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 Biscirus iranensis Paktinat-Saeej & Bagheri, 2015 Biscirus iranensis Paktinat-Saeej and Bagheri, 2015: 520 . DistributionIran ( Paktinat-Saeej et al. 2015 ), Syria ( Barbar and Ueckermann 2017 ). Material examinedOne male at 3500 m a.s.l., 23 August 2018 was collected from soil and litter by Mohammad Reza Damavandian.