Activity and Diversity of Collembola (Insecta) and Mites (Acari) in Litter of a Degraded Midwestern Oak Woodland [PDF]
, 2018 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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A New Species of \u3ci\u3eCaraboacarus\u3c/i\u3e (Acari: Caraboacaridae) From \u3ci\u3eCalosoma Argentinense\u3c/i\u3e (Carabidae) From Chile [PDF]
, 2017 Caraboacarus calosomae n. sp is described from Calosoma argentinense Csiki collected in Santiago, Chile. This is the first record of this genus in South America. The genius is recorded from North America, Europe, Asia.
Husband, Robert W
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A New Species of Mite (Acari: Podapolipidae) From a Michigan Carabid Beetle, \u3ci\u3eChlaenius Pennsylvanicus\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2017 Eutarsopolipus regenfussi n. sp. is described from the Michigan carabid beetle, Chlaenius pennsylvanicus (L.)
Husband, Robert W, Swihart, Cheryl D
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Remarks on the genera Sphaerotarsus Womersley, 1936 and Hirstiosoma Womersley, 1934 (Acari: Smarididae), with a new distributional record of Hirstiosoma latreillei (Grandjean, 1947) from northern Iran [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and SystematicsIn this study, we provide a larval stage redefinition of the two genera Hirstiosoma and Sphaerotarsus (Trombidiformes: Smarididae) and new data on the larva of Hirstiosoma latreillei (Grandjean, 1947) collected from the soil and leaf litter of a section ...
Masoud Hakimitabar, Milad Davari
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Water, rather than temperature, dominantly impacts how soil fauna affect dissolved carbon and nitrogen release from fresh litter during early litter decomposition [PDF]
, 2016 Longstanding observations suggest that dissolved materials are lost from fresh litter through leaching, but the role of soil fauna in controlling this process has been poorly documented.
Fu, Changkun +8 more
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Latitudinal distribution and mitochondrial DNA (COI) variability of Stereotydeus spp. (Acari: Prostigmata) in Victoria Land and the central Transantarctic Mountains [PDF]
, 2010 We examined mitochondrial DNA (COI) variability and distribution of Stereotydeus spp. in Victoria Land and the Transantarctic Mountains, and constructed Neighbour Joining (NJ) and Maximum Likelihood (ML) phylogenetic trees using all publicly available ...
Adams, Byron J. +3 more
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A new larval species of Allothrombium (Acari: Prostigmata: Trombidiidae) from Sicily
Persian Journal of Acarology, 2012 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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ZooKeys, 2014 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
Forest Systems, 2014 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]
, 2015 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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