| abstract | Acarid mites have been described for the first time from the sediments of the Manjir Formation, Chamba Valley, Himachal Pradesh, which have yielded Early Permian palynomorphs. The reported two fossil specimens are almost well preserved, weakly sclerotised astigmatid mites, having no spiracles or stigmata and trachea, hence respiration cutaneously. These minute, microscopic acarid mites are extremely important as acarid mites are currently not recorded from the Permian. These mites are 365×180 µm and 450×200 µm in size. Triangular gnathosoma (capitulum), 38×30 µm and 45×35 µm in size, is much smaller than idiosoma, narrowing towards the front side where it becomes pointed. |