Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 14 1 2025 12 01 Oribatid mites(Acari, Oribatida) from the vicinityof El Limón waterfall, Dominican Republic 197 207 238132 10.22073/pja.v14i1.86332 EN Sergey G. Ermilov Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia 0000-0002-0913-131X Vladimir M. Salavatulin Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Centre, Southern Branch, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Journal Article Forty-three species of oribatid mites (Oribatida), belonging to 31 genera and 18 families, were collected from leaf litter in a mixed forest from the vicinity of El Limón waterfall, Samaná Province, northern Dominican Republic; of these, 15 species, 13 genera and five families are recorded in this country for the first time. A new species of the genus <em>Suctobelbella</em>—<em>S. </em>(<em>Flagrosuctobelba</em>) <em>limonensis </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>—is described. Fauna morphology Neotropical Region new record Suctobelbella Taxonomy https://www.persianacarology.org/article_238132_20341e704fbd7e4b48dcc50e21c6c768.pdf