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Imparipes (Imparipes) histricinus Berlese, 1903 World distribution. Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Angola, Austria, Tunisia, Mongolia, Australia, Ukraine, Russia and Iran (Razavi Khorasan and Ardabil Provinces), collected from nests of ants; mainly phoretic on Tetramorium caespitum L. and Messor sp. (Khaustov 2008; Loghmani et al. 2014; Khaustov & Tolstikov 2016; Sobhi et al. 2017). Material examined. Eight specimens were extracted from a vial containing 25 specimens of Lasius spp. ants collected by a light trap from Alangdareh Forest Park, Gorgan, Golestan Province, Northern Iran, 36.46°N, 54.26°E, altitude 420 m., coll. V. Rahiminejad, 24 June 2021. Remarks. This is the first record of phoretic association between the mite and ants of the genus Lasius. Also, this species is recorded from northern Iran for the first time., Published as part of Rahiminejad, Vahid, Nadimi, Ahmad & Seyedein, Sarina, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Imparipes Berlese (Acari: Heterostigmata: Scutacaridae) associated with ants in Iran, pp. 585-593 in Zootaxa 5133 (4) on page 590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/6531183, {"references":["Khaustov, A. A. (2008) Mites of the family Scutacaridae of Eastern Palaearctic. Akademperiodyka, Kiev, 291 pp.","Loghmani, A., Hajiqanbar, H. & Talebi, A. A. (2014) New records of mites of the superfamily Pygmephoroidea (Acari: Heterostigmatina) associated with insects from northeastern Iran and new host records. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 19 (2), 154 - 159. https: // doi. org / 10.11158 / saa. 19.2.5","Khaustov A. A. and Tolstikov A. V. (2016) The diversity, mite communities, and host specificity of pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with ants in Western Siberia, Russia. Acarina, 24: 113 - 136.","Sobhi, M., Hajiqanbar, H. and Mortazavi, A. A. (2017) A contribution to the knowledge of scutacarid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Scutacaridae) associated with Coleoptera and Hymenoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) from northwestern Iran. Acarologia, 57 (4), 1103 - 1111. https: // doi. org / 10.24349 / acarologia / 20174222"]}

Imparipes (Imparipes) obsoletus Rack, 1966 World distribution. This species has a world-wide distribution, inhabits soil and is phoretic on various ant species, such as Lasius flavus (F.), L. umbratus (Nylander, 1846)., L. alienus (Foerster, 1850), L. (Lasius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758), L. (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798), Formica (Serviformica) fusca Linnaeus, 1758, F. (Serviformica) rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 and Messor spp. (Khaustov 2008; Khaustov & Tolstikov 2016). Material examined. Four specimens of this mite species were obtained in a vial containing ethanol 75% and 11 specimens of Lasius spp. ants, collected by a light trap in Alangdareh Forest Park, Gorgan, Golestan Province, northern Iran, 36.46°N, 54.26°E, altitude 432 m., coll. V. Rahiminejad, 30 July 2021. Remarks. This species is a new record for mite fauna of Iran., Published as part of Rahiminejad, Vahid, Nadimi, Ahmad & Seyedein, Sarina, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Imparipes Berlese (Acari: Heterostigmata: Scutacaridae) associated with ants in Iran, pp. 585-593 in Zootaxa 5133 (4) on page 590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/6531183, {"references":["Khaustov, A. A. (2008) Mites of the family Scutacaridae of Eastern Palaearctic. Akademperiodyka, Kiev, 291 pp.","Khaustov A. A. and Tolstikov A. V. (2016) The diversity, mite communities, and host specificity of pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with ants in Western Siberia, Russia. Acarina, 24: 113 - 136."]}

Genus Imparipes Berlese, 1903 Type species Imparipes histricinus Berlese, 1903, by original designation., Published as part of Rahiminejad, Vahid, Nadimi, Ahmad & Seyedein, Sarina, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Imparipes Berlese (Acari: Heterostigmata: Scutacaridae) associated with ants in Iran, pp. 585-593 in Zootaxa 5133 (4) on page 586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/6531183

