Some raphignathoid mites (Acariformes: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) in Lorestan Province, with re-description of Raphignathus evidus Fan as a new record from Iran Author Hatami, Parisa Author Jafari, Shahriar Author Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad text Persian Journal of Acarology 2024 2024-01-15 13 1 77 92 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/21bbd5d8-11c9-30cb-adf3-6918dac96b64/ journal article 10.22073/pja.v13i1.79935 2251-8169 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5CABFA87-1F53-4091-8C54-D82B17C97175 Raphignathus giselae Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989 Diagnosis (female) Median prodorsal shield widely separated from peritremes interiorly; interscutal membrane dorsomedially with two pairs of setae; opisthosomal shield with four pairs of setae; palpfemur with 2 setae; femur IV with 3 setae; dorsal setae e1 don’t reach to anterior margin of opisthosomal shield, f1 on anterior margin of opisthosomal shield; endopodal shield associated with coxae III-IV. Materials examined Two females from soil under Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ), Dolatshah village, 8 Jul. 2020 and one female was collected on 24 Sep. 2020 from soil under Vitis vinifera ( Vitaceae ), Kamalvand village, Lorestan province . Distribution This species was originally described from Zimbabwe ( Meyer and Ueckermann 1989 ), and also reported from Iran , South Africa , Türkiye , and Yemen ( Beyzavi et al. 2013 ; Zarei et al. 2015 ; Doğan 2019 ; Beron 2020 ; Mohammad-Doustaresharaf and Bagheri 2021 ).