a study on the oripodoid mites fauna (oribatida: oripodoidea) in miandoab region (west azerbaijan province) was carried out during 2015–2016. in this survey, 16 species belonging to three families and five genera are known, of which the species scheloribates ( scheloribates ) labyrinthicus jeleva, 1962 is recorded for the first time from iran. an additional description is provided for schelorib...

in the course of a faunistic survey on the iranian oribatid mites (acari: oribatida) in the southeastern province of sistan and balouchestan, the species bicyrthermannia duodentata hammer, 1979 of the family nanhermanniidae was identified. this species is a new record for the palaearctic region.

Three new species of oribatid mites of the family Oppiidae (Oribatida, Oppioidea), belonging to the genera/subgenera Tripiloppia Hammer, 1968 and Lanceoppia (Baioppia) Luxton, 1985, are described from Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Tripiloppia frigida sp. nov. is morphologically similar to T. dalenii Hammer, 1968, but differs from the latter by the lanceolate bothridial setae, five p...

A new species of oribatid mite of the genus Pergalumna (Oribatida, Galumnidae) is described from litter and soil materials in Sumatra, Indonesia. Pergalumna paraindistincta sp. n. is morphologically most similar to Pergalumna indistincta Ermilov & Anichkin, 2011, Pergalumna pertrichosa Mahunka, 1995 and Pergalumna sura Balogh, 1997; however, the new species differs from Pergalumna indistincta b...

In this paper we describe two new species belonging to the family Lohmanniidae: Mixacarus turialbaiensissp. n. and Paulianacarus costaricensissp. n. from Costa Rica.

Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Licnodamaeidae, Licnodamaeolus asetosus sp. nov. and L. erfenisdamensis sp. nov., are described from clay soil in grassland vegetation in Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve (central South Africa). These represent the first finding of Licnodamaeolus Covarrubias, 1998 in the African continent. Nacunansella Fernandez & Cleva, 1998 is recognized as a junior s...

A new species of Scheloribates (Perscheloribates) (Oribatida, Scheloribatidae) – S. (P.) oromiaensis sp. n. is described from mosses on the swamp at top mountain in Arsi Mountains National Park, Ethiopia; differs related ethiopicus by larger body size, rounded rostrum and pedotectum II, absence prolamella, presence aggenital seta. The taxonomic status Perscheloribates discussed, resulting suppo...