A new species of the genus Acarophenax (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Acarophenacidae) associated with Sphindus sp. (Coleoptera: Sphindidae) from Iran

The mite acarophenax sphindi sp. nov. (acari: heterostigmata) collected under head of the host beetle, sphindus sp. (coleoptera: sphindidae) is described and illustrated from oak forests of golestan province, northern iran. it is first record of the beetle family sphindidae (col.: cucujoidea) as an acarophenacid host. moreover, host range of the genus is reviewed and a key to world species of the genus acarophenax newstead and duvall, 1918, is provided