idtools. org / id / mites / beemites","Halliday, R. B. (1997) Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 10: 179 - 201. DOI: 10.1071 / IT 96010","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","De Jong, D., Morse, R. A. & Eickwort, G. C. (1982) Mite pests of honey bees. Annual Review of Entomology, 27: 229 - 52."]}

Kleemannia curvata (Gu, Wang & Bai, 1989) Ameroseius curvatus Gu, Wang & Bai, 1989: 48. Kleemannia curvata. — Mašán 2017: 81. Distribution and habitats – China, Ningxia Autonomous Region, on midday gerbil (Meriones meridianus Pallas) (Rodentia: Muridae) and from soil (Gu et al. 1989; Yan et al. 1999; Ma 2000)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 418, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Gu, Y. - M., Wang, C. - S. & Bai, X. - L. (1989) New species and new record of the genus Ameroseius from China (Acari: Ameroseiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 14: 46 - 51.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Yan, X., Chen, P., Zhang, X., Hou, W., Qin, L., Chen, Y. & Ma. L. M. (1999) 12 new records of skin mites in Heilongjiang. Chinese Journal of Vector Biology and Control, 10 (2): 133 - 134.","Ma, L. M. (2000) Description on male of Ameroseius curvatus and protonymph of Ameroseius taoerhensis (Acari: Gamasina: Ameroseiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica, 9: 75 - 77."]}

Hattena floricola Halliday, 1997 Hattena floricola Halliday, 1997: 190. Hattena floricola. — Faraji & Cornejo 2006: 291; Scoble & Clarke 2006; Mašán 2017: 74. Distribution and habitats – Australia, State of Victoria, on flowers of mountain correa (Correa lawrenceana Hook) (Sapindales: Rutaceae) (Halliday 1997; Scoble and Clarke 2006)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 417, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Halliday, R. B. (1997) Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 10: 179 - 201. DOI: 10.1071 / IT 96010","Faraji, F. & Cornejo, X. (2006) A new Hattena Domrow (Acari: Ameroseiidae) from Ecuadorian and new generic record for South America. International Journal of Acarology, 32 (3): 287 - 291. DOI: 10.1080 / 01647950608684470","Scoble, J. & Clarke, M. F. (2006) Nectar availability and flower choice by eastern spinebills foraging on mountain correa. Animal Behaviour, 72: 1387 - 1394. DOI: 10.1016 / j. anbehav. 2006.03.024","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Ameroseius callosus Mašán, 1998 Ameroseius callosus Mašán, 1998: 648. Ameroseius callosus. — Mašán 2017: 29. Distribution and habitats – Latvia, from Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.) P. Karst (Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae) on dry Pinus sylvestris L. (Pinales: Pinaceae), from Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr. (Polyporales: Polyporaceae) on Betula pendula Roth (Fagales: Betulaceae) (Salmane 2007a; Salmane and Brumelis 2010; Salmane 2011); Slovakia, from wood-destroying fungi on fruiting body of willow bracket fungus (Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél. (Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae), from wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp. (Polyporales: Polyporaceae), wood-destroying fungus (Phellinus sp.) growing on old walnut tree (Juglans regia L.) (Fagales: Juglandaceae) (Mašán 1998, 2017)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 406, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Masan, P. (1998) Ameroseius fungicolis sp. n. and A. callosus sp. n., two new ameroseiid species (Acarina, Mesostigmata) associated with wood-destroying fungi. Biologia, 53: 645 - 649.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Salmane, I. (2007 a) New and rare Mesostigmata mites (Acari, Parasitiformes) in Latvia. Latvijas Entomologs, 44: 119 - 120.","Salmane, I. & Brumelis (2010) Species list and habitat preference of Mesostigmata mites (Acari, Parasitiformes) in Latvia. Acarologia, 50 (3): 373 - 394. DOI: 10.1051 / acarologia / 20101978","Salmane, I. (2011) Mesostigmata mite (Acari, Parasitiformes) fauna and habitats Division Latvia. Ph. D. dissertation, Latvijas Universitatea Biologijas colleges (Biology degree of Doctor of Subsector: Zoology), 42 pp."]}