Hakimitabar, Masoud, Rahiminejad, Vahid, Nadimi, Ahmad, Fadaei, Elnaz (2022): New host and the second record of Erythraeus (Zaracarus) lancifer (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae). Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (2): 361-364, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v11i2.73205

Genus Neomicrodispus Hajiqanbar & Hosseininaveh, 2014 Type species: Neomicrodispus iranicus Hajiqanbar & Hosseininaveh, 2014, by original designation. Type species along with N. sibiriensis Khaustov, 2018, constitute the genus (Hajiqanbar and Hosseininaveh 2014; Khaustov 2018)., Published as part of Seyedein, Sarina, Rahiminejad, Vahid & Nadimi, Ahmad, 2020, Two new species of microdispid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Lucanus ibericus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), pp. 595-606 in Acarologia 60 (3) on page 600, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20204388, http://zenodo.org/record/5402345, {"references":["Hajiqanbar H., Hosseininaveh F. 2014. A new genus and species of the family Microdispidae (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with Oryctes nasicornis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and redescription of the monotypic genus Vietodispus Mahunka, 1975. Zool. Stud., 53: 58. doi: 10.1186 / s 40555 - 014 - 0058 - 7"]}

Premicrodispus longicaudus Khaustov, 2006 World distribution – Crimea, in a soil sample (Khaustov 2006); Iran, in a soil sample of pomegranate orchards (Filekesh et al. 2014). Material examined – Three colonies of females were obtained in the vials containing beetles Geotrupes spiniger (Col.: Geotrupidae) and Lucanus ibericus (Col.: Lucanidae) during over-night samplings by a light trap in Alang-Dareh forest, Gorgan, HezarPich hill 36.83 N, 54.39 E, and altitude 430 m a.s.l., Gorgan and Kordkuy forest 36.75 N, 54.11 E, and altitude 50 m a.s.l., during Summer 2014. Remarks – This is the first phoresy record for this mite., Published as part of Rahiminejad, Vahid & Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza, 2020, New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran, pp. 233-242 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 235, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61223, http://zenodo.org/record/4644986, {"references":["Khaustov, A. A. (2006) A review of the genera Premicrodispus Cross, 1965 and Dolichodispus gen. nov. (Acari: Microdispidae) of Crimea. Acarina, 14 (2): 155 - 174.","Filekesh, M., Hajiqanbar, H. & Jabaleh, I. (2014) New records of three species of the superfamily Pygmephoroidea (Acari: Heterostigmata) from Asia. Persian Journal of Acarology, 3: 277 - 283. DOI: 10.22073 / pja. v 3 i 4.10170"]}

Rahiminejad, Vahid, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza (2020): New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3): 233-242, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61223

Pediculaster camerikae Khaustov, 2008 World distribution – Crimea, in cow dung (Khaustov 2008a); Western Siberia, in cow dung (Khaustov 2020). Material examined – One mite colony including 21 specimens attached to ventral body surface of Helina sp. (Diptera: Muscidae) was found. The hosts captured by a light trap in shore of Caspian Sea, Bandar-E-Turkmen, 30 May 2014. Remarks – This species is recorded from Iran for the first time. Also, it is the first record of phoresy for this mite., Published as part of Rahiminejad, Vahid & Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza, 2020, New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran, pp. 233-242 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 236, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61223, http://zenodo.org/record/4644986, {"references":["Khaustov, A. A. (2008 a) A new mite genus of the family Pygmephoridae (Acari, Heterostigmata) from Russia. Entomological Review, 88: 491 - 496.","Khaustov, A. A. (2020) Three new species and new records of Pediculaster (Acari: Pygmephoridae) from Western Siberia, Russia. Acarologia, 60 (2): 317 - 337."]}

Following a short-term faunistic study on soil inhabiting heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Heterostigmata), during springwinter 2019, in Gorgan, Golestan Province, northern Iran, a total of six species from five genera of two families were identified. Among them Promicrodispus pumilis (Sevastianov, 1975) and Premicrodispus montanus Khaustov, 2006 are new records for mite fauna of Iran. The genus Promicrodispus Khaustov, 2017 is recorded for the first time for the mite fauna of Iran. Moreover, Pre. akermanae (Sevastianov & Al Douri, 1988), Paramicrodispus scarabidophilus Hajiqanbar & Rahiminejad, 2012, Pygmodispus (Allodispus) latisternus Paoli, 1911 and Scutacarus sphaeroideus Karafiati, 1959 were collected from soil in the sampling sites. The world distribution of the mites is reviewed.

