Three new species of the family Phthiracaridae, Austrophthiracarus longisetosus sp. nov., Phthiracarus allocotos sp. nov., Protophthiracarus amboroensis sp. nov. from Bolivia are described and figured. A comparison of morphological similarities with the most closely related species is presented. Additional descriptions and taxonomical notes for three ptyctimous species: Acrotritia peruensis (Ha...

Expression patterns of six homeobox containing genes in a model chelicerate, the oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus, were examined to establish homology of chelicerate and insect head segments and to investigate claims that the chelicerate deutocerebral segment has been reduced or lost. engrailed (en) expression, which has been used to demonstrate the presence of segments in insects, fails...

Oribatid mites are a specious order of microarthropods within the Chelicerata, compromising about 11,000 described species. They ubiquitously distributed across different microhabitats in all terrestrial ecosystems around world and were among first animals colonizing habitats as decomposers scavengers. Despite their species richness ecological importance genomic resources lacking for oribatids....

The fauna of Tydeidae Western Siberia is reviewed. A total 27 species from eight genera were found in Tyumen and Kurgan Regions. Two species, Lorryia sibiriensis n. sp. L. speciosa are described as new for science; evansi Baker recorded Russia the first time redescribed based on materials Region; paravarsoviensis (Momen Lundqvist), subularoides Kaźmierski, arkadiensis Panou Emmanouel, argutus (...

This study was carried out between 2017-2019 to determine the mite species found in tea gardens of Rize province (Türkiye). During study, surveys 9 districts (Ardeşen, Çayeli, Derepazarı, Fındıklı, Güneysu, İyidere, Kalkandere, Centre and Pazar) were May September with random sampling method, corresponding plant's 1st, 2nd 3rd shoot period. Studies conducted 73 first period, 107 period 97 plant...

A taxonomic review of the genus Hypomicrogaster Ashmead is presented with the redescription and redelimitation of the already named species Hypomicrogaster ecus Nixon, H. imitator (Ashmead), H. tydeus Nixon and H. zonaria (Say). The review also implies eleven new synonymies, and a new combination for the species H. areolaris (Blanchard). Also, the present revision identified 40 new Hypomicrogas...