Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from southeastern Iran, with supplementary description of Verachthonius cf. laticeps (Brachychthoniidae) Author Ordouni, Fatemeh . Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran; E-mails: fa. ordouni. sistan @ gmail. com, sara _ ramroodi @ yahoo. com, sararamroodi @ uoz. ac. ir, rakhshani @ uoz. ac. ir Author Ramroodi, Sara . Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran; E-mails: fa. ordouni. sistan @ gmail. com, sara _ ramroodi @ yahoo. com, sararamroodi @ uoz. ac. ir, rakhshani @ uoz. ac. ir Author Akrami, Mohammad Ali . Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran; E-mail: akrami @ shirazu. ac. ir akrami@shirazu.ac.ir Author Rakhshani, Ehsan . Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran; E-mails: fa. ordouni. sistan @ gmail. com, sara _ ramroodi @ yahoo. com, sararamroodi @ uoz. ac. ir, rakhshani @ uoz. ac. ir text Persian Journal of Acarology 2023 2023-04-15 12 2 173 188 journal article 10.22073/pja.v12i2.75578 2251-8169 Aphelacarus acarinus acarinus (Berlese, 1910) Material examined – 1♀ , Iran , Sistan and Baluchestan province , Kur-Ekelkian village , Iranshahr county (27° 15' 85" N, 60° 66' 25" E, 591 m a.s.l. ), under growth of Phoenix dactylifera L., 1 September 2019 , leg.: F. Ordouni. Distribution in Iran – Yazd , Hamedan , West Azerbaijan , Fars and RazaviKhorasan provinces ( Akrami 2015 ; Akrami and Shahedi 2020 ). Zoogeographical distribution – Semicosmopolitan (Holarctic: less frequent in the North, Ethiopian and Neotropical).