Myrmozercon cyrusi (lat.) Is a species of myrmecophilic ticks of the Laelapidae family from the order Mesostigmata ( Dermanyssoidea , Dermanyssina ). West Asia : Northeast Iran , Kenevist Rural District , Central District , Mashhad County , Khorasan-Rezavi Province . Body length 522-534 microns. The dorsal shield is 488-500 long and 420-436 microns wide. It differs from other species of the genus by a very short peritreme, lack of setae on coxae, and the only ventral set on trochanteric palps. II and III pairs of legs are short (258-268 microns, 268-272), I and IV are longer (288-298). Associated with ants of the genus Monomorium ( Hymenoptera ). The species is named after the first Persian king Cyrus II the Great (Kuruš; dr.-Pers. 
- Kurush , who ruled in 559 - 530 BC. e.), known as the “father of the Iranian nation” [1] .
| Myrmozercon cyrusi |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squadron : | Parasitiform ticks |
| Infrastructure : | Gamasid ticks |
| Hypot squad : | Dermanyssiae |
| Superfamily : | Dermanyssoidea |
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Myrmozercon cyrusi Ghafarian & Joharchi, 2013 |
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- Kurush , who ruled in 559 - 530 BC. e.), known as the “father of the Iranian nation” [1] .