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The oldest continuous association between astigmatid mites and termites preserved in Cretaceous amber reveals the evolutionary significance of phoresy [PDF]

BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background Among minute-sized and wingless arthropods, astigmatid mites stand out for their diverse range of symbiotic associations (parasitic, neutral and mutualistic), with both invertebrate and vertebrate hosts.
Hemen Sendi, Pavel B. Klimov, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Júlia Káčerová, Enrico Bonino, Dany Azar, Ninon Robin   +6 more
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A transitional fossil mite (Astigmata: Levantoglyphidae fam. n.) from the early Cretaceous suggests gradual evolution of phoresy-related metamorphosis [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
Metamorphosis is a key innovation allowing the same species to inhabit different environments and accomplish different functions, leading to evolutionary success in many animal groups.
Pavel B. Klimov, Dmitry D. Vorontsov, Dany Azar, Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk, Henk R. Braig, Alexander A. Khaustov, Andrey V. Tolstikov   +6 more
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Ectoparasites of Columbina passerina insularis (Columbiformes) in the National Zoological Park, Havana, Cuba [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2022
Ectoparasites of 18 free-living Cuban Ground Doves, Columbina passerina insularis (Columbiformes: Columbidae), captured in the National Zoological Park, Havana, Cuba, were identified. The collected ectoparasites included two species of lice (Phthiraptera:
Daniel González-Acuña, Armando Cicchino, Diana Echeverry, Karen Ardiles, Pablo Oyarzún-Ruiz, Sergey Mironov, Lucila Moreno   +6 more
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Soil microarthropods respond differently to simulated drought in organic and conventional farming systems [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
In Central Europe, summer droughts are increasing in frequency which threatens production and biodiversity in agroecosystems. The potential of different farming systems to mitigate detrimental drought effects on soil animals is largely unknown.
Svenja Meyer, Dominika Kundel, Klaus Birkhofer, Andreas Fliessbach, Stefan Scheu   +4 more
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Patterns of feather mite (Acariformes: Astigmata) prevalence and load in a promiscuous bird during the breeding season [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
The effects of ectosymbiotic feather mites on avian host fitness and factors driving the variation in mite infestation levels, such as host mating and brood care system, are poorly understood.
Joanna Wołoszkiewicz, Jacek Dabert, Sandra Kaźmierczak, Janusz Kloskowski   +3 more
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Determination of the complete mitochondrial genome of Lardoglyphus konoi (Acari: Astigmata) [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
The mitochondrial genome of Lardoglyphus konoi was 14,269 bp long and consisted of 37 genes including 22 transfer RNAs, 13 protein-coding genes and 2 ribosomal RNA genes. All the 13 protein-coding genes had complete start/stop codons. Most inferred tRNAs
Mei-Qing Wang, Run Yao, Feng Jiang, Xiao-Dong Zhan   +3 more
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Second Palearctic Record of the Genus Stereoglyphus Berlese (Acari: Acaridae) with Morpho-Molecular Description of a New Species from Zagros Mountains, Iran [PDF]

Insects
In this study, the astigmatid mite genus Troglocoptes Fain, 1966 is proposed as a junior synonym of Stereoglyphus Berlese, 1923. As a part of the project concerning identification of cave-dwelling mites in the Zagros Mountains, all ontogenetic instars of
Mojgan Sadat-Shojaei, Miroslawa Dabert, Mohammad Ali Akrami, Saber Sadeghi, Jacek Dabert   +4 more
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The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Suidasia nesbitti and Phylogenetic Relationships of Astigmata

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Zhan Xuebing, Xia Xingquan
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Ectoparasites (Feather Mites) on Wild Birds at Some Localities in Egypt [PDF]

Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 2019
The present study was conducted for two years (2016-2018) to throw some light on the acarofauna feather bird mites (Arachnida: Acari: (Astigmata) of some wild birds in some Egypt governorates. The study revealed the presence of 30 species of feather bird
Noura Barakat, Wafaa Abd-Elhameed, A. Metwally   +2 more
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New records of feather mites (Acariformes: Analgoidea, Pterolichoidea) in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

Entomological Communications, 2020
Seven species and four undetermined feather mites are reported from various birds in Piracicaba, Brazil: Dermoglyphus elongatus Mégnin, 1877 (Dermoglyphidae) ex Gallus gallus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) “chicken” (Phasianidae), Mesosathes tetrasetosus ...
Fabio A. Hernandes, Carlos H. W. Flechtmann   +1 more
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