The fauna of edaphic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Sorche-Hesar forest park, Tehran, Iran

During ۲۰۰۴-۲۰۰۵, a faunistic study was carried out on the edaphic mites in Sorche-Hesar forest park of Tehran. A total of ۱۴ species belonging to ۱۰ families were collected and identified, of which four species, viz. Iphidozercon corticalis Evans, Dendrolealaps populi Walker, Holaspina alstoni Evans and Rhodacarellus silesiacus Willmann, are new records for Iran.