Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 3 3 2026 02 01 Mites of the Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata) from Zanjan vicinities and description of male of Stigmaeusshabestariensis 187 202 241498 10.22073/pja.v3i3.10151 EN Narges Fakhari Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran Mohammad Khanjani Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran; Hasan Rahmani Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran Masoumeh Khanjani Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran; Journal Article Raphignathoid mites are important biological control agents of spider and eriophyid mites, and scale insects in agriculture and forestry. Therefore, a study on the fauna of superfamily Raphignathoidea in Zanjan city was carried out during 2012–2013. In this survey, 23 species belonging to 8 genera from 4 different families were collected and identified. Among them male of <em>Stigmaeus</em> <em>shabestariensis </em>Haddad Irani-Nejad, Lotfollahi & Akbari, 2010 was recorded for the first time from Zanjan, Iran and was new report to Acari fauna of the world, and also <em>S. shabestariensis </em>Haddad Irani-Nejad Haddad Irani-Nejad, Lotfollahi & Akbari, 2010 was the abundant mite species in Zanjan vicinities in our collected specimens. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_241498_90288d49a699cffd9bdff22283df116b.pdf