A new species and new record of Reticulolaelaps Costa (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran Author Nemati, Alireza Author Joharchi, Omid Author Babaeian, Esmaeil Author Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J. text Zootaxa 2013 3718 1 73 80 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.1.6 f3101d4e-0619-41e3-9ba6-fe867f809baa 1175-5326 285016 AB6DE98C-D4C9-4E05-BBC8-41CE3F742611 Reticulolaelaps faini Costa, 1968 Figures 1–4 Material examined. Iran , 3 females , 1 male , Khuzestan province, Ghaletol ( 31° 37´55" N 49° 53´20" E , alt. 885 m ), in soil, coll., A. Nemati, 2011; 2 females , 1 male , Izeh ( 31° 49´52" N 49° 52´9" E , alt 845 m ) in soil, coll., A. Nemati, 2012; 3 females , Chaharmahal Va Bakhtiari province ( 32° 19´39" N 50° 51´35" E , alt 2206 m ), Lordegan (31˚ 30´30" N, 50˚49´39" E, H: 1594 m ) in soil, coll., A. Nemati, 2012. Reticulolaelaps faini was described as the type species of Reticulolaelaps by Costa (1968) without referring to the leg chaetotaxy. Our specimens show that the chaetotaxy of all leg segments in the female and male is normal for the free-living Laelapidae (Evans & Till 1965) . Leg I ( Fig. 1 ): coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0; trochanter 1 0/2 1/1 1; femur 2 2/1 3/3 2; genu 2 3/2 3/1 2; tibia 2 3/2 3/1 2. Leg II ( Fig. 2 ): coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0; trochanter 1 0/2 0/1 1; femur 2 3/1 2/2 1; genu 2 3/1 2/1 2; tibia 2 2/1 2/1 2; tarsus 3 3/2 3/2 3 + mv , md . Leg III ( Fig. 3 ): coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0; trochanter 1 0/2 0/1 1; femur 1 2/1 1/0 1; genu 2 2/1 2/0 1; tibia 1 2/1 2/1 1; tarsus 3 3/2 3/2 3 + mv , md . Leg IV ( Fig. 4 ): coxa 0 0/1 0/0 0; trochanter 1 0/2 0/1 1; femur 1 2/1 1/0 1; genu 2 2/1 3/1 1; tibia 2 1/1 3/1 2; tarsus 3 3/2 3/2 3 + mv , md . Ventral setae on the femur, genu and tibia of leg I and II are slightly thicker than the other setae. Leg chaetotaxy of the male is similar to female, but av1 and pv2 of leg II are thick and spine-like and ventral setae of all segments of legs I and II are slightly thickened.