Darlingtonia californica is a carnivorous plant with a patchy distribution in coastal Oregon and northern California, USA. A number of arthropod species inhabit and exploit its fluid-filled pitchers; among these is a hististomatid mite, Sarraceniopus darlingtonia, an obligate inhabitant that feeds on the rich microbial growth associated with decomposing arthropods captured by the pitcher. Males...

A number of genera of Histiostomatidae inhabit phytotelmata, being found fully submerged and filtering organic matter from the fluid. One such phytotelm habitat is the fluid-filled pitchers of species of Nepenthes, a carnivorous plant genus widely distributed in the Old World tropics. As in most histiostomatid species, males of Nepenthes-inhabiting mites seek out tritonymphal females and guard ...

Ten passerine species were examined on three islands of the Azores (North Atlantic) during 2013 and 2014 in order to identify their feather mite assemblages. We recorded 19 feather mite species belonging to four families of the superfamily Analgoidea (Analgidae, Proctophyllodidae, Psoroptoididae and Trouessartiidae). A high prevalence of feather mite species was recorded on the majority of the ...

Acari harbor numerous minute species of agricultural economic importance, mainly Tetranychidae and Phytoseiidae. Great efforts have been established by means recovering morphological, molecular, phylogenetic traits for identification. Traditional identification still relies on external diagnostic characters, which are limited usually exhibit large phenotypic plasticity within the species, rende...