Afaunistic survey of cryptostigmatic mites in Ahvaz and report of two new species for Iran

A faunistic survey of cryptostigmatic mites (Acari: Oribatida) was conducted in Ahvaz during 2010-2012. A total of 19 species belonging to 17 genera and 12 families were collected among which 2 species weres new records for Iran fauna (as shown by 1 asterisk) and 3 families, 8 genera and 12 species were new for the Khuzestan province (as shown by 2 asterisks).Macropylina, Euphthiracaridae:Acrotritiaardua (Koch, 1841); Acrotritiasinensis^*Jacot, 1923; Nothridae: Nothrusanauniensis^**Canestrini&Fanzago, 1876; Haplochthoniidae: Haplochthoniussanctaeluciae Bernini, 1973; Cosmochthoniidae: Phyllozetesemmae (Berlese, 1910); Lohmanniidae: Lohmanniaturcmenica^**Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1960; Papilacaruschamartinensis^**Pérez-Íñigo, 1967; CrypacaruspromecusGrandjean, 1950; Epilohmanniidae: Epilohmanniacylindricacylindrica (Berlese, 1904); Epilohmanniainexpectata^* Schuster, 1960;PycnonothicBrachypylina, Tectocepheidae:Tectocepheusvelatus^** (Michael, 1880); Oppiidae: Microppia minus^**longisetosaSubias& Rodriguez, 1988; Multioppiawilsoni^** Aoki, 1964; Lasiobelbaneonominata^** (Subias, 2004);Discoppia (Cylindroppia) cylindrica (Pérez-Íñigo, 1965);PronothicBrachypylina, Zetomotrichidae: Zetomotrichuslacrimans^**Grandjean,1934; Scheloribatidae: Scheloribatesfimbriatus^** Thor, 1930; Oribatulidae: Oribatula (Zygoribatula) connexaucrainica (Iordansky, 1990); Galumnidae: Galumairanensis^**Mahunka&Akrami, 2001.