Larval forms of some species belonging to the terrestrial Parasitengona (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) group, which are common in world, ectoparasites on causing economic damage. This study was carried out 2020 identify ectoparasitic larval mites and their hosts Diyarbakır Mardin provinces located Southeastern Anatolia Region. As a result study, Grandjeanella bella Zhang, 1996 Leptus sp. ...

A sample of over 6,000 specimens of frogs belonging to about 120 species of all families occurring in West Africa and Madagascar were screened for parasitic mites. Three species of Endotrombicula Ewing, 1931 were found in representatives of two African and two Madagascan frog families. All Trombiculidae found in African frogs belonged to Endotrombicula pillersi (Sambon, 1928), whereas in Madaga...

Vagabundia sci n. gen. n. sp. of the subfamily Axonopsinae is proposed and described. Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, not previously applied to water mite taxonomy, allowed the acquisition and posterior processing of clean optical slices. The new species is compared to other mites that have been described as ‘Axonopsella-like’. Vagabundia sci n. sp. is named after the Science Citation Index...

The status of the genera in small microtrombidiid mite tribe Hexathrombiini is reevaluated. Type specimens representing all were studied and diagnostic characters for are reviewed, summarized, new data a key to provided: Alhamitrombium, Beronium, Hexathrombium Hoplothrombium. most speciose genus species recorded from South America compared, as well those with divided pygidial plate. A provision...

A new tanaupodid mite, Lassenia newelli sp. nov. is described based on a larva parasitising the aphid Myzocallis coryli (Goeze, 1778) (Aphididae) in Scotland, Great Britain. It ninth species of known from larval stage, second host association for genus and first one which specific affiliation both parasite its provided. The finding contributes to taxonomy biology Tanaupodidae have been consider...