A new species of the genus Favognathus Luxton is described from Iran, namely: F. naghii Hassanzadeh, Khanjani & SafarAlizadeh sp. nov., collected from soil and litter under Cydonia oblonga Mill. (Rosaceae), Sardasht vicinity, Western Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Also, a key to all known species of the genus Favognathus is presented here.
