Mohammadreza Kavianpour - Urmia University
Younes Karimpour - Urmia University
Alireza Nemati - Shahrekord University
Shahram Mirfakhraei - Urmia University

Based on this survey ۲۳ species of family Laelapidae have been identified which three species of them are reported as new for Iranian mites fauna, that are marked with asterisk. The list of identified genera and species is as follows: Laelapidae: Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Canestrini, ۱۸۸۴); G. oreithyiae (Walter and Oliver, ۱۹۸۹); G. angustus (Karg, ۱۹۶۵); G. kargi (Costa, ۱۹۶۸); G. nolli (Karg, ۱۹۶۲); G. khajooii Kazemi, Rajaei and Beaulieu, ۲۰۱۴; Pneumolaelaps (Hypoaspisella) linteyini (Samsinak, ۱۹۶۴); P. (H.) berlesei* (Hirschmann, ۱۹۶۹);Cosmolaelaps vacua (Michael, ۱۸۹۱); C. lutegiensis (Shcherbak, ۱۹۷۱); C. malakutsilus* Rosario, ۱۹۸۱; C. ornatus (Berlese,۱۹۰۳); C. angustiscutatus (Willmann, ۱۹۵۱); Laelaspis astronomicus (C. L. Koch, ۱۸۳۹); L. equitans (Michael, ۱۸۹۱); Ololaelaps sellnicki* Bregetova and Koroleva, ۱۹۶۴; Euandrolaelaps karawaiewi (Berlese, ۱۹۰۳); Hypoaspis larvicolus Joharchi and Halliday, ۲۰۱۱; Pogonolaelaps canestrinii (Berlese, ۱۹۰۳); Gymnolaelaps artavilensis Joharchi and Halliday, ۲۰۱۳; Pseudoparasitus dentatus (Halbert, ۱۹۲۰); Androlaelaps casalis (Berlese, ۱۸۸۷); A. shealsi (Costa, ۱۹۶۸)

Iran, Mesostigmata, mite, New record, Soil, taxonomy