Gymnolaelaps Berlese, 1916

Nemati, Alireza, Riahi, Elham, Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., 2018, A catalogue of the Iranian Mesostigmata (Acari): additions and updates of the previous catalogue, Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (2), pp. 115-191 : 142-143

Genus Gymnolaelaps Berlese, 1916

Gymnolaelaps artavilensis Joharchi & Halliday, 2013

Distribution and habitats. Ardabil Province (Region not mentioned), nest of Pheidole pallidula (Formicidae) (Joharchi and Halliday 2013).

Gymnolaelaps laevis (Michael, 1891)

Distribution and habitats. Alborz Province (Karaj); Yazd Province (Region not mentioned), nest of Tetramorium caespitum (Joharchi and Halliday 2013) .

Gymnolaelaps longiosetae Ramroodi, Joharchi & Hajizadeh, 2015

Distribution and habitats. Guilan Province (Shaft, Chobar Forest, Emamzadeh Ebrahim), in nest of Myrmica sp. (Formicidae) (Ramroodi et al. 2015b); (Emamzadeh Hashem, Rudbar), soil (Ramroodi et al. 2015a); Mazandaran Province (Nowshahr, Ecological (Botanical) Garden of Nowshahr), soil and litter ( Saberi et al. 2016).

Gymnolaelaps messor Joharchi et al., 2011

Distribution and habitats. Alborz Province (Region not mentioned), soil ( Keshavarz Jamshidian and Babaeian 2013); Tehran Province (Shemiranat, Rodbar Ghasran Region), soil and litter (Joharchi and Halliday 2013); (Tehran City, Police Park), soil ( Maleki et al. 2016); Guilan Province (Region not mentioned), soil and litter ( Ramroodi et al. 2014c).

Gymnolaelaps myrmecophilus (Berlese, 1892)

Distribution and habitats. Alborz Province (Region not mentioned), soil ( Keshavarz Jamshidian and Babaeian 2013); (Savojbolagh, Taleghan), nest of Formica sp. (Joharchi and Halliday 2013); Kerman Province (Kerman County), cow manure (Arjomandi et al. 2013a); Khorasan Razavi Province (Mashhad), soil, litter and associated with ants nests (Ghafarian et al. 2013a); Guilan Province (Ganjeh, Majil), soil in olive orchard (Mahjoori et al. 2014); (Region not mentioned), soil and litter ( Ramroodi et al. 2014c); (Saravan Emamzadeh Hashem, Rostamabad, Rudbar), soil (Ramroodi et al. 2015a); Mazandaran Province (Nowshahr, Ecological (Botanical) Garden of Nowshahr), soil and litter ( Saberi et al. 2016); Tehran Province (Tehran City, Police Park), soil ( Maleki et al. 2016); Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province (Saman, Shahrekord), soil ( Amani et al. 2015; Shariati et al. 2017); East Azarbaijan Province (Maragheh Region), soil in orchards ( Valizadeh et al. 2017).

Gymnolaelaps myrmophilus (Michael, 1891)

Distribution and habitats. Alborz Province (Karaj), nest of Tetramorium caespitum (Joharchi and Halliday 2013) ; Mazandaran Province (Region not mentioned), soil (Kazemi et al. 2013c); Tehran Province (Shemiranat, Rodbar Ghasran Region), soil and litter (Joharchi and Halliday 2013); Guilan Province (Region not mentioned), soil and litter ( Ramroodi et al. 2013; Ramroodi et al. 2014c); (Saravan, Emamzadeh Hashem, Rostamabad, Rudbar), soil (Ramroodi et al. 2015a); Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province (Region not mentioned), associated with Fomes sp. ( Khalili-Moghadam and Nemati 2014a).