food webs, farm food webs, forestry food webs, orchard food webs or motorway embankment food webs, despite the fact that these habitats can be extensive and are much more intimately connected to humans than natural habitats.” “A major problem lies in the extent to which constituent species are often ‘lumped’ into functional groups — each bird lovingly identified, while individual arachnid speci...

The small pseudoscorpion family Pseudochiridiidae Chamberlin, 1923 comprises two genera and 12 extant species recorded from Asia (Burma, Christmas Island, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Nicobars and Sumba), eastern, central and southern Africa (Chad, D.R. Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania), Madagascar, Seychelles (Aldabra), North America (Florida) and the Caribbe...

1 24 Mill Stream Drive, Charters Settlement, NB, Canada E3C 1X1 2 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6 3 Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec, Canada G1V 4C7 4 Natural Resources Canada, Canadian ...

The two known species of Ctenidae from Jamaica are redescribed: Acanthoctenus remotus Chickering, 1960 and Ctenus malvernensis Petrunkevitch, 1910. One new species is described, Ctenus catherine sp. nov., based on a single male. All three species are known only from Jamaica.

Twelve larvae of unidentified species of Odontacarus Ewing, 1929 (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae) were found parasitising an adult male whip spider Charinus brasilianus Weygoldt (Charinidae) in Santa Teresa, mountainous region of Espirito Santo state, southeastern Brazil. These larvae occurred in the intersegmental membrane of prosoma and legs. This is the first report of ectoparasitic mites infecting...

worms. The body is vermiform and is markedly annulated. The rings are, however, merely superficial and no trace of any segmentation is present. They therefore are considered as degenerated forms of the Class Arachnida and have been included under a distinct Order, Pentastomida, which includes among others the family Lingucitulidce. The life-history of this arthropod includes two hosts, one carn...