The effects of environmental change on soil animal communities are poorly known. Norwegian mountains are subject to both atmospheric nitrogen deposition and increased temperature. In a nutrient poor alpine Dryas heath in south Norway, soil arthropods were studied after 4 years of simulated environmental change by warming and/or nutrient addition. Warming alone only affected three low-density Co...

two different microhabitats (cropped fields versus established date-palm farms) in two different cities in khuzestan province, southwestern iran, were sampled monthly during 2011-2012 in order to assess the role of anthropic uses of soil on the biodiversity of oribatid mites. a total of 17 species of oribatid mites belonging to 10 families and 15 genera were identified (nine species were collec...

five oppiid mite species (oribatida: oppiidae) belonging to three genera (corynoppia, ramusella and rhinoppia) are reported as new records for the mite fauna of iran. some of their morphological features and distributions in the world are presented. a key to the subfamilies, genera and species of all iranian oppiid mites is given.

in the course of the faunistic survey of oribatid mites (acari, oribatida) in shend-abad region of iranian province of east azarbaijan -2008 to 2009- two species of the family quadroppiidae, quadroppia (quadroppia) quadricarinata (michael) and quadroppia (coronoquadroppia) nasalis gordeeva, were collected and identified. both species are newly recorded from iran.

This paper presents a list of 78 species/subspecies 50 genera and 27 families soil-inhabiting oribatid mites (Oribatida) collected on Sibuyan Island, Philippines; these, two species one genus are recorded in the Oriental region for first time, 14 Philippine fauna time. Trachyoribates insularis sp. n. (Haplozetidae) is described basis adults.

Epidamaeus hexatuberculatus sp. n. (Oribatida: Damaeidae) is described from Russia. The new species similar to E. nortoni Bayartogtokh, 2004 and tritylos Behan-Pelletier et Norton, 1983 but differs both by the absence of enantiophyses E2 V, presence mediosejugal enantiophysis, narrowly phylliform interlamellar seta tubercle-like, rounded distally discidium, localization prodorsobasal tubercle Da.