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Persianthrombium farajii Sedghi, Saboori & Hakimitabar gen. et sp. nov. (Acari: Microtrombidiidae) is described and illustrated from larvae ectoparasitic on undetermined Locusta (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Jahrom, Fars Province, Iran. A key to larval genera of Microtrombidiidae with three dorsal scuta is presented.

Archoribatid mites of Shendabad Region (East Azerbaijan Province, Iran) were studied during 2008 by taking soil samples at three different times (mid-July, mid-August and mid-September). In this study, six families, 10 genera and 13 species were identifi ed, of which seven species are new records for mite fauna of Iran. Moreover, one family and three genera are new records for province mite fauna.

A new species of oribatid mite of the family Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937, Anomaloppia mazandaranica sp. n., is described from Mazandaran province, Northern Iran. The new species is characterized by its long sensillus with a fusiform-clavate head and 6-7 long barbs; interlamellar seta as long as lamellar and rostral setae; notogastral setae finely barbed and seta lm as long as others; and a long solenidion on genu I.

In the course of a faunistic survey on oribatidmites in Alborz province, northern Iran, four species belonging to the genus Anomaloppia were collected: A. iranica, A. mazandaranica, A. differens and a hitherto unknown species which is named as A. alborzi sp. n. The new species is characterized by the rostral setae which are situated close to each other and by long sensilli, with a fusiform head and four long barbs and by smooth notogastral setae. Anomaloppia differens is recorded for the first time from Iran and a supplementary description is provided for this species on the basis of Iranian materials. An identification key to the species of Anomaloppia is given.