Veigaia Oudemans, 1905

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 : 164-165

Genus Veigaia Oudemans, 1905

Veigaia decurtata Athias-Henriot, 1961

Distribution and habitats. Fars Province (Koohmare-Sorkhi Region), oak forests ( Kazemi and Yazdanpanah 2013b); (Koohmare-Sorkhi Region, oak forest), soil and leaf litter ( Yazdanpanah and Kazemi 2014a); Yazd Province (Region not mentioned), soil ( Kafi et al. 2014).

Veigaia exigua (Berlese, 1917)

Distribution and habitats. Kerman Province (Sirjan), soil and leaf litter ( Masnavipour et al. 2014); East Azarbaijan Province (Arasbaran forests), soil, leaf-litter and plant debris ( Ordoukhanian et al. 2017).

Veigaia nemorensis (C.L. Koch, 1892)

Distribution and habitats. Hamedan Province (Sarab Gamasiab of Nahavand vicinity; Ganjnameh Region), from soil and litter of Chicory, Cichorium intybus L. ( Masoudian and Khanjani 2013); Fars Province (Koohmare-Sorkhi Region), oak forests ( Kazemi and Yazdanpanah 2013b); (KoohmareSorkhi Region, oak forest), soil and leaf litter ( Yazdanpanah and Kazemi 2014a); (Northwestern), soil and debris ( Abolghasemi and Kazemi 2016); Lorestan Province (Makhmalkooh District), soil under willow tree (Hasanvand et al. 2014b); Zanjan Province (Region not mentioned), soil ( Bigdeli et al. 2014); Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province (Region not mentioned), ants nest and Fomes sp. ( Khalili-Moghadam and Nemati 2014a); (Saman), soil of ant nests, Tapinoma sp. (Hym. Formicidae ) (Khalili- Moghadam and Saboori 2015); East Azarbaijan Province (Arasbaran forests, Vaygan, Aynalu, Kalaleh, Garmanab), soil and plant debris, leaf-litter (Mohammad-Dustar-Sharaf et al. 2016a, b; Ordoukhanian et al. 2017).

Veigaia planicola Berlese, 1882

Distribution and habitats. Lorestan Province (Bishe District), soil under cedar tree (Hasanvand et al. 2014b); East Azarbaijan Province (Tabriz), soil and foliage of poplar and elm trees ( Rahbar Shahlan et al. 2014); (Arasbaran Forests, Vaygan, Aynalu, Kalaleh, Garmanab), soil, leaf-litter and plant debris (Mohammad-Dustar-Sharaf et al. 2016 a,b; Ordoukhanian et al. 2017); Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province (Lordegan, Khanmirza Region, Salehat Village; Monj Region, Ghale madreseh, Pol borideh, Cheshmeh khani Villages), soil from different parts of oak forests (Bagheri Kordeshami et al. 2015); (Saman), soil ( Shariati et al. 2017); Fars Province (Northwestern), soil and debris ( Abolghasemi and Kazemi 2016); Mazandaran Province (Nowshahr, Ecological (Botanical) Garden of Nowshahr), soil and litter ( Saberi et al. 2016); North Khorasan Province (Region not mentioned), in the nests of Tapinoma sp. (Formicidae) ( Rezaei et al. 2016).

Note: We examined specimens of Veigaia sp. nr. indica [Fars Province (Estahban), soil, leaves, fruits, and trunk of fig trees] which was recorded by Daneshnia and Akrami 2013, and determined it as V. planicola .

Veigaia uncata Farrier, 1957

Distribution and habitats. Mazandaran Province (Nowshar and Ecological (Botanical) Garden of Nowshahr), soil and litter ( Saberi et al. 2014; Saberi et al. 2016).