Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 12 1 2025 12 01 Halacaridae (Acari) from Tenerife (Canary Islands) 1 19 238396 10.22073/pja.v12i1.76823 EN Furkan Durucan Department of Aquaculture, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Isparta, 32260, Turkey Juan Carlos De La Paz Grupo de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Tenerife, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain David Hernández Teixidor Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC), 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Journal Article In the present study, halacarid mites inhabiting various macroalgae, barnacles and sand sediments from Tenerife (Canary Islands) were examined and identified for the first time. Among 114 individuals, 11 halacarid species belonging to six genera were detected: <em>Agaue adriatica</em>, <em>Agauopsis brevipalpus</em>, <em>Agauopsis microrhyncha</em>, <em>Agauopsis tricuspis</em>, <em>Copidognathus lamelloides</em>,<em> C. magnipalpus</em>, <em>C. remipes</em>, <em>Halacarus subtilis</em>, <em>H. actenos</em>, <em>Halacaropsis hirsuta </em>and<em> Rhombognathus procerus</em>. Presence of the epibiont suctorian ciliate species “<em>Praethecacineta halacari</em>” on <em>C. magnipalpus</em> is reported for the first time from the Canary Islands. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_238396_cb03f38035ee92c7e3458528569d34a0.pdf