Vahid Rahiminejad - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource, Golestan, Iran
Sarina Seyedein - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource, Golestan, Iran.
Ahmad Nadimi - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource, Golestan, Iran.

Following a short-term faunistic study on soil inhabiting heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Heterostigmata), during spring-winter ۲۰۱۹, in Gorgan, Golestan Province, northern Iran, a total of six species from five genera of two families were identified. Among them Promicrodispus pumilis (Sevastianov, ۱۹۷۵) and Premicrodispus montanus Khaustov, ۲۰۰۶ are new records for mite fauna of Iran. The genus Promicrodispus Khaustov, ۲۰۱۷ is recorded for the first time for the mite fauna of Iran. Moreover, Pre. akermanae (Sevastianov & Al Douri, ۱۹۸۸), Paramicrodispus scarabidophilus Hajiqanbar & Rahiminejad, ۲۰۱۲, Pygmodispus (Allodispus) latisternus Paoli, ۱۹۱۱ and Scutacarus sphaeroideus Karafiati, ۱۹۵۹ were collected from soil in the sampling sites. The world distribution of the mites is reviewed.

Soil arthropods, Forest, Berlese funnel, Gorgan, Iran, بندپایان خاکزی, جنگل, قیف برلیز, گرگان, ایران