The genus Tarsonemus Canestrini and Fanzago, 1876 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Tarsonemidae) in East Azerbaijan, Iran, with a description of T. lenticulatus sp. nov. and re-description of T. annotatus Livshits, Mitrofanov and Sharonov, 1979 Author Gheblealivand, Saeide S. Author Irani-Nejad, Karim Haddad Author Magowski, Wojciech Ł. Author Manzari, Shahab text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-16 4446 1 13 38 journal article 29526 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.1.2 834858d8-f9a8-4d11-8f9e-36b90ea3b2b9 1175-5326 1437344 2E693B67-9C59-44D0-A27E-A4DB79AA29F9 Tarsonemus limitatus Kaliszewski, 1993 Material examined: 3 females , Jolfa , Iri village commune, 38°46' 35"N , 45°59'51"E , 1,085 m .a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 26-March-2014 ; 1 female , Jolfa , Siahrood town commune, 38°53'44"N , 45°51'15"E , 827 m . a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 26-March-2014 ; 1 female , Marand , Ordaklu village commune, 38°25'23"N , 45°50'17"E , 1,406 m .a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014 ; 2 females , Marand , Alinja village commune, 38°25'51"N , 45°55'23"E , 1,513 m .a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 25-April-2014 ; 19 females, Marand, Dovlat–Abad village commune, 38°26'59"N, 45°49'46"E, 1,385 m .a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014 ; 6 females , Marand , Farfar village commune, 38°28'41"N , 45°41'08"E , 1,276 m .a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 23-May-2014 ; 6 females, Jolfa, Gordian plain commune, 38°52'33"N, 45°42'26"E, 970 m .a.s.l., ex soil, 29-May-2014 ; 1 female , Marand , Seyvan village commune, 38°20'59"N , 45°47'48"E , 1,857 m .a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 27-June-2014 ; 1 female , Marand , Shurdaraq village commune, 38°20'47"N , 45°53'28"E , 1,658 m .a.s.l., ex soil and litter, 27-June-2014 ; 15 females , Marand city commune, 45° 38°25'56"N , 45°45'16"E , 1,404 m .a.s.l., ex dew melon leaves, 8-August -2014 ; 1female , Sufiyan , Iivand village commune, 38°19'58"N , 46°07'03"E , 1,587 m .a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 10-October-2014 ; 2 females , Sufiyan , Torp village commune, 38°19'32"N , 46°08'26"E , 1,537 m .a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 10-October-2014 ; 2 females , Marand , Yekankahriz village commune, 38°40'15"N , 45°23'52"E , 1,376 m .a.s.l., ex soil and litter, 24-October-2014 ; all coll. S. Gheblealivand. Distribution: Probably Palaearctic. Remarks: Previous records from Iran : East Azerbaijan (Sufiyan and Zunuz, the soil of alfalfa cultivations, Lotfollahi & Haddad Irani-Nejad 2010 ).