Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 12 2 2025 12 01 Rediscovery of Myrmozercon brachiatusBerlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) in south-west Iran 199 209 238377 10.22073/pja.v12i2.79934 EN Arsalan Khalili-Moghadam Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord,Iran Esmaeil Babaeian Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran Journal Article <em>Myrmozercon</em> <em>brachiatus</em> Berlese, 1903 (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), originally described from Portici, Naples, Italy in 1903, is rediscovered for the first time in Iran from nests of <em>Messor</em> <em>mediosanguineus</em> Donisthorpe, using comparison with photographs of its holotype. These two female specimens were collected at Ben region, Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran. This new finding, far from the type locality, suggests a larger distribution of the species in the Palaearctic. A morphological description of these two specimens is provided. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_238377_6fdf705278cf4cd249c2ea7dbccae2f3.pdf