Mites are receiving renewed interest in forensic entomology, but the identification of many species associated with carrion and human remains is problematic. We review the taxonomy of the mite species currently known as Myianoetus muscarum (L., 1758) and designate a neotype from the collection of Jean Cooreman in Brussels, Belgium. The species is redescribed based on Cooreman's specimens, speci...

abstract astigmatic soil mite fauna of alfalfa fields of six regions in northwest of east azebaijan (soofian, payam, zenooz, marand, shabestar and jolfa) was studied at three different times of the year 2006 (mid-may, mid-july and mid-september) based on nested design. in this study 12 species, 5 genera and 2 families were identified. in general, shabestar and zenooz showed highest and lowest m...

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 ...

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...

Abstract The genus Xenanoetus Mahunka, 1969, only described by the hypopial stage, is characterised an enlarged gnathosoma, presence of double claws in legs I, II and III addition to remarkably broadened femur genu I II, particularly visible lateral view. Only five species from this have been they are all northern hemisphere. Hypopi generally found as phoretic on Sphaeroceridae flies Hydrophili...