Based on the recent ascertaining studies of type specimens, the new systematic placement for one subgenus and three species of oribatid mites of the family Galumnidae (Acari, Oribatida) are proposed, resulting in the following taxonomic proposals: Pergalumna (Bigalumna) Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2009 stat. nov., P. (B.) rimosa (Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2009) comb. nov., Allogalumna quadrimaculata ...

In the material recently collected in Madeira, 16 species of ptyctimous mites have been found. A new species of Austrophthiracarus rabacalensis Niedbala sp. nov. has been described. The presence of P. globosus and S. (R.) ortizi, reported earlier from Madeira has not been confirmed, but P. anonymus and P. montanus, so far not reported from this island, have been found. All 16 species identified...

in the course of a faunistic survey on oribatid mites (acari: oribatida) in mazandaran province, northern iran, the species pseudopyroppia orientalis rjabinin of the family ceratoppiidae was identified. this species is newly recorded from iran.

a survey was conducted to identify the mites in relation with the fig trees in estahban region from 2009 to 2010. the species, phyllozetes tauricus gordeeva (oribatida: cosmochthoniidae), was collected and identified. the species is newly recorded from iran.

in the course of a faunistic survey of water mites in guilan province in 2006, the second iranian species of aquatic oribatid mites was collected and identified as hydrozetes thienemanni strenzke (acari: oribatida: hydrozetidae).

A new species of the genus Gittella (Oribatida, Oppiidae) - G. kontschani n. sp. is described, based on materials collected from upper soil and leaf litter in primary evergreen lowland rainforest Amazonian Peru. Generic diagnosis, an identification key, distribution, habitats all known are presented.

A new oribatid mite species of the genus Oribatella (Oribatida, Oribatellidae)—Oribatella altaica Ermilov sp. n. – is described from soil-litter in Altai mountains, Russia; it showing an interesting sexual dimorphism structure posterior part notogaster (large unpaired concavity bearing a pair porose areas A3 present males versus absent, located openly on notogastral surface females). In additio...