The first report on the Bdelloidea and Raphignathoidea mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) from the heights of Damavand Mountain, Iran Author Paktinat-Saeij, Saeid . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran; E-mail: saeedpaktinat @ yahoo. com &. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Tehran, Iran. saeedpaktinat@yahoo.com Author Damavandian, Mohammad Reza . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran; E-mails: damavandianm @ gmail. com; h. ziaee 64 @ gmail. com Author Ziaei-rad, Hossein . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran; E-mails: damavandianm @ gmail. com; h. ziaee 64 @ gmail. com text Persian Journal of Acarology 2023 2023-10-15 12 4 587 592 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/370c1daa-2d4d-3e46-85f1-ddc81e45f7d4/ journal article 10.22073/pja.v12i4.83041 2251-8169 10943413 Favognathus pongolensis Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989 Distribution – South Africa ( Meyer & Ueckermann 1989 ), Iran (Bagheri et al. 2013). Material examined – One female at 3700 m a.s.l., 3 July 2018 , one female at 4200 m a.s.l., 7 August 2018 were collected from soil and litter by Mohammad Reza Damavandian.