Responses of soil-inhabiting mesostigmatid mites to deforestation and disturbance in oak (Quercus brontii) forests southwestern Iran | Ali Bagheri-Kordeshami, Jahangir Khajehali, Farshid Nourbakhsh, Masoud Mortazavi Ardestani Agricultural Journals

soil-dwelling mites and especially gamasina (mesostigmata) are very important to soil ecosystems. they are one of the major groups rich in species and abundance. in order to study mesostigmatic mite fauna, soil samples were collected from different oak forests of lordegan region. the mites were extracted using berlese-tullgren funnels and then cleared in lactic acid and mounted in hoyer's mediu...

faunistic study of cryptostigmatic mites (acari: oribatida) in rasht township was conducted during 2008-2009. mites were extracted using berlese funnel from soil samples and cleared in lactophenol. cleared mites were mounted (in hoyer’s medium) on microscopic slides. in total, 15 species, 15 genera and 13 families of oribatid mites (acari: oribatida) were collected and identified. among the ide...

Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Licnodamaeidae, Licnodamaeolus asetosus sp. nov. and L. erfenisdamensis sp. nov., are described from clay soil in grassland vegetation in Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve (central South Africa). These represent the first finding of Licnodamaeolus Covarrubias, 1998 in the African continent. Nacunansella Fernandez & Cleva, 1998 is recognized as a junior s...

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...

The Genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till, 1966 is currently one of the largest genera of the family Laelapidae Berlese. The known representatives of this genus are active predators of small invertebrates such as other mites, insect eggs and nematodes. Gaeolaelaps iranicus Kavianpour & Nemati sp. n., was collected from soil and litter in various parts of Iran. The description and figures of this speci...

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.