A new species group and five new species of mites of the genus Pavania Lombardini, 1949 belonging to the family Dolichocybidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) are described from Iran. Pavania gymnopleuri Hajiqanbar & Khaustov sp. n., P. sabzevarensis Hajiqanbar &
Hamidreza HAJIQANBAR, Alexnder KHAUSTOV
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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]
In 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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A new species of rake-legged mite, Caeculus cassiopeiae (Prostigmata, Caeculidae), from Canada and a systematic analysis of its genus [PDF]
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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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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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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Verzeichnis der in diesem Heft (46/2) neu beschriebenen Taxa Zoologie
E, Prostigmata, Šundić (2014): Verzeichnis der in diesem Heft (46/2) neu beschriebenen Taxa Zoologie.
Šundić, E, Prostigmata
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Preliminary observations on mites found in domesticated animal food factories in Karaj, Iran
Between March 2004 and May 2005, 16 species of mites belonging to the suborders Prostigmata and Oribatida, and order Mesostigmata were found in wheat, barley, beet pulp and cottonseed meal (in the residue from, for example, the floor, equipment and the ...
Marjan Seiedy +2 more
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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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