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The Unique Cauda-Liked Structure Represents a New Subfamily of Cunaxidae: Description of New Taxa and Discussion on Functional Morphology

Animals, 2023
A cauda-like structure was found, firstly in Cunaxidae, and with it the new taxa Cunaxicaudinae Chen & Jin subfam. nov., and its two new genera, Cunaxicaudus Chen & Jin gen. nov. (type genus) and Brevicaudus Chen & Jin gen.
Jianxin Chen, Maoyuan Yao, Jianjun Guo, Tianci Yi, Daochao Jin   +4 more
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First record of the genus Penthalodes (Acari: Eupodoidea: Penthalodidae) from Russia, with description of a new species

Persian Journal of Acarology, 2023
Penthalodes caucasicus sp. nov. (Acari: Penthalodidae) is described based on females collected from moss in Western Caucasus, Russia. Some morphological characters in the genus Penthalodes are discussed.
Alexander Khaustov, Sergey Kravchenko
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Nuevas especies de Carabodidae (Acariformes, Oribatida) iberomagrebíes

Graellsia, 2001
El presente trabajo está dedicado al estudio de varias especies de Carabódidos iberomagrebíes; cuatro de ellas son nuevas para la ciencia: Carabodes pirenaicus sp. nov., Carabodes guadarramicus sp. nov., Odontocepheus bandae sp. nov.
L. S. Subías, A. Arillo
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A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]

Fossil Record, 2018
An unusually large acariform mite is described as Immensmaris chewbaccei gen. et sp. nov. from the Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar.
J. A. Dunlop, K. Frahnert, J. Mąkol
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Mite Fauna of the Family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) Parasitizing Darwin’s Finches in Galápagos Archipelago

Diversity, 2022
Due to the biological uniqueness of the Galápagos Islands, ectoparasites of their avian fauna are relatively well-studied compared with other oceanic islands.
Maciej Skoracki, Bozena Sikora, Markus Unsoeld, Martin Hromada   +3 more
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Phylogenetic position of the acariform mites: sensitivity to homology assessment under total evidence

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010
Background Mites (Acari) have traditionally been treated as monophyletic, albeit composed of two major lineages: Acariformes and Parasitiformes. Yet recent studies based on morphology, molecular data, or combinations thereof, have increasingly drawn ...
Pepato Almir R, da Rocha Carlos EF, Dunlop Jason A   +2 more
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New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine 

Persian Journal of Acarology, 2020
New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata, Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine are presented. Three genera (Betasyringophiloidus Skoracki, 2011; Neoaulonastus Skoracki, 2004; Torotrogla Kethley, 1970) and 11 ...
Svitlana Pidhorna, Kateryna Chernychko, Dmytro Kivganov, Viacheslav Trach, Olga Deli   +4 more
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New species and records of the mite genus Prolistrophorus (Acariformes: Listrophoridae) from rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]

, 2014
Six fur-mite species of the genus Prolistrophorus Fain, 1970 (Acariformes: Listrophoridae) were recorded from Central and South American rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae (Rodentia: Cricetidae).
Barreto, Mauricio, Bochkov, Andre, Lareschi, Marcela   +2 more
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Demodex crocidurae, a New Demodecid Mite (Acariformes: Prostigmata) Parasitizing the Lesser White-Toothed Shrew and a Redescription of Demodex talpae from European Mole with Data on Parasitism in Soricomorpha

Animals, 2021
Only six parasitic species of Demodecidae mite have thus far been described from the Soricomorpha, these being associated with the common shrew Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758, and the Mediterranean water shrew Neomys anomalus Cabrera, 1907 (two species ...
Karolina Cierocka, Joanna N. Izdebska, Leszek Rolbiecki   +2 more
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Complete mitochondrial genomes of the human follicle mites Demodex brevis and D. folliculorum: novel gene arrangement, truncated tRNA genes, and ancient divergence between species [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Follicle mites of the genus Demodex are found on a wide diversity of mammals, including humans; surprisingly little is known, however, about the evolution of this association.
Alicia Satterly, Dorothy Pei, Julie Endrizzi, Michael F Palopoli, Samuel Minot   +4 more
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