New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran Author Rahiminejad, Vahid . Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115 - 336, Tehran, Iran; E-mail: hajiqanbar @ modares. ac. ir &. Current address: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource, Golestan, Iran. hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir Author Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza . Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115 - 336, Tehran, Iran; E-mail: hajiqanbar @ modares. ac. ir hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir text Persian Journal of Acarology 2020 2020-07-15 9 3 233 242 journal article 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61223 2251-8169 4644986 Imparipes ( Sporichneuthes ) intermedius Paoli, 1911 World distribution – Italy and Ukraine , collected from forest soil and litter ( Khaustov 2008b ). Material examined – One specimen of the species was obtained in a vial containing alcohol and beetles Onthophagus sp. (Col.: Scarabaeidae ) during over-night sampling by a light trap in Alang- Dareh forest, Gorgan, 5 August 2014 . Remarks – This is the first record of phoresy for this mite species. The subgenus Imparipes ( Sporichneuthes ) is reported from Asia for the first time.