Genus Sertitympanum Elsen & Whitaker, 1985 Sertitympanum Elsen & Whitaker, 1985: 119. Type species: Sertitympanum separationis Elsen & Whitaker, 1985, by original designation. For diagnosis of the genus see Mašán (2017)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 427, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Elsen, P. & Whitaker, J. O. (1985) Sertitympanum, a new genus of Ameroseiidae (Acarina, Mesostigmata) taken from rodents in the United States: including descriptions of three new species in the genus. Acarologia, 26: 122 - 137.","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Neocypholaelaps ceylonicus Narita & Moraes, 2011 Neocypholaelaps ceylonicus Narita & Moraes (in Narita et al. 2011: 60). Neocypholaelaps ceylonicus. — Silva et al. 2014: 714; Mašán 2017: 105. Distribution and habitats – Sri Lanka, on inflorescences of Erythrina sp. (Fabales: Fabaceae), Hibiscus sp. (Malvales: Malvaceae) and Cocos nucifera L. (Arecales: Arecaceae) (Narita et al. 2011); Thailand, on leaflets, inflorescences and fruits of Cocos nucifera (Silva et al. 2014; Oliveira 2015)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 425, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Narita, J. P. Z., de Moraes, G. J. & Fernando, L. C. P. (2011) Two species of Neocypholaelaps from Sri Lanka (Acari: Ameroseiidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2741: 59 - 65. DOI: 10. 11646 / zootaxa. 2741.1.3","Silva, R. V., Narita, J. P. Z., Vichitbandha, P., Chandrapatya, A., Konvipasruang, P., Kongchuensin, M. & de Moraes, G. J. (2014) Prospection for predatory mites to control coconut pest mites in Thailand, with taxonomic descriptions of collected Mesostigmata (Acari). Journal of Natural History, 48 (11 - 12): 699 - 719. DOI: 10.1080 / 00222933.2013.839842","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Oliveira, D. C. (2015) Exploration of potential agent for the biological control of the red palm mite, Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), on coconut palms in Brazil. Thesis presented to obtain the degree of Doctor in Science. Area: Entomology, University of Sao Paulo \" Luiz de Queiroz \" College of Agriculture, 134 pp."]}

Genus Brontispalaelaps Womersley, 1956 Brontispalaelaps Womersley, 1956a: 533. Type species: Brontispalaelaps leveri Womersley, 1956, by original designation. Brontispalaelaps. — Evans 1963: 229; Mašán 2017: 57. For diagnosis of the genus see Mašán (2017)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 414, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Womersley, H. (1956 a) On some new Acarina-Mesostigmata from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 42: 505 - 599.","Evans, G. O. (1963) the genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13 (6): 209 - 230. DOI: 10.1080 / 00222936308651345","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304"]}

Epicriopsis stellata Ishikawa, 1972 Epicriopsis stellata Ishikawa, 1972: 95. Epicriopsis stellata. — Narita & Moraes 2016: 483; Mašán 2017: 69. Distribution and habitats – Japan, Hokkaido, from haystacks in persimmon grove, from litter (Ishikawa 1972), Takaku and Sasaki 2007); Russia, Sakhalin Oblast (Shikotan Island), from litter (Marchenko 2002)., Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Saboori, Alireza, 2021, World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 403-450 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4) on page 416, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440, http://zenodo.org/record/7173383, {"references":["Ishikawa, K. (1972) Studies on the mesostigmatid mites in Japan. V. Family Ameroseiidae Evans. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonensis, 45: 94 - 103.","Narita, J. P. Z. & de Moraes, G. J. (2016) A new species of Epicriopsis Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae) from Brazil, with a key to the world species of the genus. Zootaxa, 4114: 477 - 484. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4114.4.7","Masan, P. (2017) A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys, 704: 1 - 228. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys. 704.13304","Takaku, G. & Sasaki, T. (2007) Arboreal and forest floor mites (Acari: Gamasida, Oribatida) found in the Tomakomai experimental forest of Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Northern Japan. Journal of Hokkoaido University of Education (Natural Sciences), 58 (1): 23 - 36.","Marchenko, I. I. (2002) Faunistic review of free-living Gamasina mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) from Sakhalin and Kuril islands. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 1 (2): 31 - 48."]}

Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan, Saboori, Alireza (2021): World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4): 403-450, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440

Camponotus riedeli Pisarski, 1971 Fig. 19 Camponotus festai subsp. riedeli Pisarski, 1971: 728 (s.w.). Holotype major worker, Salahuddin ad Erbil, Iraq (MZPW) [Holotype worker images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0917222, photos by Kate Martynova, available on AntWeb.org]. Diagnosis. Hind tibia and scape with decumbent to suberect pilosity and additional erect setae; gena with numerous erect setae; head, mesosoma and gaster brownish-black to black, legs in major and minor workers mostly brownish-black only coxa yellowish to yellowish brown, scape and first segment of funiculus black, remaining segments of funiculus yellowish; pilosity on gaster dense. Distribution. Iraq (Pisarski 1971, Radchenko 1996). Biology. Camponotus riedeli is poorly known. Workers were collected on slopes of limestone hills (Pisarski 1971)., Published as part of Salata, Sebastian, Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Borowiec, Lech, 2020, Review of the Camponotus samius complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Turano-Balkan region, with the description of a new species from Iran, pp. 545-562 in Zootaxa 4763 (4) on page 561, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3762144, {"references":["Pisarski, B. (1971) Les fourmis du genre Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) d'Iraq. Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences. Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 19, 727 - 731."]}

Camponotus festai Emery, 1894 Figs 17���18 Camponotus maculatus subsp. festai Emery, 1894: 1 (s.w.). Syntype major worker, Bekfeya, Lebanon (MSNG) [Syntype worker images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0905286, photos by Will Ericson, available on AntWeb.org]. = Camponotus maculatus r. caeciliae Forel, 1906: 188 (s.w.); Emery, 1908: 187, as a junior synonym of C. festai. Syntype workers, Taurus, Turkey (Vogt) [not examined]. Diagnosis. Hind tibia and scape with decumbent to suberect pilosity and additional long, erect setae; gena with numerous erect setae; mesosoma and legs in major and minor workers uniformly reddish-brown, always brighter than black to dark brown head and gaster; gaster uniformly coloured without brighter colouration on its basal part, scape brownish black to black, funiculus yellowish-brown to brown; pilosity on gaster dense. Distribution. Israel, Lebanon, Syria (Ionescu-Hirsch 2010), Turkey (Ionescu-Hirsch 2010; Kiran & Karaman 2012). Biology. Camponotus festai is poorly known. It is a thermophile species, observed in open and arid environments, most often on hills with pastures and shrubs., Published as part of Salata, Sebastian, Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Borowiec, Lech, 2020, Review of the Camponotus samius complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Turano-Balkan region, with the description of a new species from Iran, pp. 545-562 in Zootaxa 4763 (4) on pages 558-561, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3762144, {"references":["Emery, C. (1894) Viaggio del Dott. E. Festa in Palestina, nel Libano e regioni vicine. XI. Descrizione di un nuovo Camponotus. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Universita di Torino, 9 (185), 1 - 2. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 8049","Forel, A. (1906) Fourmis d'Asie mineure et de la Dobrudscha recoltees par M. le Dr. Oscar Vogt et Mme Cecile Vogt, Dr. med. