Curriculum Vitae Esmaeil Babaeian, Ph.D Entomology, Biosystematics

Email: [email protected] Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ASS0shgAAAAJ&hl=en Research-Gate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Esmaeil_Babaeian Education 2012-2017 Ph.D of Entomology, University of Tehran, Iran 2008-2011 M.Sc. Agricultural Entomology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran 2004-2008 B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering, Plant Protection, Shahrekourd University, Iran Areas of Expertise/Research Interests . Myrmecophilous . Phoresy between ants and mites . of the mesostigmatid mites of the families Laelapidae, Macrochelidae and Pachylaelapidae, also cohort of Uropodina (: ) . Some ectoparasite mites . Phylogenetic analysis with PAUP, raxmlGUL, Mrbayes and MEGA softwares . Molecular phylogeny . Biodiversity softwares

Thesis 2012-2017 Babaeian, E. Mites of the cohort of Uropodina in Mazandaran province, north of Iran. Ph.D Thesis. University of Tehran, Iran (Original in Persian)

2008-2011 Babaeian, E. Faunistic survey on some soil predatory and myrmecophilous mites. M.Sc. Thesis. Shahid Chamran University, Iran (Original in Persian)

Publications Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Published 21. Babaeian, E. & Mašán, P. (2019) A new myrmecophilous species of the genus Cosmolaelaps Berlese, 1903 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Central Europe (Slovakia). Zootaxa 4647 (1): 495–505. 20. Babaeian, E., Ghobari, H. & Mohammadi Samani, K. (2019) Redescription of Ololaelaps tasmanicus (Womersley, 1956) and description of a new species of Ololaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4629 (3): 351–364.

19. Babaeian, E., Mašán, P. & Halliday, B. (2019) Review of the genus Holostaspis Kolenati, 1858 (Acari: Laelapidae). Zootaxa, 4590 (3): 301–341.

18. Babaeian, E., Saboori, A. & Gwiazdowicz, D. (2018) Description of the male of Cilliba erlangensis (Acari, Uropodina, Cillibidae) with a key to males of the genus Cilliba. Vestnik Zoologii, 52(4), 553– 556.

17. Babaeian, E. & Nozad, Sh. (2018) A new species of the myrmecophile Berlese (Acari: Oplitidae) from Iran. International Journal of Acarology, 44, 1–6.

16. Babaeian, E., Saboori, A., Gwiazdowicz, D. & Etemad, V. (2016) Redescription of two species of Oplitis Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Oplitidae) from Iran. Zookeys, 610, 13–22.

15. Babaeian, E., Mašán, P. & Saboori, A. (2016) A new species of the genus Pachyseius Berlese (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) from Iran, with remarks on the world fauna. Persian Journal of Acarology, 5 (4), 299–309.

14. Babaeian, E., Mašán, P. & Saboori, A. (2016) The genus Pachyseius Berlese, 1910 in Iran (Acari: Pachylaelapidae). Zootaxa, 4088 (3), 420–428.

13. Mašán, P., Babaeian, E. & Kafi, P. (2016) A new mite of the genus Alliphis Halbert, 1923 from Iran (Acari: Eviphididae), with a summary of the world fauna. Zootaxa, 4067 (3), 373–382.

12. Joharch, O., Babaeian, E. & Jalalizand, A. (2016) Review of the genus Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, with the description of a new species from Iran (Acari, Laelapidae). Zookeys, 549, 13–22.

11. Joharchi, O. & Babaeian, E. (2015) A new species of Reticulolaelaps Costa (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with Tapinoma sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran, with a review of the world species. Acarologia, 55(1), 33–40.

10. Joharchi, O., Babaeian, E. & Seeman, O. D. (2015) Review of the genus Myrmozercon Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae), with description of a new species from Iran. Zootaxa, 3955 (4), 549–560.

9. Babaeian, E., Halliday, R. & Saboori, A. (2015) A new species of Geholaspis Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from Northern Iran. Zootaxa, 3925 (3), 422–430.

8. Joharchi, O., Ostovan, H. & Babaeian, E. (2014) A new species of Hypoaspis Canestrini from Iran (Acari: Laelapidae), with a key to the species occurring in the Western Palaearctic Region. Zootaxa, 3846 (4), 569–576. 7. Babaeian, E., Seraj, A. & Nemati, A. (2014) Description of a new ant-associated species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from Iran. Acarologia, 54(2), 441-448.

6. Babaeian, E., Joharchi, O & Keshavarz Jamshidian, M. (2014) A new species of Nothrholaspis Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from Iran. Zootaxa, 3784 (5), 585–590.

