Oribatid mites of Oripodoidea (Acari: Oribatida) from northwest of Iran with additional description of Scheloribates (Scheloribates) labyrinthicus Author Gol, Tahereh Taghipour . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran; E-mails: taghipourgol @ yahoo. com; mbagheri 20022002. mb @ gmail. com Author Bagheri, Mohammad . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran; E-mails: taghipourgol @ yahoo. com; mbagheri 20022002. mb @ gmail. com Author Ahaniazad, Mansoureh . Young Researchers and Elite Club, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran; E-mail: man. ahaniazad @ yahoo. com man.ahaniazad@yahoo.com text Persian Journal of Acarology 2017 2017-04-15 6 2 81 93 journal article 10.22073/pja.v6i2.28227 2251-8169 4634075 D5345AA0-B930-45F6-947D-E52ABF68F12E Scheloribates ( S. ) laevigatus * (C.L. Koch, 1835) Material examinedTable 2 (37, 40, 48). Distribution – Semicosmopolitan (Holarctic and Paleotropical) ( Subías 2004 , updated 2016). Iranian localities – Heyran, Arasbaran and Jolfa ( Akrami 2015 ); Marand (Lotfollahi et. al. 2016). Note Weigmann et al. (2015) considered S. laevigatus as a synonym of S. labyrinthicus but, they did not give any reason for their action. We do not follow these authors because the labyrinth-like ornamentation is unique and consistent in all populations of S. labyrinthicus but all populations of S. laevigatus cuticle is smooth and without obvious ornamentation.