| abstract | We describe a new species, Pogonolaelaps termitophilus sp.nov., from specimens collected from termite nests in Iran. We clarify the identity of the genus Pogonolaelaps Nemati & Gwiazdowicz, 2016, its type species Laelaps canestrinii Berlese, 1892, and the related genus Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, 1969 |