Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from southeastern Iran, with supplementary description of Verachthonius cf. laticeps (Brachychthoniidae) Author Ordouni, Fatemeh . Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran; E-mails: fa. ordouni. sistan @ gmail. com, sara _ ramroodi @ yahoo. com, sararamroodi @ uoz. ac. ir, rakhshani @ uoz. ac. ir Author Ramroodi, Sara . Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran; E-mails: fa. ordouni. sistan @ gmail. com, sara _ ramroodi @ yahoo. com, sararamroodi @ uoz. ac. ir, rakhshani @ uoz. ac. ir Author Akrami, Mohammad Ali . Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran; E-mail: akrami @ shirazu. ac. ir akrami@shirazu.ac.ir Author Rakhshani, Ehsan . Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran; E-mails: fa. ordouni. sistan @ gmail. com, sara _ ramroodi @ yahoo. com, sararamroodi @ uoz. ac. ir, rakhshani @ uoz. ac. ir text Persian Journal of Acarology 2023 2023-04-15 12 2 173 188 journal article 10.22073/pja.v12i2.75578 2251-8169 Acrotritia ardua (Koch, 1841) Material examined – 12 ♀♀ , Iran , Sistan and Baluchestan province , Culture complex, Morus sp. , and Chah-Nimeh recreational, Zahak county ( 30° 50' 39" N , 61° 43' 07" E , 483 m a.s.l.), Morus sp. , Olea europaea L., and Tamarix sp. , 11 May 2018 , leg.: F. Ordouni and Kahir village, Konarak county ( 25° 59' 00" N , 60° 12' 57" E , 5 m a.s.l.), Mangifera sp. , 27 February 2019 , leg.: A. Arjmandi-Nezhad. Distribution in Iran – Isfahan , East Azarbaijan, Hamedan , Ardabil , Mazandaran , Fars , Markazi , Guilan , Kurdistan , Khuzestan , Razavi Khorasanand Zanjan provinces ( Akrami 2015 ; Akrami and Shahedi 2020 ). Zoogeographical distribution – Cosmopolitan.