Redescription of Female Laelaps nuttalli Hirst, 1915 (Acari: Dermanyssoidea: Laelapidae) with Emphasis on Its Gnathosoma, Sense Organs and Pulvilli

فون کنه های بالاخانواده Dermanyssoidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) در شهرستان خرم آباد و اولین گزارش از کنه نر هترومورف گونه Cosmolaelaps vacua (Laelapidae) از ایران

Bolivian ectoparasites: a new species of laelapine mite (Acari: Parasitiformes, Laelapidae) from the rodent Neacomys spinosus.

Laelaps neacomydis n. sp. is described from the pelage of the rodent Neacomys spinosus collected in Bolivia. Collection records from northern Brazil, southeastern Peru, and central Bolivia indicate its wide distribution across Amazonas associated with rodents of the genus Neacomys. The formal taxonomic description and illustrations are derived from the adults (female and male). Two larger speci...

Two new species of Myrmozercon (Acari: Laelapidae) from Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmozercon burwelli sp. nov. is described from arboreal nests of Polyrhachis flavibasis (Formicidae) from rainforests in southeast Queensland, Australia. Myrmozercon beardae sp. nov. is described from unknown ants from South Australia. New specimens with host species data are recorded for Myrmozercon iainkayi Walter, and its protonymph and deutonymph are described. Supplementary notes are prov...

Redefinition of Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) and description of five new species from Brazil.

Cosmolaelaps Berlese, 1903 was originally described as a subgenus of Laelaps Koch. More recently, this group has been treated at the generic level or as a subgenus of Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1885. One of the objectives of the present paper is to provide a detailed characterisation of Cosmolaelaps, here considered at the generic level, a group that was poorly characterised in its original descript...

First report of mites (Gamasida: Laelapidae) parasitic on wild rodents in Uruguay, with new host records.

Information is presented for the first time on laelapid mites associated with wild rodents in Uruguay. Specimens of the following species were identified: Laelapinae: Androlaelaps fahrenholzi (Berlese), Androlaelaps rotundus (Fonseca), Gigantolaelaps wolffsohni (Oudemans), Laelaps paulistanensis (Fonseca), Laelaps manguinhosi (Fonseca) and Mysolaelaps microspinosus Fonseca; Haemogamasinae: Eula...