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 Atropacarus striculus (Koch, 1835) Material examined – 1♀ , Iran , Sistan and Baluchestan province , Khash county , Taftan mountain ( 28° 57' 58" N , 61° 02' 36" E , 3941 m a.s.l. ), 24 August 2019 , leg.: F. Ordouni. Distribution in Iran – Yazd , Mazandaran , Fars and East Azarbaijan provinces ( Akrami 2015 ; Akrami and Shahedi 2020 ). Zoogeographical distribution – Semicosmopolitan (Holarctic, Eastern, Northern Neotropical, Australian, and Madagascar ).