Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 8 4 2026 01 01 The Iranian Hyalomma(Acari: Ixodidae) with molecular evidencesto understand taxonomic statusof species complexes 291 308 239324 10.22073/pja.v8i4.49892 EN Asadollah Hosseini Chegeni Department of Plant Protection,Pol-e Dokhtar Higher Education Center, Lorestan University, Pol-e Dokhtar, Iran; E-mail: hosseinichegeni@gmail.com Reza Hosseini Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; E-mail:telmadarraiy@tums.ac.ir Mohammad Abdigoudarzi Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Department of Parasitology, Reference Laboratory of Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases, Karaj, Iran; E-mail: m.abdi@rvsri.ac.ir Journal Article The identification of Hyalomma is a challenging issue in the systematics of ixodid ticks. Here, we examined 960 adult males of Hyalomma tick from 10 provinces of Iran using morphological and molecular methods. PCR was carried out on 60 samples to amplify an ITS2 fragment of nuclear and a COI fragment of mitochondrial genomes. Nine species, namely H. aegyptium, H. anatolicum, H. asiaticum, H. scupense, H. dromedarii, H. excavatum, H. marginatum, H. rufipes and H. schulzei were identified. The validity of H. rufipes and H. excavatum can be challenged. We concluded that these species should be regarded as H. marginatum and H. anatolicum complexes, respectively. Furthermore, the taxonomic status of the two closely related H. anatolicum and H. asiaticum was confirmed as distinct species.

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Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 8 4 2026 01 01 A contribution to the knowledge of oribatidand mesostigmaticmites (Acari) with new records in Georgia 309 325 239326 10.22073/pja.v8i4.51419 EN Maka Murvanidze Institute of Entomology,Agricultural University of Georgia. 240, D. Aghmashenebely Alley 0131,Tbilisi, Georgia;E-mail: m.murvanidze@agruni.edu.ge,ntodr2013@agruni.edu.ge Levan Mumladze Institute of Ecology of Ilia State University,Cholokashviliave 3/5, 0165, Tbilisi, Georgia;E-mail: lmumladze@gmail.com Nino Todria Institute of Entomology,Agricultural University of Georgia. 240, D. Aghmashenebely Alley 0131,Tbilisi, Georgia;E-mail: m.murvanidze@agruni.edu.ge,ntodr2013@agruni.edu.ge Journal Article We provide new records of five oribatid and 10 mesostigmatic mite species for Georgia. As a result, the number of oribatid mites registered for Georgia increased to 548 and the preliminary number of Mesostigmata species to 136. For each record, diagnostic characters, coordinate data, habitat and information about regional and world distribution are provided.

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Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 8 4 2026 01 01 First report of subfamily Africasiinae (Hydrachnidia:Athienemanniidae) from Western Palearcticbased on the description of a new species 327 331 239327 10.22073/pja.v8i4.51528 EN Isa Etemadi Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture,Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;E-mail:isa.etemadi@yahoo.com, m.asadi@uk.ac.ir Mahdieh Asadi Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture,Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;E-mail:isa.etemadi@yahoo.com, m.asadi@uk.ac.ir Journal Article A new species of the genus Africasia (Hydrachnidia: Athienemanniidae), A. iranica sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on females and males collected from a spring in Khuzestan province in Iran. This is the first report of the family Athienemanniidae from Iran.

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Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 8 4 2026 01 01 First record of larva of the water mite Hydrachna skorikowi Piersig(Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hydrachnidae)from Iran 333 341 239328 10.22073/pja.v8i4.55321 EN Jalil Hajizadeh Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; E-mails:jhajizadeh @yahoo.com, r_hosseini@yahoo.com Reza Hosseini Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; E-mails:jhajizadeh @yahoo.com, r_hosseini@yahoo.com Journal Article Larvae of water mite Hydrachna skorikowi Piersig, 1900 (Acari, Hydrachnidae) were collected on water boatmen species Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807) and Sigara sp. (Corixidae) from, Guilan provine, Iran captured by light trap. The redescription of the larva was made based on specimens collected from Guilan province, northern Iran. This is the first record of the larva of H. skorikowi from Iran.

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Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 8 4 2026 01 01 Heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) associated with Coleoptera and Hymenoptera in Mazandaran province, northern Iran 343 352 239329 10.22073/pja.v8i4.56685 EN Hamidreza Hajiqanbar Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran: E-mails: hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir,elham.arjomandi@modares.ac.ir Elham Arjomandi Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran: E-mails: hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir,elham.arjomandi@modares.ac.ir Journal Article In a study on insect-associated heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) carried out in Mazandaran province, northern Iran, during spring and summer 2016–2017, a total of 13 species from 11 genera of six families were identified. Among them, three species Imparipes sevastianovi Khaustov, 2008, Scutacarus hystrichocentrus Sevastianov, 1983 (Scutacaridae), and Petalomium kurosai Khaustov, 2014 (Neopygmephoridae) are new records for mite fauna of Iran. The S. hystrichocentrus is also new for Asian mite fauna. Eight new host records are documented and the distributions of the mites are revised. Beetles of the family Cerambycidae are recorded as host of the mite families Microdispidae and Scutacaridae for the first time.

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Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 8 4 2026 01 01 Firstrecord of Leitneria pugio (Karg) (Acari: Halolaelapidae)fromTurkey 353 356 239332 10.22073/pja.v8i4.48371 EN Sultan Çobanoğlu AnkaraUniversity,AgriculturalFaculty,PlantProtectionDepartment,06110,Ankara,Turkey;E-mails:Scobanoglu@ankara.edu.tr,coban.sultan@gmail.com Cihan Cılbırcıoğlu KastamonuUniversity,TaşköprüVocationalSchoolOrganicAgricultureDepartment,Turkey;E-mail:cihancilbirci@hotmail.com Shahrooz Kazemi DepartmentofBiodiversity,InstituteofScienceandHighTechnologyandEnvironmentalSciences,GraduateUniversityofAdvancedTechnology,Kerman,Iran:E-mails:shahroozkazemi@yahoo.com,sh.kazemi@kgut.ac.ir Journal Article The genus and species Leitneria pugio (Karg) was identified in garlic growing areas in Kastamonu which is located Northeastern part of Turkey. This species and genus findings are new records for Turkey. The species were previously only recorded in Europe and Iran. Leitneria pugio was collected during vegetation period from the weed plants (wild oat) with attached soil. Extraction was provided by Berlese funnel system and individuals were stored in 70% ethanol, cleared in lacto phenol solutions and mounted in Hoyer’s medium on microscopic slides. The samples were collected during the surveys conducted for a project (TUBITAK─114O416) on identification of the mite species on garlic growing plantations during 2016.

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Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 8 4 2026 01 01 Firstrecordof AntennoseiuspannonicusWillmann (Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Iran 357 359 239333 10.22073/pja.v8i4.53561 EN Forough Bahrami Department of Agriculture, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran;E-mail: for2002b@yahoo.com Shahrooz Kazemi Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, P.O. Box: 76315-117, Kerman, Iran:E-mails: shahroozkazemi@yahoo.com,sh.kazemi@kgut.ac.ir Journal Article In this research, one female specimen of A. (A.) pannonicus Willmann, 1951 was found from under elytra of an unknown species of Harpalus Latreille (Carabidae) collected in Naharkhoran Forest, Golestan Province, northern Iran. This is the first record of this species for mite fauna of Iran. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_239333_d6c4417d6da265581313a63d412c0d9a.pdf