to identify the mite species associated with food products in mashhad, a variety of stored food products were visited and sampled during years 2011 and 2012. storage mites were extracted by means of berlese-tullgreen funnel. mite specimens were cleared using lactic acid or nesbit’s fluid. using hoyer’s medium, cleared specimens were mounted as permanent microscopic slides. specimens were identi...

White grubs, including Polyphylla olivieri Castelnau, are among the most economically important pests of orchard trees and other crops such as potato and sugar beet. The larvae feed on the roots of the host plants and their adults feed on the leaves. Several types of organisms are parasitic or phoretic on this pest, including three species of mites from Iran. Two new species of mites, namely Hy...

abstract the laelapidae is a large family with worldwide distribution. many laelapids are ectoparasitic on small mammals or associated with arthropods, although some species are free living and predators especially in soil habitat; also they are common in stored products. during three years (2007-2009) of faunestic survey, samples were collected from different habitats such as soil, plant litte...

A new mite species, Gaeolaelaps leptaulax n. sp., collected on an endemic bess beetle, Leptaulax koreanus Nomura, Kon, Johki and Lee (Coleoptera: Passalidae), from Republic of Korea is described illustrated based morphological characters female, male protonymph specimens. In addition, identification key to all known Korean species the presented, ambiguities some previously recorded genus are di...

Thrips tabaci Lindeman is one of the main insect pests onion (Allium cepa L.) in Colombia and several other countries. Strategies for its control are currently based on use chemical products. In a recent survey, Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Canestrini) Parasitus bituberosus Karg, two soil-dwelling predatory mite species (Acari: Mesostigmata), were found associated with this crop at Boyacá department,...