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 50, 187 - 190.","Emery, C. (1908) Beitrage zur Monographie der Formiciden des palaarktischen Faunengebietes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1908, 165 - 205. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 48019080202","Ionescu-Hirsch, A. (2010 [\" 2009 \"]) An annotated list of Camponotus of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a key and descriptions of new species. Israel Journal of Entomology, 39, 57 - 98.","Kiran, K. & Karaman, C. (2012) First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 3548 (1), 1 - 38. http: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3548.1.1"]}

Camponotus laconicus Emery, 1920 Figs 13���14, 22���23 Camponotus (Myrmoturba) samius var. laconicus Emery, 1920: 6. [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. samius var. laconica Emery, 1908: 192 (s.w.), unavailable name.] Syntype major and minor workers, Taygetos, Kambos, Greece, v.1901, coll. Holz (MHNG) [Syntype major and minor workers images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0905288 and CASENT0905289, photos by Will Ericson, available on AntWeb.org]. Diagnosis. Hind tibia and scape with decumbent to suberect pilosity but without additional erect setae; gena with numerous erect setae; mesosoma, head, and gaster in major and minor workers uniformly black; sometimes legs in minor workers partly reddish brown; gaster in major and minor workers without brighter colouration on its basal part; pilosity on gaster sparse and thin, distance between microsetae is equal to full lengths of microsetae, erect setae very dense; petiolar squama in major workers stout with distinctly convex anterior surface, in minor workers triangular in profile. Distribution. Greece (Salata & Borowiec 2018). Biology. Camponotus laconicus is a rare species, mostly recorded from warm, dry pine forests. It is also occasionally collected from Mediterranean shrubs along roadsides, stream valleys or gorges with plane trees. Nests are always under large stones, often on the sunny and arid edges of forests. Workers are active mainly at dawn., Published as part of Salata, Sebastian, Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Borowiec, Lech, 2020, Review of the Camponotus samius complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Turano-Balkan region, with the description of a new species from Iran, pp. 545-562 in Zootaxa 4763 (4) on page 554, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3762144, {"references":["Emery, C. (1920) Studi sui Camponotus. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 52, 3 - 48.","Emery, C. (1908) Beitrage zur Monographie der Formiciden des palaarktischen Faunengebietes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1908, 165 - 205. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 48019080202","Salata, S. & Borowiec, L. (2018) Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology, 27, 1 - 51. [online 008] http: // doi. org / 10.5281 / zenodo. 2199191"]}

Camponotus bakhtiariensis sp. nov. Figs 1–9 Type material: Holotype major worker (CASENT0872760): IRAN, Chaharmahal Va | Bakhtiari, Koohrang | Dashte laleh, 2400 m || 32.5884 / 50.2002 | 25 V 2017 | A. Khalili-Moghadam || Collection L. Borowiec | Formicidae | LBC-IR00068 (DBET-MNHW); four major, two medium, and three minor worker paratypes (CASENT0872761– CASENT0872769): the same data as holotype (MHNG, MSNG, MNHW-DBET). Diagnosis. Hind tibia and scape with decumbent to suberect pilosity but without additional erect setae; gena with numerous erect setae; mesosoma, head, and gaster in major and minor workers uniformly black to dark brown; gaster in major and minor workers without brighter colouration on its basal part; pilosity on gaster sparse and short, distance between microsetae is equal to full or two lengths of microsetae; erect setae sparse; petiolar squama in both major and minor workers slim with only slightly convex anterior surface. Description. Measurements. Major worker (n = 6): HL: 3.07 (2.63–3.28), HW: 2.91 (2.35–3.12), SL: 2.58 (2.40–2.70), WL: 3.88 (3.60–4.05), PW: 1.92 (1.73–2.00), PRL: 1.85 (1.67–2.03), PRW: 0.95 (0.82–1.06), PTH: 1.33 (1.20–1.40), PTW: 0.39 (0.37–0.41), CI: 1.06 (1.03–1.12), SI: 0.89 (0.86–1.02), PI: 3.40 (3.24–3.58). Medium worker (n = 2): HL: 2.41 (2.35–2.47), HW: 2.07 (1.97–2.17), SL: 2.39 (2.37–2.42), WL: 3.49 (3.30–3.67), PW: 1.64 (1.60–1.67), PRL: 1.44 (1.40–1.48), PRW: 0.98 (0.92–1.03), PTH: 1.17 (1.09–1.24), PTW: 0.34 (0.32–0.35), CI: 1.17 (1.14–1.19), SI: 1.16 (1.12–1.20), PI: 3.50 (3.11–3.88). Minor worker (n = 3): HL: 2.16 (1.96–2.30), HW: 1.67 (1.46–1.83), SL: 2.22 (2.13–2.33), WL: 3.19 (2.97–3.33), PW: 1.47 (1.34–1.59), PRL: 1.48 (1.38–1.68), PRW: 0.62 (0.58–0.64), PTH: 1.05 (0.96–1.20), PTW: 0.34 (0.30–0.36), CI: 1.30 (1.26–1.34), SI: 1.34 (1.27–1.46), PI: 3.13 (2.74–3.33). Body colouration. Head, mesosoma, petiolar scale and gaster black. Legs in major worker mostly dark brown to black only tarsi slightly paler coloured with first segment brown and distal segments reddish-brown, trochanters as dark coloured as femora (Figs 1, 2, 5, 6), in minor workers legs brown with slightly paler coloured tarsi; mandibles reddish-brown in major workers and yellowish-red to red in minor workers; antennal scape in both major and minor workers black, only basal knob yellowish and extreme base of scape reddish-brown (Figs 3, 4). Basal 2-3 segments of funiculus brown to dark brown basally and reddish brown apically, segments 4-11 gradually paler from reddish to yellowish-red (Figs 3, 4). Head. In major workers large, trapezoidal in outline, the widest close to upper margins of eyes, distinctly narrowed anteriad and rounded posteriad (Fig. 3), posterior margin almost straight. Anterior margin of clypeus in the middle without or with very shallow emargination. Eyes small, placed distinctly before mid-length of head, 0.43 times as long as length of tempora and approximately 0.67 times as long as length of genae. Scape short, 0.86 times as long as width of head, at apex 1.8 times wider than at base, without basal extension and without preapical constriction (Fig. 3). Funiculus moderately elongate and thin, 1.4 times as long as scape, first segment elongate, three times as long as wide on apex, 1.2 times as long as second segment, segment 3 almost equal in length and segments 4-6 slightly shorter than segment 3, segments 7-10 gradually shorter than second segment, segment 11 elongate, 2.7 times as long as wide. Surface of scape with fine microsculpture, very short and sparse adherent setae and on dorsal surface with row of suberect setae, without erect seate. Whole surface of head with numerous long, erect setae, also on clypeus, gena, in temporal parts and ventral surface. In minor workers head elongate, parallel sided, softly rounded posteriad (Fig. 8). Anterior margin of clypeus without or with very shallow emargination. Eyes proportionally larger than in major worker, placed distinctly before mid-length of head, small, approximately 0.48 times as long as length of tempora and approximately as long as length of genae. Scape elongate, slimmer than in major worker, 1.4-1.5 times longer than width of head, at base 0.7 times as wide as in apex, straight, without and without preapical constriction. Funiculus in shape and ratio of segments similar as in major worker. Surface of scape with fine microsculpture, covered with very short and sparse adherent setae, and on dorsal surface with row of suberect setae but without erect setae. Whole surface of head with numerous long, erect setae, also on clypeus, gena, in temporal parts and ventral surface (Figs 2, 6). Medium workers have head with characters intermediate between major and minor workers. All workers have mandibles short, dorsal surface at base with distinct microreticulation and on whole dorsal surface with longitudinal ridges and setose punctures, dull, inner margin with one large and 3-4 moderately large teeth. Clypeus on whole surface microreticulate and with sparse, moderately coarse, setose punctures, in minor workers appearing slightly shiny in major workers dull. Median carina distinct on whole clypeal length, anterior margin crenulate (Figs 7, 8). Frontal carinae short, extending at most to half-length