A new mite species Allochaetophora iranica sp. nov. (Tetranychoidea: Allochaetophoridae), is described and illustrated based on females and deutonymphs collected from Phragmites australis (Poaceae) in Iran (Kerman Province). This is the third report of the family Allochaetophoridae for the world and first report of it from Asia.

Tenuipalpidae comprises mites that transmit viruses to agriculturally important plants. Several tenuipalpid species present parthenogenesis, and in Brevipalpus yothersi, the endosymbiont Cardinium has been associated with female-only colonies. It is unclear what the bacterial composition of B. yothersi is, and how common Cardinium is in those microbiomes. We performed a comparative analysis of ...

Cenopalpus officinalis Papaioannou-Souliotis, 1986 (Trombidiformes: Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae) is reported for the first time from Israel, Italy and Mexico. Previously, this flat mite species was only known to occur in Greece belonging genus recorded Adult females males, deutonymphs eggs, collected Israel as well material intercepted Mexico at United States ports of entry were studied, illu...

Surveys of Tenuipalpidae and Tetranychidae were conducted at three locations in Latakia governorate, Syria, 2021. Eight species collected; four flat mite which Aegyptobia beglarovi, Cenopalpus lineola, Pentamerismus juniperi new records for Syria; spider among Petrobia (Mesotetranychus) tunisiae represented a record. A tetranychid species, Bryobia (Lyobia) hadizeni sp. nov., collected from Cali...