The redescription of Oribatula elegantissima Balogh and Mahunka, 1965 (Oribatida: Oribatulidae) is presented, based on the material collected from dry soil in steppes Altai Republic, Russia. main morphological traits this species are summarized.

Over the last few decades, population of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo L., 1758) in Europe has been rising. The formation large nesting and roosting colonies relatively small areas, their rapid metabolism excretion significant amounts guano can have a marked environmental impact. This study aimed to investigate how cormorants affect biodiversity density soil mites under breeding colonies...

Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Galumnidae, Allogalumna monodactyla sp. n. and Galumna (Galumna) paracalcicola sp. n., are described from dark loamy soil under crown of Ficus sp. in southern Vietnam. Allogalumna monodactyla sp. n. is the first identified member of Allogalumna recorded for Vietnam. The identification keys to the species of Allogalumna from the Oriental region and...

An annotated checklist of identified oribatid mites from Cuba, including 16 species, 9 genera and 4 families, is provided. Three new species, Prototritia triangularibus Niedbała sp. nov. (Protoplophoridae), Hoplophthiracarus vinalesensis Niedbała sp. nov. and Protophthiracarus paratripartitus Niedbała sp. nov. (both Steganacaridae), are described from leaf litter. Three species of the subgenus ...

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Broadleaf forests are critical habitats for biodiversity and this is in turn essential their proper functioning. Mites (Acari) a numerous functionally component of these forests. We report the diversity two important groups, Oribatida Mesostigmata, broadleaf forest Eastern Norway which considered to be hotspot. Eighteen samples, each 500 cm3, were collected from diverse microhabitats (moss on g...

Two new species of oribatid mites, Lepidozetes acutirostrum sp. n. and Scutozetes clavatosensillus sp. n., are described from Nepal. The genera Lepidozetes and Scutozetes are recorded for the first time for the Oriental region. The identification keys to the known species of these genera are provided.

The enarthronote oribatid mite genus Phyllochthonius Travé, 1967 (Acari: Oribatida: Phyllochthoniidae) is recorded from Thailand for the first time. Two new species, Phyllochthonius ovatosetosus n. sp. collected from sandy soil in a riparian habitat and Phyllochthonius peniculus n. sp. collected from leaf-litter on the forest floor, are described based on adults and all immature instars, and on...

A new species of Gymnobodes (Oribatida, Carabodidae) – G. paraminimus sp. n. is described from leaf litter secondary semi-evergreen tropical forest in Mexico. revised generic diagnosis, identification key and data on distribution habitats representatives the genus are presented.

We describe the first beetle mite (Oribatida) found in lower Albian (Lower Cretaceous) amber-bearing site of Ariño, located Teruel Province (eastern Iberian Peninsula). It represents fossil record family Liacaridae (Acariformes: Oribatida: Gustavioidea). A new species, Liacarus (Procorynetes) shtanchaevae Arillo and Subías sp. nov., is described compared with living species subgenus (Procorynet...