Two new species of the microdispid mites (Acari: Microdispidae) phoretic on Lucanus ibericus are described from Iran: Premicrodispus gorganiensis Rahiminejad and Seyedein sp. nov. and Neomicrodispus lucani Rahiminejad and Seyedein sp. nov. The mites were collected from forests with Hornbeam trees (Carpinus spp.) and Oak trees (Quercus spp.) in Gorgan, northern Iran. The distribution of the heterostigmatic mites on lucanid beetles is reviewed. Also, a key to species of the Neomicrodispus is provided., Acarologia, 60, 595-606

During a comprehensive survey of the heterostigmatic mites associated with dung beetles in the hyrcanian forests, northern Iran, several colonies of the pygmephoroid mites including four species of the genus Spatulaphorus Rack, 1993, S. copridis Khaustov, 2007, S. gorganica Rahiminejad & Hajiqanbar, 2011, S. vladimiri Khaustov, 2005 and S. geotruporum Khaustov, 2005 phoretic on Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham, 1802) were found. This is the first record of S. geotruporum from Asia. Furthermore, this is the first record of phoresy of S. geotruporum on G. spiniger.

Key to world species of the genus Elattoma (Females) 1. Seta h 2 absent......................................................................................... 2 - Seta h 2 present........................................................................................ 7 2. Seta pl��� on tarsus II spatulate.......................................................................... 3 - Seta pl��� on tarsus II spine like........................................................................... 5 3. Solenidion �� 2 shorter than solenidion �� 1, seta e longer than seta h 1, setae h 1 bluntly ended............. E. abeskoun sp. nov. - Solenidion �� 2 longer than solenidion �� 1, seta e shorter than seta h 1, setae h 1 pointed.................................. 4 4. Seta f more than three times longer than seta e, seta c 1 longer than seta c 2...................... E. cerambycidum sp. nov. - Seta f less than three times longer than seta e, seta c 1 shorter than seta c 2.................... E. kornilovi Khaustov, 2000 5. Most hysterosomal setae strong and serrate, solenidion �� 2 longer than solenidion �� 1.......... E. alaskensis Khaustov, 2003 - Hysterosomal setae smooth, solenidion �� 2 shorter than solenidion �� 1............................................ 6 6. Seta f more than two times longer than seta e, seta h 1 longer than seta e......................... E. alni Khaustov, 2003 - Seta f less than two times longer than seta e, seta h 1 shorter than seta e........................ E. fraxini Khaustov, 2000 7. Seta f more than two times longer seta e....................................... E. bennetti (Cross and Moser, 1971) - Seta f less than two times longer seta e..................................................................... 8 8. Seta d not reaching to posterior border of tergite D...................................... E. karafiati (Krczal, 1959) - Seta d reaching to posterior border of tergite D............................................................. 9 9. Solenidion �� 2 longer than solenidion �� 1................................................ E. crossi Khaustov, 2000 - Solenidion �� 2 shorter than solenidion �� 1................................................. E. lata Khaustov, 2000, Published as part of Rahiminejad, Vahid, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Fathipour, Yaghoub, 2011, Two new species of the genus Elattoma (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Pygmephoridae) phoretic on Morimus verecundus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Iran, pp. 48-56 in Zootaxa 2903 on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204757, {"references":["Khaustov, A. A. (2000) Mites of the genus Elattoma (Acariformes: Pygmephoridae) from Crimea and North-West Russia. Vestnik Zoologii, 34 (1 - 2), 77 - 83.","Khaustov, A. A. (2003) Two new species of the mite genus Elattoma (Acarina: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoridae) from Russia and U. S. A. Acarina, 11 (2), 221 - 224.","Cross, E. A. & Moser, J. C. (1971) Taxonomy and biology of some Pyemotidae (Acarina: Tarsonemoidea) inhabiting Bark beetle galleries in North American Conifers. Acarologia, 13 (1), 47 - 64.","Krczal, H. (1959) Systematic und Okologie der Pyemoten. In: Stammer H. J. (ed.), Beitrag zur Systematic und Okologie mitteleuropaischer Acarina. Vol. 1, Abschn. 3. Geest und Portig, Leipzig, pp. 385 - 625."]}

