The Entomological Society of Iran Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2423-8112 11 1 2025 03 01 Oribatid mites (Acari, Sarcoptiformes) of Hormozgan province, southern Iran, with new records 21 38 20630 10.61186/jibs.11.1.21 EN Mohammad Ali Akrami Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 0000-0002-7561-9508 Zahra Eskandari-Nasab Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 0009-0007-0534-0150 Journal Article 2024 05 29 This study was carried out to determine the fauna of oribatid mites (Oribatida) in Hormozgan province (southern Iran). Berlese funnel was used to obtain specimens from soil and leaf litter samples in various habitats in the province during the months of February to October 2021. Forty-three species belonging to 30 genera from 20 families of oribatid mites were collected from Bandar Abbas, Minab, Rudan and Hajiabad counties and identified. The species Javacarus (J.) porosus Hammer, 1979, Hoplophorella (H.) hamata (Ewing, 1909) and Lamellobates (L.) molecula molecula (Berlese, 1916) are recorded for the first time from Iran. https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article_20630_24271026c7965e9b45aa5fb1a82c6648.pdf