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...

During the investigations of soil mites Soğucak Plateau, three species belonging to families Oribotritiidae, Neoliodidae, and Collohmanniidae (Acari: Oribatida) were found. Oribotritia (O.) krivolutskyi Liu, Niedbała, Starý, 2011 is secondly recorded throughout world. SEM images are also provided.

The oribatid mite genus Epidamaeus Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957 from China is reviewed, and a list and key to all known species from China are provided. A new species, Epidamaeus conjungenussp. n. is identified, and its morphological descriptions and illustrations are also given. The distinct characteristics of Epidamaeus conjungenussp. n. is the coterminous ridge connected to the base of the not...

This work deals with taxonomy, geographical distribution as well as known ecology of oribatid mites of the genus Conchogneta Grandjean, 1963 in the world. The majority of species belonging to this genus is known to be widely distributed in Europe, but only three of them are found in other areas of the northern hemisphere. Most species of Conchogneta are inhabitants of litter of various types of...

in this investigation an attempt has been made to study the species composition, distribution and seasonal fluctuation of acarine community (arachnida: acari) in two undisturbed and well-vegetated plots located within padmaja naidu himalayan zoolo-gical park, darjeeling, india. the study continued for three consecutive years (january to december 1999–2001) revealed the presence of 10 acarine ge...