Elattoma cerambycidum Rahiminejad & Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Figures 1���7) Differential diagnosis. The new species is close to E. kornilovi Khaustov, 2000 but differs from it by seta f more than three times longer than seta e (seta f two times longer than seta e in E. kornilovi) and seta c 1 longer than seta c 2 (seta c 1 shorter than seta c 2 in E. kornilovi). The new species is also resembles E. abeskoun sp. nov. but differs from it by solenidion �� 2 longer than �� 1 (solenidion �� 2 shorter than �� 1 in E. abeskoun), seta e shorter than h 1 (seta e longer than h 1 in E. abeskoun), seta f more than three times longer than e (seta f less than two times longer than e in E. abeskoun) and setae h 1 pointed (setae h 1 blunt-ended in E. abeskoun). Phoretic female. Length of idiosoma 172 (169���179), width 89 (83���91). Gnathosoma (Figs. 1, 2). Gnathosomal capsule subquadrangular, dorsally with a median small apodeme, one pair of cheliceral setae ch 2 (2���3) needlelike and one pair of small postpalpal setae pp located anterolaterally to setae ch; ventrally with one pair of subcapitular setae su 4 (4���5) needlelike; each palp dorsally with two needlelike setae dFe 2 (2���3) and dGe 3 (3���4), dGe longer than dFe, ventrally with accessory setigenous structure (ass), two solenidia and one tiny rod-shape structure; chelicerae indiscernible; pharyngeal system (Fig. 3) with three pumps, pump 1 smallest, pump 2 the largest and striated, pump 3 oval-shaped. Idiosomal dorsum (Fig. 1). Rounded stigmata visible in anterior part of prodorsal shield with conspicuous atria; all dorsal setae smooth and pointed; prodorsal shield with one pair of capitate trichobothria and three pairs of setae v 1 20 (18���20), v 2 12 (11���12) and sc 2 22 (22���23), seta v 1 longer than seta v 2, both shorter than seta sc 2; all tergites smooth, tergite C with two pairs of setae c 1 25 (24���26) and c 2 22 (22���23), seta c 1 longer than c 2, posterior border of tergite C slightly concave medially; tergite D with setae d 25 (24���27) and one pair of cupuli ia; tergite EF with two pairs of setae e 8 (7���8) and f 27 (26���27) and one pair of cupuli im, seta f more than 3 times longer than seta e; tergite H with only one pair of setae h 1 14 (13���15) and one pair of cupuli ih; Distances between dorsal idiosomal setae: v 1 ��� v 1 11 (11���13), v 2 ��� v 2 35 (35���37), sc 2 ��� sc 2 32 (30���34), c 1 ��� c 1 37 (36���37), c 2 ��� c 2 61 (58���62), d���d 44 (43���47), e��� e 44 (44���47), f���f 33 (31���34), h 1 ��� h 1 29 (26���31). Idiosomal venter (Fig. 2). Ventral plates smooth; all ventral setae smooth and pointed except setae ps 1 and ps 2 which are needlelike; apodemes 1 and 2 reaching to presternal apodeme (appr), sejugal apodeme (apsej) not reaching to appr, no apodemes III and V, apodeme IV vestigial, poststernal apodeme (appo) very short; posterior border of poststernal plate bi-parties; epimeres I with three pairs of setae 1 a 11 (10���12), 1 b 4 (4���5) and 1 c 12 (11���12), 1 b shortest, 1 a and 1 c subequal; epimeres II with two pairs of setae 2 a 9 (8���10) and 2 c 10 (8���11), 2 a and 2 c subequal; epimeres III with three pairs of setae 3 a 13 (13���15), 3 b 13 (10���13) and 3 c 12 (11���13), all subequal; epimeres IV with only one pair of seta 4 b 11 (10���11); tergite PS with two pairs of setae ps 1 6 (6 - 6) and ps 2 5 (4���5). Legs. Leg