Introduction of oribatid (Acari: Sarcoptiformes: Oribatida) mite fauna of West Azerbaijan Province

A faunistic survey of crypto stigmatic mites of rangelands in West Azerbaijan province، Iran، was conducted by soil sampling in the year 2012 on three different occasions (mid-May، mid-August and mid-October). The Mites were extracted by a Berlese funnel and cleared in Nesbitt’s solution، then mounted in Hoyer’s medium on microscopic slides. In general، 70 species belong to 48 genera in 34 families and 22 super families were collected and identified. Among them، 64 species are new records for West Azerbaijan Province mite fauna that marked by an asterisk and two genera and four species were recorded as new to Iran mite fauna that marked by two asterisks: Phthiracarus lentulus*، Atropacarus striculus*، Steganacarus carinatus*، Rhysotritia ardua*، Sphaerochthonius splendidus*، Cosmochthonius lanatus*، Papillacarus pseudoaciculatus*، Nothrus anauniensis*، Nothrus borussicus*، Neoliodes ionicus**، Plesiodamaeusornatus*، Aleurodamaeus setosus*، Licnodamaeus fissuratus*، Licnodamaeus pulcherrimus*، Belba daghestanica**، Eupterotegaeus ornatissimus*، Fosseremus quadripertitus*، Damaeolus ornatissimus*، Eremaeus cordiformis*، Adoristes ovatus*، Xenillus setosus*، Xenillus singularis*، Carabodes paraspinosus*، Carabodes willmanni*، Austrocarabodes foliaceisetus*، Tectocepheus minor*، Tectocepheus velatus*، Ramusella puertomonttensis*، Anomaloppia iranica*، Rhinoppia obsoleta*، Rhinoppia subpectinata*، Rhinoppia bipectinata*، Microppia minus*،Ramusella insculpta*، Ramusella sengbuschi s. str. *، Ramusella tokyoensis*، Discoppia cylindrica*،Graptoppia sundensis*، Oppiella nova nova*، Neoppia sp. **، Dissorhina ornata*، Scutovertex minutus*، Microzetes baloghi*، Berlesezetes aegypticus*، Passalozetes africanus*، Bipassalozetes striatus*، Bipassalozetes sabulosus*، Oribatula undulata، Oribatula debilitranslamellata*، Oribatula skrjabini*، Oribatula connexa connexa، Oribatula connexa ucrainica*، Oribatula pallida*، Oribatula exarata*، Oribatula tibialis allifera*، Liebstadia similis*، Protoribates paracapucinus*، Scheloribates fimbriatus*، Grandjeanobates sp. **، Eupelops acromios*، Hemileius ovalis*، Hemileius robustus*، Punctoribates angulatus*، Punctoribates punctum*، Lauritzenia fusifer*، Galumna iranensis*، Galumna karajica*، Pergalumna sp. **، Tectoribates sp. **، Hermanniella septentrionalis*