Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Imparipes Berlese (Acari: Heterostigmata: Scutacaridae) associated with ants in Iran Author Rahiminejad, Vahid Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran. Author Nadimi, Ahmad 0000-0002-1169-2407 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran. & nadimi @ gau. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1169 - 2407 nadimi@gau.ac.ir Author Seyedein, Sarina 0000-0002-4906-4422 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran. & s. seyedin @ gau. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4906 - 4422 s.seyedin@gau.ac.ir text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-06 5133 4 585 593 journal article 55608 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.4.9 43a60d2f-4219-4799-9475-996f95bdd8c1 1175-5326 6531183 43432226-9019-447F-94AF-1B2E09820F06 Imparipes ( Imparipes ) histricinus Berlese, 1903 World distribution. Italy , Hungary , Yugoslavia , Brazil , Angola , Austria , Tunisia , Mongolia , Australia , Ukraine , Russia and Iran ( Razavi Khorasan and Ardabil Provinces), collected from nests of ants; mainly phoretic on Tetramorium caespitum L. and Messor sp. ( Khaustov 2008 ; Loghmani et al. 2014 ; Khaustov & Tolstikov 2016 ; Sobhi et al . 2017 ). Material examined. Eight specimens were extracted from a vial containing 25 specimens of Lasius spp. ants collected by a light trap from Alangdareh Forest Park , Gorgan , Golestan Province , Northern Iran , 36.46°N , 54.26°E , altitude 420 m . , coll. V . Rahiminejad, 24 June 2021 . Remarks. This is the first record of phoretic association between the mite and ants of the genus Lasius . Also, this species is recorded from northern Iran for the first time.