Influence of plants on soil mites (Acari, Oribatida) in gardens

Madeira's ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida).

In the material recently collected in Madeira, 16 species of ptyctimous mites have been found. A new species of Austrophthiracarus rabacalensis Niedbala sp. nov. has been described. The presence of P. globosus and S. (R.) ortizi, reported earlier from Madeira has not been confirmed, but P. anonymus and P. montanus, so far not reported from this island, have been found. All 16 species identified...

An annotated checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Iran.

Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) are one of the largest and dominating groups of soil inhabitants that play an important role in the formation and fertilization processes of the soils. In the present paper, a list of oribatid mites of Iran (excluding Astigmata) is present based mainly on the collected and identified species and on literature records since 1961. In total, 380 species belonging ...

A list of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Vietnam

A species list of identified oribatid mite taxa (Acari, Oribatida) in the fauna of Vietnam is provided. During 1967-2015, a total of 535 species/subspecies from 222 genera and 81 families was registered. Of these, 194 species/subspecies were described as new for science from Vietnam.

New and little known ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from India.

In 2012, we registered a total of 22 species, 12 genera and five families of ptyctimous mites in India. Three new species, Apoplophora paraspinosa Niedbała sp. nov., Oribotritia duotrisetosa Niedbała sp. nov. and Plonaphacarus kaluzi Niedbała sp. nov., are described. Some remarks on descriptions of Indian Sumatrotritia inusitata Mahunka, 1989, Euphthiracarus meghalayensis Sanyal, 1988, Phthirac...

Report of thirteen species of macropyline oribatid mites (acari: oribatida), New fauna of iran