5. Joharchi, O. & Babaeian, E. (2014) A new species of Gaeolaelaps Evans and Till (Acari: Laelapidae) onAcinopus sp. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Iran. Acarologia, 54(1): 89–95.

4. Joharchi, O., Mašán, P. & Babaeian, E. (2014) A new genus and species of edaphic mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphididae) from Iran. Zootaxa, 3774 (3), 275–281.

3. Nemati, A., Joharchi, O., Babaeian, E. & Gwiazdowicz, D.J. (2013) A new species and new record of Reticulolaelaps Costa (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran. Zootaxa, 3718 (1), 073–080.

2. Babaeian, E., Joharchi, O. & Saboori, A. (2013) A new species of Myrmozercon Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) associated with ant from Iran. Acarologia, 53(4), 453–460.

1. Babaeian, E., Joharchi, O. & Seraj, A. (2013) A new species of the genus Laelaspis Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology, 2(3), 353–360.

Conference Presentations and Published Abstracts

11. Babaeian, E. & Nozaad, Sh. (2017) Report of one species of Trematuridae Berlese, 1917 (Acari: Uropodina) from Iran. In: Hajiqanbar, H. & Saboori, A. (Eds.) Abstract and Proceeding Book of the third Persian Congress of Acarology, Tehran, Iran, p. 8.

10. Babaeian, E., Saboori, A. & Etemad, V. (2017) Some uropodine mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodina) from Noshahr, Iran. In: Hajiqanbar, H. & Saboori, A. (Eds.) Abstract and Proceeding Book of the third Persian Congress of Acarology, Tehran, Iran, p. 8.

9. Babaeian, E., Kazemi, Sh., Seraj, A.A. & Nemati, A. (2011) Macrochelid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in Shahrekord and Ahvaz, Iran. In: Kazemi, Sh. & Saboori, A. (Eds.) Abstract and Proceeding Book of the first Persian Congress of Acarology, Kerman, Iran, p. 8.

8. Babaeian, E. & Kazemi, Sh. (2011) Mites of the family Pachylaelapidae (Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea) in Shahrekord region, Iran. In: Kazemi, Sh. & Saboori, A. (Eds.) Abstract and Proceeding Book of the First Persian Congress of Acarology, Kerman, Iran, p. 43.

7. Nemati, A. & Babaeian, E. (2010) Mites associated with Insects in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari, Khuzestan and Bushehr Provinces. In: Manzari, S. (Ed.) Abstract Book of 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Tehran, Iran, p. 364. 6. Babaeian, E., Seraj, A.A., Nemati, A. & Kazemi, Sh. (2010) Mites of the family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Shahrkord region. In: Manzari, S. (Ed.) Abstract Book of 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Tehran, Iran, p. 328.

5. Nemati, A., Babaeian, E. & Kamali, K. (2008) Mites associated with some small mammals in Shahrekord. In: Manzari, S. (Ed.) Abstract Book of 18th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Hamedan, Iran, p. 236.

4. Arjmandi-Nezhad, A.R. & Babaeian, E. (2014) Mites of the family Macrochelidae (Mesostigmata: Eviphidoidea) in Guilan Province, Iran. 14th International Congress of Acarology, Kyoto, Japan, p. 143.

3. Bohloolzadeh, M. Babaeian, E., Karami, F., Asgarieh, S. Mohammadi, H. & Zahedi Golpayegani, A (2013) Rearing condition and its effect on the olfactory responses of Amblyseius swirskii (Athias- Henriot) (Acari :Phytoseiidae). The Second International Persian Congress of Acarology August 2013, Tehran, Iran .p. 36.

2. Keshavarz, M. & Babaeian, E. (2013) Mites of the family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Dermanyssoidea) in Karaj region, Iran. The Second International Persian Congress of Acarology August 2013, Tehran, Iran.

1. Kazemi, S., Babaeian, E. & Yazdanpanah, Sh. (2013) First report of the genus Pelethiphis Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphididae) from Iran. The Second International Persian Congress of Acarology August 2013 ,Tehran, Iran.

Advising and Mentoring  Mousavi, Reyhaneh Sadat. 2020. Taxonomy of soil and dung dweller mites of superfamily Eviphidoidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Southern Range of Central Alborz. University of Tehran, Iran.

Professional Memberships  Acarological Society of Iran (ASI). Journal Peer Review Services  Zootaxa  International Journal of Acarology (IJA)  Persian Journal of Acarology (PJA)  Natural History