Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 11 4 2025 12 01 Two new species of Pavania(Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae) associated with scarab beetles(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Tanzania and Madagascar 545 558 238470 10.22073/pja.v11i4.76531 EN Alexander Khaustov Tyumen State University, Tyumen, 6 Volodarskogo Str., 625003 Russia Andrey Frolov Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia Journal Article Two new species of <em>Pavania </em>(Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae) phoretic on dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scara-baeidae), <em>P. neoafricana</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong> has been collected on <em>Heliocopris neptunus</em> in Tanzania, and <em>P. madagascariensis</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong> has been collected on <em>Helictipleurus quadripunctatus </em>in Madagascar are described. The updated key to species of the genus <em>Pavania</em> is provided. The family Dolichocybidae is reported from Madagascar for the first time. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_238470_7794e31930f6c94c3d2c2969b390bf00.pdf