New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran Author Rahiminejad, Vahid . Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115 - 336, Tehran, Iran; E-mail: hajiqanbar @ modares. ac. ir &. Current address: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resource, Golestan, Iran. hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir Author Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza . Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115 - 336, Tehran, Iran; E-mail: hajiqanbar @ modares. ac. ir hajiqanbar@modares.ac.ir text Persian Journal of Acarology 2020 2020-07-15 9 3 233 242 journal article 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61223 2251-8169 4644986 Premicrodispus longicaudus Khaustov, 2006 World distribution – Crimea, in a soil sample ( Khaustov 2006 ); Iran , in a soil sample of pomegranate orchards ( Filekesh et al . 2014 ). Material examined – Three colonies of females were obtained in the vials containing beetles Geotrupes spiniger (Col.: Geotrupidae ) and Lucanus ibericus (Col.: Lucanidae ) during over-night samplings by a light trap in Alang-Dareh forest, Gorgan, HezarPich hill 36.83 N , 54.39 E , and altitude 430 m a.s.l., Gorgan and Kordkuy forest 36.75 N , 54.11 E , and altitude 50 m a.s.l., during Summer 2014. Remarks – This is the first phoresy record for this mite.