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Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae)

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2018
Chigger mites of the African continent are reviewed using data acquired from the literature and examination of the collections deposited at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) and the Natural History Museum (London, UK).
Alexandr A. Stekolnikov
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A plurality of morphological characters need not equate with phylogenetic accuracy: A rare genomic change refutes the placement of Solifugae and Pseudoscorpiones in Haplocnemata

Evolution &Development, Volume 26, Issue 4, July 2024.
Developmental transcriptomic data support an unduplicated genome in a solifuge, disfavoring the traditional grouping of pseudoscorpions and camel spiders as Haplocnemata. Abstract Recent advances in higher‐level invertebrate phylogeny have leveraged shared features of genomic architecture to resolve contentious nodes across the tree of life.
Guilherme Gainett, Benjamin C. Klementz, Emily V. W. Setton, Catalina Simian, Hernán A. Iuri, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Alfredo V. Peretti, Prashant P. Sharma   +7 more
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Troglodontobdella, a New Replacement Name for the Preoccupied Troglobdella Liu and Nakano, 2025 (Hirudinea: Erpobdelliformes: Salifidae)

Species Diversity
Troglodontobdella nom. nov. is herein proposed as a replacement name for the salifid leech genus Troglobdella Liu and Nakano in Liu, Li, Wu, Lin, Li, Nakano, and Liu, 2025, because the latter genus-group name is preoccupied by the acariform genus ...
Zichao Liu, Takafumi Nakano
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Mouthpart morphology and feeding structures in the palaeocharinid trigonotarbids of the Rhynie chert: insights from comparisons to modern arachnids

Palaeontology, Volume 67, Issue 4, July/August 2024.
Abstract Trigonotarbida, an extinct order of spider‐like arachnids, were significant predators between the late Silurian and early Permian. Characterized by their segmented opisthosoma, clasp‐knife chelicera, and paired book lungs, they played a pivotal role in the formation of Early Devonian terrestrial ecosystems.
Emma J. Long, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Brett Clark, Callum Hatch, Alexander D. Ball, Xiaoya Ma   +5 more
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Invertebrate diversity in groundwater‐filled lava caves is influenced by both neutral‐ and niche‐based processes

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2024.
Here, we examine how ecological factors shape invertebrate diversity in ponds found in lava caves in Iceland. We specially focus on the importance of neutral and niche‐based processes. Abstract Understanding which factors shape and maintain biodiversity is essential to understand how ecosystems respond to crises.
Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, Doriane Combot, Anett Reilent, Joseph S. Phillips, Camille A.‐L. Leblanc   +4 more
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Pest categorisation of Cenopalpus irani

EFSA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 6, June 2024.
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Cenopalpus irani (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae), known as the Iranian false spider mite, following the commodity risk assessment of Malus domestica plants from Türkiye, in which C.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jean‐Claude Grégoire, Chris Malumphy, Vasiliki Evangelou, Virag Kertesz, Dimitrios Papachristos, Oresteia Sfyra, Alan MacLeod   +26 more
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The “elongate chelicera problem”: A virtual approach in an extinct pterygotid sea scorpion from a 3D kinematic point of view

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2024.
How pterygotid sea scorpions used their tripartite elongate cheliceres to get prey items close to the mouth region remains a conundrum. We applied four different 3D kinematic settings with regard to insertion and orientation of the cheliceres to examine the most likely way this was realized.
Michel Schmidt, Roland R. Melzer
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Pest categorisation of Calepitrimerus baileyi

EFSA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 5, May 2024.
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Bailey's rust mite, Calepitrimerus baileyi Keifer (Acariformes: Eriophyidae), following the commodity risk assessment of Malus domestica plants from Türkiye performed by EFSA, in which C. baileyi was identified as a pest of possible concern to the European Union.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jean‐Claude Grégoire, Chris Malumphy, Alex Gobbi, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Oresteia Sfyra, Alan MacLeod   +26 more
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Host space, not energy or symbiont size, constrains feather mite abundance across passerine bird species

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 93, Issue 4, Page 393-405, April 2024.
Why some host species hold larger symbiont abundances than others is an open question in ecology. Comparison of the empirical scaling of feather mite abundance with predictions from the metabolic theory of ecology showed that space (number of feather barbs of bird species), and not energy, was the main constraint to feather mite infracommunities ...
María del Mar Labrador, David Serrano, Jorge Doña, Eduardo Aguilera, José L. Arroyo, Francisco Atiénzar, Emilio Barba, Ana Bermejo, Guillermo Blanco, Antoni Borràs, Juan A. Calleja, José L. Cantó, Verónica Cortés, Javier De la Puente, Diana De Palacio, Sofía Fernández‐González, Jordi Figuerola, Óscar Frías, Benito Fuertes‐Marcos, László Z. Garamszegi, Óscar Gordo, Míriam Gurpegui, István Kovács, José L. Martínez, Leandro Meléndez, Alexandre Mestre, Anders P. Møller, Juan S. Monrós, Rubén Moreno‐Opo, Carlos Navarro, Péter L. Pap, Javier Pérez‐Tris, Rubén Piculo, Carlos Ponce, Heather C. Proctor, Rubén Rodríguez, Ángel Sallent, Juan Carlos Senar, José L. Tella, Csongor I. Vágási, Matthias Vögeli, Roger Jovani   +41 more
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Lethal and sublethal effects of carlina oxide on Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) and Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Pest Management Science, Volume 80, Issue 3, Page 967-977, March 2024.
Carlina oxide is very toxic toward mobile stages of Tetranychus urticae, also showing a high ovicidal effect even at low concentrations. By contrast, it is harmless for the phytoseiid Neoseiulus californicus but a strong repellent effect was recorded during the first 48 h. Abstract BACKGROUND Tetranychus urticae Koch, is a polyphagous and damaging pest,
Roberto Rizzo, Ernesto Ragusa, Giovanni Benelli, Gabriella Lo Verde, Valeria Zeni, Filippo Maggi, Riccardo Petrelli, Eleonora Spinozzi, Marta Ferrati, Milko Sinacori, Haralabos Tsolakis   +10 more
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