Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 8 4 2026 01 01 First report of subfamily Africasiinae (Hydrachnidia:Athienemanniidae) from Western Palearcticbased on the description of a new species 327 331 239327 10.22073/pja.v8i4.51528 EN Isa Etemadi Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture,Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;E-mail:isa.etemadi@yahoo.com, m.asadi@uk.ac.ir Mahdieh Asadi Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture,Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;E-mail:isa.etemadi@yahoo.com, m.asadi@uk.ac.ir Journal Article A new species of the genus <em>Africasia </em>(Hydrachnidia: Athienemanniidae), <em>A. iranica </em><strong>sp. nov.,</strong> is described and illustrated based on females and males collected from<em> </em>a spring in Khuzestan province in Iran. This is the first report of the family Athienemanniidae from Iran. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_239327_d57c8474bb827514191073db51a7be55.pdf