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Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 956-968, April 2026.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Urbanization represents one of the major anthropogenic alterations of the Earth's surface, with significant impacts on biodiversity and its functions. Soil animals are essential components of biodiversity, and their trophic interactions play integral roles in the ...
Haifeng Yao +6 more
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Cheyletid mites associated with stored rice in Iran; the first record of Chelacheles strabismus from Iran and a key for their identification [PDF]
نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران, 2011 طی سالهای 1386-1385 بررسی در خصوص شناسایی کنههای انباری برنج در استان گیلان انجام شد. در این بررسی شش گونه از کنههای خانوادهی Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata) شاملCheletomorpha lepidopterorum ، Acaropsellina sollers،Chelacheles strabismus ،Cheyletus ...
H. Ostovan +3 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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Habitat Modification by Grazing Lawns Reduces Soil Mite Diversity in a South African National Park
African Journal of Ecology, Volume 64, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT Soil mesofauna are an integral part of the functioning of an ecosystem. They are relatively small in body size, occur in varying habitats and operate in a range of ecological niches. Soil mites are quite sensitive to changes in their environment and contribute to several important ecosystem services in their environments.
Claire Grootboom +3 more
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The Family Tenuipalpidae in Bermuda (Prostigmata: Acari)
The Florida Entomologist, 1998 Four new host plant records and five new distribution records are reported for tenuipalpid mites collected in a survey of the phytophagous mites of Bermuda. A taxonomic key to the five tenuipalpid species and a host plant list are provided.
Gregory A. Evans +2 more
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Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 128-139, January 2026.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Bottom‐up effects play a critical role in shaping community structure and trophic interactions within detritus‐based food webs. Coarse deadwood supports high biodiversity and contributes to detrital food webs during its decomposition process.
Hang Ci +8 more
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A new record for the Turkish fauna: Eustigmaeus dogani (Acari: Stigmaeidae)
Persian Journal of Acarology, 2014 In this study, on the basis of specimens collected from Kütahya, the characteristics and distribution of Eustigmaeus dogani, which is a new record for the Turkish fauna, are given.
İsmail Uluçay, Kamil Koç
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A new species of Cenopalpus Pritchard & Baker (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Japan, with ontogeny of chaetotaxy and a key to the world species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 A new species of flat mite, Cenopalpus umbellatus sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) is described and illustrated based on females, males, deutonymphs, protonymphs and larvae.
Mohamed W. Negm +2 more
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 52, Issue 5, Page 944-966, December 2025.ABSTRACT Alpine ecosystems are vulnerable to the warming climate, yet alpine soil mesofauna remains the less studied part of NZ biodiversity. Here we present a survey of soil mesofauna communities of three mountain peaks in the Nelson‐Tasman and Marlborough regions of the South Island of New Zealand.
Maria A. Minor, Alastair W. Robertson
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Persian Journal of Acarology, 2017 During the study on eriophyid mites associated to Fabaceae plants in Naghare village, Lorestan province (Iran), one new Aculus species (Acari: Eriophyidae), A. lorestaniensis sp. nov., was found on Glycyrrhiza glabra L.
Parisa Lotfollahi +3 more
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