Intraspecific sensilla dimorphism in Ascoschoengastia indica (Prostigmata, Trombiculidae) [PDF]
HeliyonAscoschoengastia indica is one of the dominant chigger species in Southeast Asia and a potential carrier of scrub typhus, due in part to its cosmopolitan nature.
Shobiechah Aldillah Wulandhari +9 more
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Two New Phoretic Species of Heterostigmatic Mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Neopygmephoridae and Scutacaridae) on Australian Hydrophilid Beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Simple Summary Heterostigmatic mites are globally very diverse, and many are generally phoretic or parasitic on insects. However, the Australian fauna of phoretic heterostigmatic mites is almost unexplored.
Khadem-Safdarkhani H +4 more
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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 +3 more
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A new species of the genus Petrobia Murray (Prostigmata, Tetranychidae) and complementary description of Petrobia cardi Chaudhri [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalA new species, Petrobia (Petrobia) pakistanensis sp. nov. is described and collected, based on females form wild grasses, from Pakistan. the species P.
Muhammad Kamran, Fahad Alatawi
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A new species of rake-legged mite, Caeculus cassiopeiae (Prostigmata, Caeculidae), from Canada and a systematic analysis of its genus [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 The genus Caeculus Dufour (Prostigmata, Caeculidae) contains 19 previously described species, most of which are found in North America, and for which no comprehensive phylogenetic treatment exists. Here, one new species from Alberta, Canada, is described:
Jared Bernard +3 more
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Complete mitochondrial genomes of two snail mite: Riccardoella tokyoensis and R. reaumuri (Acariformes, Prostigmata, Ereynetidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 We determined the mitochondrial genome sequences of two snail mites, Riccardoella tokyoensis and R. reaumuri. The length of the entire mitogenome of these two species is 15,078 bp and 15,148 bp long, respectively.
Shimpei F. Hiruta +2 more
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New record of the genus Amblypalpus Mitrofanov & Strunkova (Acari, Prostigmata, Tenuipalpidae) with description of a new species from Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalAmblypalpus Mitrofanov & Strunkova (Prostigmata, Tenuipalpidae) is a small genus in the family Tenuipalpidae, representing five species reported from Iran, Tajikistan and South Africa.
Nasreldeen Ahmed Elgoni +2 more
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Phylogeny of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) based on their external morphology [PDF]
European Journal of Entomology, 2013 External morphological characters were used to reconstruct a phylogeny of the mite family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea), which are permanent parasites inhabiting the quills of bird feathers.
Maciej SKORACKI +2 more
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Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2021 Tydeoidea species (Acari: Prostigmata) are little and soft-bodied creatures and globally distributed. In the world, Tydeidae comprises 328 species in 30 genera, and Brachytydeus has the most number of species with 200.
Sultan Cobanoglu +2 more
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Diversity, 2020 Demodecidae are the most specialized parasitic mites of mammals; they typically inhabit the skin, but they have been found in other tissues and organs.
Joanna N. Izdebska, Leszek Rolbiecki
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