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 schaarschmidti Mahunka, 1970 Material examined: 4 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 ; 2 females , Jolfa , Siahrood town commune, 38°52'17"N , 46°01'29"E , 767 m . a.s.l., ex soil, 26- March-2014 ; 1 female , Marand , Bonab town commune, 38°25'32"N , 45°55'09"E , 1,513 m .a.s.l., ex litter and soil, 29-May-2014 ; all coll. S. Gheblealivand. Distribution: Central Europe: Hungary ( Mahunka 1970 ), Poland ( Kaliszewski 1993 ) and Northwestern Iran . Remarks: This is the first record from Asia.