Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 5 4 2026 02 01 Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanct-uary of West Bengal, India 311 339 241183 10.22073/pja.v5i4.21599 EN Paramita Basu Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, India; Asok Kanti Sanyal Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, India; Journal Article An annotated checklist of oribatid mite taxa from Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary of West Bengal, India, is presented on the basis of a faunistic survey carried out inside the sanctuary from January, 2011 to December, 2012. A total of 44 oribatid species, belonging to 37 genera in 24 families, have been identified. The present study has also documented nine species as the new records from India. The most frequent species of this sanctuary are<em> </em><em>Protoribates (P.) magnus </em>(Aoki, 1982), <em>Lamellobates (L.) molecula </em>(Berlese, 1916),<em> </em><em>Perscheloribates (P.) albialatus </em>(Hammer, 1961)<em>, </em><em>Lamellobates (Paralamellobates) bengalensis </em>Bhaduri & Raychaudhuri, 1968,<em> Tectocepheus </em><em>velatus sarekensis </em>Trägårdh, 1910,<em> Multioppia radiata</em><strong> </strong>Hammer, 1961,<em> </em>and<em> </em><em>Hoplophorella cuculata </em>(Ewing, 1909). Additionally, the most species rich families of the study area are Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937<strong> </strong>and Scheloribatidae<strong> </strong>Grandjean, 1933. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241183_4afd6f014379890862594fdbc06ab8f4.pdf