During 2006-2007 a faunistic survey was carried out to study the edaphic oribatid mites in Sorkhe-Hesar forest park of Tehran. A Total of 10 species from 7 genera and 7 families were collected and identified. Identifications were confirmed by Louice Quetzee and Lizel Hugo (Dept. Acarology, National museum, Bloemfotein, South Africa) and specimens were deposited at the Acarology collection of the Entomology Department, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch. They are listed below; five species which are marked by asterisks are considered to be new records for Iran.
Galumnoidea Galumnidae Galumna discifera Balogh, 1960
Galumna dimidiata Engelbrecht, 1969
Oripodoidea Oribatulidae Oribatula tibialis Nicolet, 1855
Oribatula connexa Berlese, 1904
Protoribatidae Protoribates paracapucinus Mahunka, 1988
Protoribates maximus Mahunka, 1988
Epilohmannioidea Epilohmanniidae Epilohmannia cylindrical Berlese, 1904
Tectocepheoidea Tectocepheidae Tectocepheus minor Berlese, 1903
Microzetoidea Microzetidae Berlezetes ornatissimus Berlese, 1913
Gymnodamaeoidea Gymnodamaeidae Jacotella glaber Miheleie, 1957