New records of mites of the Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects from Golestan Province, northern Iran Rahiminejad, Vahid Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza Persian Journal of Acarology 2020 2020-07-15 9 3 233 242 Sevastianov, 1980 Sevastianov 1980 [524,1063,1683,1712] Arachnida Dolichocybidae Formicomotes GBIF Animalia Actinedida 1 234 Arthropoda species octipes   Material examined –Two females removed from a vial containing 22  Tetramoriumsp. (Hym.: Formicidae) and 2 femalesextracted from a vial containing 11  Tetramoriumsp., both captured by a light trap in shore of Caspian Sea, Bandar-E-Turkmen, 36.89 N, 54.05 E, and altitude 1 ma.s.l., 6 May 2013and in Oak forest in the Alang-Dareh forest, Gorgan, 36.46 N, 54.26 E, and altitude 301 ma.s.l., 16 August 2014, respectively.   Remarks –Genus  Formicomotesis new for mite fauna of Asia. Also, this is a new association between this mite and the ant genus  Tetramorium. Another species of this genus,  F. heteromorphusMagowski, 1988reported from Thailandas a pest of cultivated mushroom,  Auricularia polytricha( Walter et al. 2009). Third species of the genus,  Formicomotes brasieliensisKhaustov and Forolov, 2018was described associated with termite workers,  Nasutitermessp., from Brazil( Khaustov and Frolov 2018).