Persian Journal of Acarology

Abstract Aegyptobia gotohi sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on female specimens collected from barberry bushes, Berberis sp. (Berberidaceae) in Nurabad, Lorestan province, Iran.

Abstract Raphignathoid mites are important biological control agents of spider and eriophyid mites, and scale insects in agriculture and forestry. Therefore, a study on the fauna of superfamily Raphignathoidea in Zanjan city was carried out during 2012–2013. In this survey, 23 species belonging to 8 genera from 4 different families were collected and identified. Among them male of Stigmaeus shabestariensis Haddad Irani-Nejad, Lotfollahi & Akbari, 2010 was recorded for the first time from Zanjan, Iran and was new report to Acari fauna of the world, and also S. shabestariensis Haddad Irani-Nejad Haddad Irani-Nejad, Lotfollahi & Akbari, 2010 was the abundant mite species in Zanjan vicinities in our collected specimens.

Abstract A new species of the genus Eryngiopus, E. hamedanicus Khanjani, Mohammadi & Nazari sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on females collected from soil under pear trees, Negarkhaton Village, Famenin town, Hamedan province, Iran. 

Abstract A new species of the genus Eustigmaeus, E. isfahaniensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on female and male collected from soil under lichen, Najaf Abad town, Isfahan province, Iran. 

Abstract We report on 59 recorded and described species in 11 different genera, providing their original combination and synonymy, if relevant. The type locality of 29 species (47.4%) is Iran and the distributions of the others as follows: 13.5% Nearctic, 10.1% Neotropical, 6.7% Afrotropical, 5% Eastern Palearctic, 10.1% Oriental, 5% Australian and 3.3% are Pacific Islands. At this early stage of research, the Iranian fauna is dominated by Cenopalpus and to a lesser extent by Aegyptobia and Tenuipalpus.

Abstract Aegyptobia pirii sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on female specimens collected from Bromus tectorum L. (Poaceae) in Tuyserkan, Hamedan province in Iran. A key to all known Iranian species of the genus is provided.