abstract during 2007 and 2008, a survey on species diversity of acari associated with pistachio trees and seasonal dynamics of the dominant injurious species was conducted in mahvelat region for the first time. 8 varieties of pistachio including akbari, owhadi, badami, barg siah, ghermez, kalah ghochi, germeh and momtaz, commonly grown in the region were compared in terms of infestation to the ...

Background House dust mites (HDM), including Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Dpt) and Dermatophagoides farinae (Df), are one of the commonest aeroallergens worldwide eliciting allergic manifestations [1]. Allergenic phenomenon is tightly associated both with the mites themselves and with ligands derived from mite-associated bacterial/fungal products. Some Dpt allergens belong of lipid-binding p...

INTRODUCTION Scrub typhus, a tropical febrile vector borne disease also known as "Tsutsugamushi disease", is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a gram negative obligate intracellular slow growing bacteria. The infection is transmitted by the bite of larval stage (chiggers) mites belonging to the family Trombiculidae. The disease is transmitted from larval stage mites to rats, where humans are an...

The occurrence of hair follicle mites (Acari, Demodecidae) was investigated in dogs from Gdańsk Pomerania, Poland. The three species of demodectic mites (Demodex canis, D. cornei, and D. injai) specific to dogs not only differ morphologically, but are also found on different areas of the hosts’ skin. Parasitic adaptations involve size and shape of the body, which is elongated and worm-like, pro...

introduction mites of the phytoseiidae family have been extensively studied as biological control agents of different mites and insect pests. some species also feed on nematodes, fungal spores, pollen and exudates from plants and insects. about 2,300 phytoseiid species belonging to 90 genera have been described in this family (chant and mcmurtry 2007). considerable efforts have been made in rec...

medicinal plants were used from past to present. different small arthropods such as acari were found on these plants. therefore a study on the acari fauna associated with some medicinal plants (family: asteraceae) in hamedan region was carried out during 2008–2009. in this survey, 23 species belonging 18 genera from 15 different families of the subclass acari were collected and identified. two ...

Of 100 asthmatic patients prick tested for allergy to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, 88% were positive compared with only 14% of controls. A significantly greater proportion of dust samples from the houses of the asthmatics contained Dermatophagoides mites. The house-dust mite D. pteronyssinus, constituted 90% of the mites identified, other pyroglyphid mites, Cheyletus and Glycophagus making u...

Twenty four species of pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Neopygmephoridae, Scutacaridae, Microdispidae) are recorded from the ant Lasius flavus (Fabricius) or from its nests from Western Siberia and Crimea. Four of them of the genus Scutacarus Gros, 1845 (Acari: Scutacaridae), S. insolitus sp. nov., S. heterotrichus sp. nov., S. moseri sp. nov. and S. sibiriensis sp. nov. are described...