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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Activity and Diversity of Collembola (Insecta) and Mites (Acari) in Litter of a Degraded Midwestern Oak Woodland [PDF]
Litter-inhabiting Collembola and mites were sampled using pitfall traps over a twelve-month period from four sub-communities within a 100-acre (40-ha) oak-woodland complex in northern Cook County, Illinois.
Funk, Florrie M +3 more
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Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean): new reports and a preliminary check-list [PDF]
In the 20th Century, about 20 species of eriophyoids were listed for the Maltese Islands but these reports were entirely based on plant gall surveys.
Lillo, Enrico de +2 more
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A new larval species of Allothrombium (Acari: Prostigmata: Trombidiidae) from Sicily
Allothrombium sicilianum sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) is described from Sicily. It is the fourth known species of the genus Allothrombium with one seta on coxa II.
Ryszard Haitlinger
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Three erythraeid genera Balaustium von Heyden, Charletonia Oudemans, and Erythraeus Latreille (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) are reported for first time from Saudi Arabia based on three new larval species, B. yousifi sp. n., C. bahaensis sp.
Muhammad Kamran, Fahad Jabr Alatawi
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Preliminary study of the mite community structure in different black truffle producing soils
Aims of the study: The goals of this paper are to provide preliminary data on the composition of the mite community in truffle-producing soils (both wild and plantations); and to elucidate those species which may interact with the black truffle life ...
Mikel Queralt +2 more
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New ectoparasitic Abrolophine mites (Acari, Erythraeidae, Marantelophus) on thrips and aphids (Insecta) from Iran [PDF]
Larvae of Marantelophus sanandajensis Hakimitabar et Saboori sp. n. collected from Kurdistan and Alborz provinces are described and illustrated as ectoparasite of aphids and thrips.
Ghobari, Hamed +2 more
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A new Acaralox species (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) on Verbena officinalis L. from Hungary [PDF]
The female, male and nymph of Acaralox bognari sp. n., associated with Verbena officinalis (Verbenaceae), are described from Hungary. Taxonomically relevant morphological details are illustrated and the species is diagnosed from the similar ...
Ripka, Géza
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A catalogue of heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Iran
In this study, we conducted a comprehensive review of all heterostigmatic mites that have previously been recorded from Iran. Thus far, 319 species, 70 genera, 12 families and 6 superfamilies of Heterostigmata (Acari: Prostigmata) (of 2265 known world ...
Vahid Rahiminejad +2 more
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The mites (Acari) associated with bark beetles in the Koli National Park in Finland [PDF]
International audienceThirty-three taxa associated with Ips typographus were identified, of which fifteen species were phoretic. The most abundant species were Insectolaelaps quadrisetus (Mesostigmata), Siculobata lentonycha (Oribata), Diapterobates ...
Moser, J.C., Penttinen, R., Viiri, H.
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