A new report of terrestrial Parasitengona mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Trombidiidae) from Iran

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During 2009, in the course of a faunistic survey of terrestrial Parasitengona mites in Jahrom region, Ronaldothrombium bellator (Southcott, 1986) (Acari, Trombidiidae) was collected and identified for the first time from Iran. It was collected as ectoparasite of an unidentified Araneae, which is a new host for R. bellator.