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New pseudoscorpion records fromwestern Iran 83 Beier, 1963 (Fig. 1, Tab. 1). All these species are new provin- cial records. Distribution and habitat data of these species are given in Tab. 1 and the records are mapped in Fig. 3. Discussion Members of the family Olpiidae are well represented in the province with seven species. The three species Calocheiridius centralis , Cardiolpium bisetosum, and Minniza babylonica are widely spaced from east to west of the province. The occur- rence of C. centralis in southwestern parts of Iran has been previously reported by Nassirkhani (2016b). Therefore, this species is widely distributed in western and southern Iran, from Fars province to Lorestan province. Cardiolpium bise- tosum may be an endemic species which is distributed from central-west (Nassirkhani 2015) to western Iran. Minniza babylonica and Minniza persica , widely distributed species throughout Iran, can be found in different microhabitats, e.g. under stones, leaf litters and bark pieces (unpublished data). Cardiolpium asiaticum , Minniza gallagheri and Paramen- thus nanus which were previously recorded for Fars province by Nassirkhani (2016a, 2016d) and Nassirkhani & Vafai Shoushtari (2015), and Geogarypus harveyi which was previ- ously reported from Kerman, Fars and Khouzestan provinces by Nassirkhani (2016c), have been rarely found in Lorestan province. It shows that at least these species are expanded from southwestern to western Iran. Acknowledgements The authors are very grateful to the Vice Chancellor of Research and the Faculty of Agriculture at Islamic Azad University of Arak, Iran for their supports of this research, and Mr. Mahmoud Nassirkhani for his assistance. 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