I (Fig. 4) thicker and shorter than other legs; setal formula: Tr 1 -Fe 4 -Ge 2 -TiTa 17 (2) (number of solenidia in parenthesis). Tibiotarsus with one large claw; solenidion �� 1 5 (5���6) prominent and finger shaped; solenidion �� 2 7 (7���8) uniformly thin, �� 2 longer than �� 1, with six eupathidial setae (p���, p���, ft���, ft���, tc��� and tc���) bluntly ended, tc��� and tc��� on pinnaculum, setae pl��� and pl��� whip-like, setae d whip-like and longest on leg I and almost two times longer than pl���, seta v��� more than two times longer than v���, seta l��� twice as long as l���; genu with seta l��� longer than l���; femur with seta d hook-like, seta l��� longer than l���, seta v��� sparsely barbed and longer than l��� and l���; trochanter with seta v��� sparsely barbed. Leg II (Fig. 5). Setal formula: Tr 1 -Fe 2 -Ge 1 -Ti 4 (1)-Ta 6 (1). Solenidion �� 4 (4 - 4) finger shaped, anterior to modified and spatulate seta pl���, seta pv��� spine like, seta tc��� whip-like and approximately three times longer than tc���, seta u��� needlelike, sometimes indiscernible in some species; tibia with a small finger shaped solenidion �� 2 (2��� 3), setae d and v��� subequal, seta l��� needlelike and shorter than length of its segment; genu with only one seta l��� needlelike; femur with seta d needlelike, shorter than v���; trochanter with seta v��� weakly barbed. Leg III (Fig. 6). Setal formula: Tr 1 -Fe 1 -Ge 1 -Ti 4 (1)-Ta 6. Tarsus with seta pl��� spatulate, setae pv��� spine like, seta u��� needlelike, seta tc��� whip-like and longest; tibia with a small solenidion �� 1 (1���2) and four subequal setae; genu with seta l��� almost three times longer than seta d on femur; femur divided into basifemur and telofemur, seta d needlelike and inserted on telofemur; seta v��� on trochanter smooth. Leg IV (Fig. 7). Ambulacrum stalked; setal formula: Tr 1 -Fe 2 -Ge0-Ti 3 (1)-Ta 6. Tarsus with seta pl��� short, behind wipe-like and ultralong seta tc���; seta u��� blunt-ended; setae pv��� and pv��� subequal, both shorter than tc���; tibia with small solenidion �� 1 (1���2), seta d longer than setae v��� and v���; genu with no seta; femur divided into basifemur and telofemur, setae d and v��� inserted on telofemur, seta v��� more than two times longer than d; trochanter with seta v��� smooth. Male and larva unknown. Type material. Holotype female (15 / 1) phoretic on Morimus verecundus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) clinging to ventral surface, around coxae I���III, collected from Oak trees in Naharkhoran forest, Golestan province, northern Iran, 36.46��N, 54.27��E, altitude 450 m., coll. V. Rahiminejad, 26 June 2009. Paratypes: more than 150 females, same collection data as holotype. Etymology. The name of the new species refers to its host family name, Cerambycidae., Published as part of Rahiminejad, Vahid, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Fathipour, Yaghoub, 2011, Two new species of the genus Elattoma (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Pygmephoridae) phoretic on Morimus verecundus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Iran, pp. 48-56 in Zootaxa 2903 on pages 49-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204757, {"references":["Khaustov, A. A. (2000) Mites of the genus Elattoma (Acariformes: Pygmephoridae) from Crimea and North-West Russia. Vestnik Zoologii, 34 (1 - 2), 77 - 83."]}