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A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]
An unusually large acariform mite is described as Immensmaris chewbaccei gen. et sp. nov. from the Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar.
J. A. Dunlop, K. Frahnert, J. Mąkol
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A new species of Cunaxoides (Acari: Trombidiformes: Cunaxidae) from Iran
A new species of Cunaxoides, C. shahriari Bagheri, Paktinat-Saeij and Castro sp. nov., is described from soil, humus and moss from northern Iran. A key to the Cunaxoides species of the Iran is also provided.
Mohammad Bagheri +3 more
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A new species of Lassenia (Acari: Tanaupodidae) from Turkey
Lassenia hemsinensis Noei, Saboori & Çobanoğlu sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tanaupodidae) collected from Hemşin, Rize, Turkey, on Rumex sp. (Polygonaceae) (off host) is described.
Javad Noei +3 more
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New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata, Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine are presented. Three genera (Betasyringophiloidus Skoracki, 2011; Neoaulonastus Skoracki, 2004; Torotrogla Kethley, 1970) and 11 ...
Svitlana Pidhorna +4 more
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Ants do not prey upon an extrafloral‐nectar‐feeding predatory mite
The predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus is an important natural enemy of various crop pests and occurs in agroforestry coffee systems, where it feeds on the extrafloral nectar of Inga trees. Because extrafloral nectaries are often vigorously defended by ants, we tested whether ants would attack and kill the mites near nectaries.
Rafael Stempniak Iasczczaki +6 more
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The Family Tenuipalpidae in Bermuda (Prostigmata: Acari)
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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Cheyletid mites associated with stored rice in Iran; the first record of Chelacheles strabismus from Iran and a key for their identification [PDF]
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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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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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 genus and species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae) on Phyllostachys iridescens (Poaceae) from Hungary [PDF]
A new diptilomiopid genus and species, Mucotergum nigrum Ripka gen. et sp. n., associated with Phyllostachys iridescens (Poaceae), are described from Hungary. The prodorsal shield and dorsal semiannuli covered by mucus-like substance.
Kontschán, Jenő +2 more
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