Heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Heterostigmatina) associated with insects in northwestern Iran

During a faunistic survey on heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Caraboacaridae, Podapolipidae, Microdispidae, Neopygmephoridae), associated with insects in northwestern Iran, eight species were identified. The species Eutarsopolipus harpali Khaustov & Husband, 2004 (Podapolipidae) and Petalomium pseudomyrmecophilus Mahunka, 1970 (Neopygmephoridae) are here recorded for the first time from Iran and Asia. The six remaining species are as follows: Caraboacarus stammeri Krczal, 1959 (Caraboacaridae), Coccipolipus macfarlanei Husband, 1972 (Podapolipidae), Premicrodispus rackae Khaustov, 2006 (Microdispidae), Parapygmephorus magnisetosus Khaustov & Zalozhnaya, 2011, Acinogaster microchaetosus (Sevastianov, 1967) and Petalomium gottrauxi Mahunka, 1977 (Neopygmephoridae). We have also provided a new host record along with the world distribution of the mites.