A new species and a new record of the family Rhodacaridae Oudemans (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia.

In the present study, a new species of the genus <italic>Multidentorhodacarus</italic> Karg, <italic>M</italic>. <italic>deesaensis</italic> <bold>sp. nov</bold>. is described and illustrated based on the female. The specimens of the new species were collected from leaf litter underneath <italic>Citrus</italic> trees. Additionally, the genus <italic>Afrodacarellus</italic> Hurlbutt is reported for the first time from Saudi Arabia with the species <italic>A</italic>. <italic>xucurukariri</italic> Santos and Castilho collected from soil under <italic>Coffea arabica</italic> L.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7A4E9DE1-8CF5-4260-BA85-37504A76C988http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:91428D10-8686-43A8-90D7-3638E469F586 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]