| abstract | Seven new larval mitesare described: Hauptmannia ostovani n.sp. obtained from undetermined Aphididae (Homoptera), a species with thick and sharptipped accessory claw on palptibia and without pectinala on palptarsus; H. iranica n.sp. from plants, without pectinala on palptarsus and bearing numerous setae on dorsal and ventral surfaces (NDV over 170); H. khanjanii n.sp. from plants, with pectinala on palptarsus and has shorter L, W and ISD than the other species of this group; Leptus fathipeuri n.sp. from plants with two palpgenualae; Erythraeus (E.) akbariani n.sp. from unidentified Aphididae; it has very short ASE; E. (E.) sabrinae n.sp. from undetermined Aphididae; this species is similar to E. adrasatus, E. kresnensis and E. akbariani, differing mainly in number of dorsal and ventral setae and E. (Zaracarus) tehranicus n.sp. from plants; one of the three species of this subgenus, differs mainly from the other two by shorter tarsi and tibiae I. |