Many spider mites belonging to the genus Tetranychus are of agronomical importance. With limited morphological characters, Tetranychus mites are usually identified by a combination of morphological characteristics and molecular diagnostics. To clarify their molecular evolution and phylogeny, the mitochondrial genomes of the green and red forms of Tetranychus urticae as well as T. kanzawai, T. l...

Milandanielia intermedia (Feider, 1950) is re-described. A female from which larvae were obtained by experimental rearing is designated as neotype. Verified diagnoses of active life instars are supplemented with data on habitat preferences, phenology and life cycle. Molecular identification of the species based on its COI sequence is provided.

Surveys conducted on horsetails, Equisetum spp. (Equisetaceae), in Serbia led to the discovery of a new eriophyoid mite genus while searching for a classical biological control agent against these weeds in New Zealand. Eriocaenus gen. n. is described based on the type species Aceria equiseti Farkas, 1960 (transferred to Eriophyes by Farkas 1965; herein reassigned to the new genus) and Eriocaenu...

Nowadays, 81 species and 56 genera of arachnids belonging to 4 orders (Pseudoscorpionida, Trombidiformes, Opiliones Aranei) 19 families have been recorded in apple orchards southeastern Kazakhstan. The order spiders (Aranei) is dominant diversity – 16 families, 54 73 species, the remaining include one family 1-2 species. According number Araneidae 11 9 genera. It followed by Thomisidae (9 10 sp...

Rodents play a significant role as reservoirs of zoonotic diseases. Nevertheless, in general their ectoparasite assemblage and host-ectoparasite associations are poorly known. This study intended to provide new insights into the relationships between ectoparasites rodents northeastern Iran. were captured using live traps during years 2016–2020, collected. Parasitological indices such infestatio...