Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2010 The ectoparasitic gamasid mites found on small mammals are important arthropods in the field of medical entomology. This paper studied the distribution and ecological niches of ectoparasitic gamasid mites on small mammal hosts in Yunnan Province of ...
Li-Qin Huang +3 more
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High-Arctic gamasid mites (Acari, Mesostigmata): community composition on Spitsbergen, Svalbard [PDF]
Polar Research, 2011 This study investigates assemblages of mesostigmatid mites on Spitsbergen, in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. Soil samples were collected from three areas with differing vegetational communities in Adventdalen.
Stephen J. Coulson +1 more
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Cell surface Toll-like receptor polymorphisms influence Bartonella and ectoparasite infections in striped hamsters [PDF]
iScienceSummary: This study explored how polymorphisms in cell surface Toll-like receptors (TLRs) influence susceptibility to Bartonella and ectoparasite infections in striped hamsters.
Xinchang Lun +13 more
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Ornithonyssus bacoti (tropical rat mite): a critical review of biology, vector potential, and integrated management [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceThe tropical rat mite, Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst, 1913), is an obligate hematophagous gamasid mite of global veterinary, animal, and public health importance.
Peng-Wu Yin, Xian-Guo Guo
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The first complete mitochondrial genome of the genus Echinolaelaps reveals mitochondrial genome rearrangement type and evolution of Gamasida [PDF]
Parasitology, 2023 Echinolaelaps echidninus is a gamasid mite that is of medical and veterinary significance as parasites and vectors of disease agents, which can carry pathogens of zoonosis such as Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, Rickettsia Q fever, Rickettsia mooseri ...
Bili Yuan, Gangxian He, Wenge Dong
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Geographic variation in the determinants of ectoparasite faunas’ species richness: fleas and gamasid mites parasitic on small mammals from 6 biogeographic realms [PDF]
ParasitologyWe investigated the effects of body mass, geographic range size, the within-range richness of host assemblages (diversity field) and the habitat breadth of small mammalian hosts from 6 biogeographic realms on the species richness of their flea and ...
Boris R. Krasnov +5 more
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Variation of functional diversity structure measured as combined species dominance, functional diversity, and functional redundancy in two taxa of ectoparasitic arthropods at two spatial scales: host-associated, ecological, and geographic effects [PDF]
ParasitologyThe functional diversity structure of a community can be represented as a combination of three additive components (species dominance D, functional redundancy R, and functional diversity Q) (DRQ approach in which different facets of functional ...
Boris R. Krasnov +4 more
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Meteorological factors affect the epidemiology of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome via altering the breeding and hantavirus-carrying states of rodents and mites: a 9 years’ longitudinal study [PDF]
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2017 The incidence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Qingdao, China was three times higher than that of the average national level. Here we characterized the epidemiology, ecological determinants and pathogen evolution of HFRS in Qingdao ...
Fachun Jiang +15 more
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Abundance and Diversity of Soil Mites (Acari: Gamasida & Oribatida) in Mango Orchards in Ismailia Region, Egypt [PDF]
Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 2021 The relative abundance of gamasid and oribatid mites inhabiting soil and litter in mango orchards was investigated in Ismailia region, Egypt. Soil and litter samples were collected from August 2008 to July 2009.
H. El-Sharabasy
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Diversity Patterns and Ecological Network Features of Soil Mite Trophic Groups in Karst Cave Ecosystems. [PDF]
Ecol EvolAlong karst cave gradients, soil mites show rising α‐diversity yet declining functional diversity toward cave entrances. Predatory mites sustain ecological network stability as keystone taxa despite simplified communities in oligotrophic zones. This reveals biodiversity maintenance mechanisms in extreme subterranean ecosystems.
Shen Y +7 more
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