of eye. Whole surface of head distinctly microreticulate and with small, sparse, setose punctures, appears distinctly dull, in major workers slightly duller than in minor workers. Mesosoma. In both major and minor regularly convex in profile with distinct suture between pronotum and mesono- tum, and between mesonotum and propodeum, in major worker propodeal angle in profile almost straight in minor worker softly rounded (Figs 2, 6). In lateral view propodeum across middle only slightly longer than mesonotum and in major workers as long as wide, in minor worker 1.43 times as long as wide. Whole surface of pronotum, dorsal part of mesonotum and propodeum covered with dense, very long erect setae (Figs 2, 6). Petiolar squama thin in profile, with moderately convex anterior surface, in both minor and major workers approximately twice as high as wide in lateral view, at top with several long, yellow setae (Fig. 9). Mesosoma on whole surface with distinct microreticulation and small, sparse punctation, on dorsal part as dull as on head, on sides slightly less dull than on head, especially in minor workers background of microreticulation slightly shiny. Petiolar scale. Microreticulate but appears more or less shiny. Gaster. On dorsum with numerous, long erect setae and sparse, short adherent setae, with distinct regular microsculpture, in major workers microsculpture only partly forms transverse cells or striation, in minor workers microsculpture forms distinct transverse striation. In major workers gaster appears dull in minor workers more or less shiny. Legs. Long, hind femora approximately 0.83 times as long as mesosoma, hind tibia as long as hind femora, first segment of hind tarsi approximately 0.73 times as long as hind femora. Lateral surface of hind tibia in major workers flat with more or less marked lateral channel, in minor workers flattened but without channel. Lateral and dorsal surface of femur and tibia with short, sparse, suberect pubescence but without erect setae, surface of femur and tibia microreticulate, appears dull in major workers and more or less shiny in minor workers. Hind tibia with one very long and 4-5 short apical spines and on inner surface with a row of 9-12 short spines. Distribution. Southwestern Iran: Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province. Biological notes and habitat description. Koohrang County is located in the northern part of the Chaharmahal Va Bakhtiari province. The county is surrounded by the Zagros Mountains, one of the two largest mountain ranges of Iran. It has an alpine climate. Dashte laleh, the type locality, is located on a small plateau, 3600 hectares and 2000-2600 m above sea level, and in May is predominantly overgrown by Snake’s head (Fritillaria imperialis). Other common plants recorded from this area are Milkvetch (Astragalus spp.), Persian shallot (Allium stipitatum), and kheshk (Daphne mucronata). The biology of the species is unknown. The only available material was collected from a nest which was found under a rock in a grazing area. Comments. Camponotus bakhtiariensis sp. nov. belongs to the complex of Turano-Balkan members of the Camponotus samius complex and is distinctly polymorphic, the largest major workers are 1.4 times longer than the smallest minor workers. It differs from C. festai by the lack of additional erect setae on the scape and hind tibia; from C. ionius by the uniformly black mesosoma and presence of erect setae on the genae; from C. samius in the uniformly black mesosoma and lack of brighter colouration of the basal part of gaster. Camponotus laconicus, an allopatric species from Greece, is the most similar. Camponotus bakhtiariensis sp. nov. has distinctly sparser and shorter setae and microsetae on the gaster, the petiolar node, in both major and minor workers, is slim with a slightly convex anterior surface, and the legs of minor workers are entirely dark brown. In the Turano-Balkan region there are other large Camponotus species of the subgenus Tanaemyrmex that are entirely or almost entirely black. These are not in the C. samius complex and differ in the absence of erect pubescence on scape and tibia.