Mites were collected from different species of the beetle families Scarabaeidae and Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Of the host beetles, some were captured in a light trap but most were collected directly in their habitats, i.e., livestock dung pads.The mites were cleared in lactophenol and mounted in Hoyer's medium. Morphology of the mites was studied using a light microscope with phase contrast. All measurements in the descriptions are given in micrometers for the holotype and (when available) for five paratypes (in parentheses). Terminology follows that of Lindquist (1986). Details of geographical coordinates were recorded using a GPS mobile device. The scarabaeid beetle hosts were identified by V. Martynov (Donetsk National University, Donetsk, Ukraine).Holotypes of new taxa are deposited in the Acarological Collection, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. One paratype of each species is deposited in the following collections: Zoological Institute, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., U.S.A.; Collection of Nikita Botanical Gardens, Yalta, Ukraine; Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland; and Acarological Collection, Zoological Museum, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Most paratypes are retained with the holotype.
SYSTEMATICS Family Dolichocybidae Mahunka, 1970 Genus Pavania Lombardini, 1949Type species: Pavania fusiformis Lombardini, 1949 Diagnosis of adult female Gnathosoma. Gnathosoma rounded subquadrangular, usually longer than wide; dorsally with 2 pairs of cheliceral setae (ch1 and ch2) and ventrally with 1 pair of subcapitular setae (su). Cheliceral stylets large and sickle-shaped. Pharynx hardly visible, rounded. Palpi originated ventrolaterally from gnathosoma, 2-segmented.
