The majority of animals possess claws on their legs and they are mainly used for keeping attached to the substrate. Recent studies claw shapes function suggest that not just simple attachment devices but highly specialized morphological traits bearing information about lifestyle, ecology evolution. In respect, knowledge is extremely scarce, especially in diverse groups, as example oribatid mite...

in this investigation an attempt has been made to study the species composition, distribution and seasonal fluctuation of acarine community (arachnida: acari) in two undisturbed and well-vegetated plots located within padmaja naidu himalayan zoolo-gical park, darjeeling, india. the study continued for three consecutive years (january to december 1999–2001) revealed the presence of 10 acarine ge...

Satanicoptes armatus, n. gen., n. sp. is described from the Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisii. The new genus is related to the genus Diabolicoptes (Sarcoptidae, Diabolicoptinae) also described from Australian marsupials, but differs in the presence of a membranous tegmen, fusion of the epimera I into a long sternum (in the ~), presence on trochanters Il to IV of retrorse processes, elongati...