Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 4 1 2026 02 01 Oppiid mites (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae) from Alborz Province, with a key to the known species and new records for Iran 11 26 241364 10.22073/pja.v4i1.10183 EN Maryam Keshavarz Jamshidian Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran; Mohammad Ali Akrami Department of Plant Protection,College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran; Alireza Saboori Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj,Iran; 0000-0002-3101-1330 Journal Article In the course of a faunistic survey on oppiid mites in Alborz Province, 29 oppiid mite species (Oribatida: Oppiidae) belonging to 11 genera were identified from soil and litter samples, of which three species and one subspecies are new records for the mite fauna of Iran. For new species records, a brief diagnostic characterization is provided. A key to the subfamilies, genera and subgenera of Alborz Province is given. Moreover, a key to species for genera with more than one species is presented. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241364_e81a5128dcabcdebe1eca78a8fc50dbb.pdf