TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - The Caspian Sea coastal mites: redescription of Caligonella geonoma Smith-Meyer & Ueckermann and a new record of Caligonella Grandjean (Acari: Prostigmata: Caligonellidae) from Iran VL - 62 IS - 3 SP - 763 EP - 771 PY - 2022 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Mohammad-Doustaresharaf, Mojtaba AU - Kazemi, Shahrooz UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/bclh-71n0 DO - 10.24349/bclh-71n0 DA - 2022-08-10 ET - 2022-08-10 KW - taxonomy KW - soil-inhabiting mites KW - Trombidiformes KW - seashore mites AB - In a study on the coastal mites of the southern areas of the Caspian Sea, two caligonellid species were collected. The female of Caligonella geonoma Smith-Meyer & Ueckermann is re-described, and the larva of the species is described for the first time. Also, Caligonella quinqueocellata Khaustov is reported from Iran for the first time. Finally, an updated key to Caligonella species of Iran is presented. ER -