Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 8 1 2026 01 01 First record of Macrocheles caelatus Berlese (Mesostigmata, Macrochelidae) from Iran 73 76 240827 10.22073/pja.v8i1.43387 EN Fateme Saeed Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology andEnvironmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, P.O.Box:76315-117, Kerman, Iran;E-mails: fateme.saeed23@gmail.com,shahroozkazemi@yahoo.com&sh.kazemi@kgut.ac.ir Shahrooz Kazemi Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology andEnvironmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, P.O.Box:76315-117, Kerman, Iran;E-mails: fateme.saeed23@gmail.com,shahroozkazemi@yahoo.com&sh.kazemi@kgut.ac.ir Journal Article In a faunistic survey on edaphic Mesostigmata in some parks in Kerman City, a female specimen of <em>M. caelatus</em> Berlese, 1918 was collected which considered as a new record for Iran mite fauna. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_240827_7e1fecfeeae41035b69ed1230a253740.pdf