Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 3 4 2026 02 01 A new species of the genus FavognathusLuxton (Acari: Cryptognath-idae) from western Azerbaijani,Iran 311 320 241458 10.22073/pja.v3i4.10180 EN Mohammad Hassanzadeh Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Urmia, Urmia,Iran; Mohammad Khanjani Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University,Hamedan, Iran; 0000-0001-7197-3908 Mohammad Hassan SafarAlizadeh Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Urmia, Urmia,Iran; Shahram Mirfakhraee Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Urmia, Urmia,Iran; Journal Article A new species of the genus <em>Favognathus </em>Luxton is described from Iran, namely: <em>F. naghii </em>Hassanzadeh, Khanjani & SafarAlizadeh<strong> sp. nov.</strong>, collected from soil and litter under <em>Cydonia oblonga</em> Mill. (Rosaceae), Sardasht vicinity, Western Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Also, a key to all known species of the genus <em>Favognathus</em> is presented here. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241458_8e7f1ca35a0893ade09ee8978ea8dc03.pdf