We analysed the community of oribatid mites in 25 environments of northern Brazil and one in a rain forest in Peru, encompassing fauna sampled on natural and artificial (nylon-mesh bags) substrata, from primary and secondary forests, caatinga, savannahs, flooded forests, bark and epiphytes of trees, and polyculture. A hundred and forty six species are definitively identified from a total of 444...

Seven new species of Malaconothridae from Papua New Guinea are described: Tyrphonothrus papuensis sp. nov., Malaconothrus dispela sp. nov., M gogolensis sp. nov., M laensis sp. nov., M liklik sp. nov., M murmurensis sp. nov. and M. weigmanni sp. nov.; one from New Caledonia: Tyrphonothrus kanaka sp. nov. and three new species from Australia: Tyrphonothrus seniczaki sp. nov. from Victoria, T kim...

In this paper, eight species of Acrotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Euphthiracaridae) are identified, including a new species, Acrotritia tibetensis sp. nov., and four newly recorded species from China: Acrotritia gracile (Niedbała, 2000), Acrotritia hauseri (Mahunka, 1991), Acrotritia refracta (Niedbała, 1998) and Acrotritia simile (Mahunka, 1982). An updated diagnosis of the genus and remarks on so...

The genus Austrophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) was represented in New Zealand by four species prior to this work. In this paper, two new species of Austrophthiracarus are described from the South Island, New Zealand: Austrophthiracarus cronadun sp. nov. collected near Cronadun, Buller and Austrophthiracarus tawhai sp. nov. from (Catlins State Forest, Otago. A key to all known s...

Bark beetles (Scolytinae) are hosts to a broad diversity of mites (Acari), including several genera of Oribatida (Sarcoptiformes). Of these, Paraleius (Scheloribatidae) species are the most frequently collected oribatid mites associated with bark beetles. A new species was discovered while surveying the acarofauna of bark beetles in Eastern Canada and is described as Paraleius leahaesp. n. (Ori...

A species list of identified oribatid mite taxa (Acari, Oribatida) in the fauna of Vietnam is provided. During 1967-2015, a total of 535 species/subspecies from 222 genera and 81 families was registered. Of these, 194 species/subspecies were described as new for science from Vietnam.

The genus Notophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) was represented in New Zealand by 21 species prior to this work. In this paper, three new species of Notophthiracarus from New Zealand are described: Notophthiracarus dugdalei sp. nov. and Notophthiracarus matatatipu sp. nov. from Darran Mts., Tutoko Bench, and Notophthiracarus whakau sp. nov. from the Red Island, Mercury Islands. A ...

Seven new species of Aleurodamaeus (Oribatida: Aleurodamaeidae) from South Africa are described: A. salvadordalii sp. nov., A. vicinus sp. nov., A. angelae sp. nov., A. niedbalai sp. nov., A. minutus sp. nov., A. woasi sp. nov. and A. prominens sp. nov. Their distribution in South Africa is discussed. Aleurodamaeus deswardti (Hugo, 2010) comb. nov. is proposed. A key to all South African specie...

Three new oribatid mite species of the superfamily Oppioidea--Cycloppia asetosa sp. nov., C. spindleformis sp. nov. and Hammerella (Hammerella) excisa sp. nov.--are described from India. The genus Cycloppia and subgenus Hammerella (Hammerella) are for the first time recorded in India. Cycloppia asetosa sp. nov. differs from all species of Cycloppia by the rostrum with indentation and the absenc...

Three new species of Austrophthiracarus (Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) from New Zealand are described: Austrophthiracarus matuku sp. nov. from the Bethells Matuku Reserve, Auckland, Austrophthiracarus notoporosus sp. nov. from the Tutoko Bench, Fiordland and Austrophthiracarus karioi sp. nov. from the Mt. Karioi, Waikato. Holotype specimens are deposited in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection, La...