World distribution and habitat scope of Ameroseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) Author Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan Author Saboori, Alireza . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran; E-mail: saboori @ ut. ac. ir saboori@ut.ac.ir text Persian Journal of Acarology 2021 2021-10-15 10 4 403 450 journal article 10.22073/pja.v10i4.67440 2251-8169 7173383 Epicriopsis palustris Karg, 1971 Epicriopsis palustris Karg, 1971b : VI/3. Epicriopsis langei Livshits & Mitrofanov, 1975: 464 . Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 67) . Epicriopsis baloghi Kandil, 1978: 165 . Synonymy by Mašán (2017: 67) . Epicriopsis palustris . — Mašán, 2017: 67 . More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 67) . Distribution and habitats – Germany , from leaf litter under hawthorn ( Crataegus sp. , Rosales : Rosaceae ) ( Karg 1971b ); Hungary , unspecified substrate ( Kandil 1978 ); Latvia , from mosses [ Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp, Pleurosium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt.] (Salmane 2006; Salmane and Brumelis 2010 ; Salmane 2011 ); Romania , from soil and litter ( Călugăr 2018 ); Uktaine , from leaf litter ( Livshitz and Mitrofanov, 1975 ); Slovakia , from wet leaf litter, soil detritus and moss ( Mašán 2017 ); Turkey , from moss, litter and soil (Urhan et al. 2015; Kassen 2019 ); United Kingdom , from yew ( Taxus baccata ) ( Pinales : Taxaceae ) (Skorupsk and Luxton, 1998 ). Published material from Iran – Guilan Province , Talesh , Fuman and Rostamabad , from soil; Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province , Saman , from litter ; East Azarbaijan Province , Arasbaran Forests , from soil and plant debris ( Arasbaran Forests , Garmanab ), soil and plant debris ; Mazandaran Province , Nowshahr , Ecological ( Botanical ) Garden of Nowshahr , from soil and litter( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013 ; Nemati et al. 2018) ; West Azerbaijan Province , from soil and litter ( Kavianpour et al. 2018 ); Zanjan Province , from soil, rotten wood, fungi, litter and dung; Esfahan , Khuzestan and Golestan Provinces , region not mentioned, from debris ( Kazemi and Rajaei 2013 ; Nemati et al. 2018) .