Contribution to the Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in some parts of Guilan province of Iran Author Mojahed, Samaneh . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; E-mails: samaneh. mojahed @ yahoo. com, hajizadeh @ guilan. ac. ir, Rhosseini @ guilan. ac. ir Author Hajizadeh, Jalil . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; E-mails: samaneh. mojahed @ yahoo. com, hajizadeh @ guilan. ac. ir, Rhosseini @ guilan. ac. ir Author Hosseini, Reza . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; E-mails: samaneh. mojahed @ yahoo. com, hajizadeh @ guilan. ac. ir, Rhosseini @ guilan. ac. ir Author Ahadiyat, Ali . Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; E-mails: ali. ahadiyat @ hotmail. com & a. ahadiyat @ srbiau. ac. ir text Persian Journal of Acarology 2017 2017-10-15 6 4 269 285 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b291baa7-d39d-322b-b94d-4d97866901cf/ journal article 10.22073/pja.v6i4.29712 2251-8169 7174046 Pachylaelaps imitans Berlese, 1920 Diagnosis Male with dorsal shield 880 long, 608 wide (length/width ratio: 1.44). Two pairs of closely adjacent slit-shaped gland pores on posterolateral margins of dorsal shield. Tarsus II with two spurlike distal setae. Palptibia with two outgrowths, one of which with needle-like apex. Cheliceral spermatodactyl with one small and lobe-like projection. Material examined – 1 male , Saravan forest , from soil under ironwood, 15 June , 2015 . Distribution and habitats in Iran – This species was found from soil in Kerman province (Region not mentioned) ( Ahmadi 2002 ). World distribution – Georgia , Israel , Italy , Latvia , Russia , Ukraine and Western Europe ( Koroleva 1977b ; Salmane 2001 ; Mašán 2007 ; Mašán and Halliday 2014a ). Note – This is the first record of this species in Guilan province .