Persian J. Acarol., 2020, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 243–253. http://dx.doi.org/10.22073/pja.v9i3.60194 Journal homepage: http://www.biotaxa.org/pja Article New records and remarks on Tydeoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Mazandaran province of Iran Maryam Darbemamieh1*, Andrzej Kaźmierski 2 and Saeid Paktinat-Saeij3 1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran; E-mail:
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[email protected] * Corresponding author ABSTRACT Two collections of Tydeoidea from Mazandaran province revealed 16 species from six genera in two families. Of these, Tydeus lindquisti (Marshall, 1970) is a new record for Iran and 12 species are new records for the province. Photographs and supplementary data are provided for some species. KEY WORDS: Homeopronematus; Iolinidae; Lorryia; Neopronematus; Proctotydaeus; Pronematus; Tydeus lindquisti. PAPER INFO.: Received: 9 March 2020, Accepted: 23 April 2020, Published: 15 July 2020 INTRODUCTION The superfamily Tydeoidea Kramer, 1877 is found worldwide and contains over 700 species and four families: Triophtydeidae André, 1980, Ereynetidae Oudemans, 1931, Tydeidae Kramer, 1877 and Iolinidae Pritchard, 1956 (André and Fain 2000; Zhang et al. 2011; Darbemamieh et al. 2015; Silva et al. 2016). Although these mites are numerous and common in soil, litter or moss, and on plants, information about their distribution, biology, feeding specialization and zoogeography is rudimentary (Kaźmierski 2008).