Oribatid mites (Acari, Sarcoptiformes) of Hormozgan province, southern Iran, with new records

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Akrami, Mohammad Ali, Eskandari-Nasab, Zahra (2025): Oribatid mites (Acari, Sarcoptiformes) of Hormozgan province, southern Iran, with new records. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 21-38, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.21, URL: doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.21 ABSTRACT. This study was carried out to determine the fauna of oribatid mites (Oribatida) in Hormozgan province (southern Iran).

Berlese funnel was used to obtain specimens from soil and leaf litter samples in various habitats in the province during the months of February to October 2021. Forty-three species belonging to 30 genera from 20 families of oribatid mites were collected from Bandar Abbas, Minab, Rudan and Hajiabad counties and identified. The species Javacarus (J.) porosus Hammer, 1979, Hoplophorella (H.) hamata (Ewing, 1909) and Lamellobates (L.) molecula molecula (Berlese, 1916) are recorded for the first time from Iran.