A new species of soil prostigmatic mites, Adamystis thailandensis sp. nov. (Acari: Adamystidae) is described based on adult and immature specimens collected from leaf litter and upper soil layer in a coastal forest in southern Thailand. It differs from its congeners by the presence of a densely striated idiosomal shield and the presence of lens-like structures on the lateral, posterior dorsomed...

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 taxonomy of the genus Stylophoronychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) is reviewed. The synonymy of Stylophoronychus Prasad, 1975 and Sinotetranychus Ma & Yuan, 1980 is accepted and the former has priority. As a result, the following new combinations are noted: Stylophoronychus guangzhouensis (Ma & Yuan) and Stylophoronychus insularis (Flechtmann). S. baghensis (Prasad) is newly recorded from the mo...

A new fossil site near Gilboa, New York, is one of only three where fossils of terrestrial arthropods of Devonian age have been found. The new Gilboan fauna is younger than the other two but richer in taxa. Fragmentary remains and nearly whole specimens assigned to Eurypterida, Arachnida (Trigonotarbida, Araneae, Amblypygi, and Acari), Chilopoda [Craterostigmatomorpha(?) and Scuterigeromorpha(?...

Two new species of syringophilid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) associated with passeriform birds of the family Rhinocryptidae in South America are described: Syringophiloidus teledromas sp. nov. from Teledromas fuscus (Sclater and Salvin) in Argentina and Aulonastus pteroptochos sp. nov. from Pteroptochos tarnii (King) in Chile. The genus Aulonastus Kethley, 1970 is recorded from ...

A new genus and species of Schizogyniidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Celaenopsoidea), Euroschizogynium calvum gen. nov. and sp. nov., associated with Scarites terricola Bonelli, 1813 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is described from Ukraine, representing the first record of the family from the Palaearctic. Fusura civica Valle & Fox, 1966 is moved out of the Schizogyniidae and placed into the Megacelaenopsid...

Assessment of mine rehabilitation strategies including soil cover treatments rely mainly on physico-chemical properties or plant performance indices, while much less is known about the response biological properties. This field study evaluated mesofauna (Collembola and Acari) in (mainly subsoil subsoil) tailings, with without organic amendments. The experiment was conducted large (1 m3) units r...

Five phytoseiid mite species: Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot, Neoseiulus californicus（McGregor）, womersleyi（Schicha）, Amblyseius eharai Amitai and Swirski, Euseius sojaensis（Ehara）（Acari: Phytoseiidae）were collected from commercial Japanese pear orchards in Shizuoka Prefecture. To evaluate the suppressive effect of generalist species on spider Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida（Acari: Tetrany...

Összefoglaló. Az atkák alosztálya heterogén csoport. eltérő megjelenésű és életformájú növényeken, állatokon embereken is képesek különféle megbetegedéseket okozni, melyek csípés, táplálkozás, élősködés, vektorként terjesztett kórokozók által valósulhatnak meg. okozta betegségek a lokális, spontán szűnő csípéstől egészen sokszervi elégtelenséget okozó fertőző betegségig széles skálán mozognak. ...

Serious soil degradation due to human intervention in subtropical China has resulted a series of ecological problems. Soil fauna is an important part forest ecosystems and plays vital role the maintenance quality can sensitively reflect disturbances caused by activities. This study assessed long-term effects reforestation on community underground food web. was sampled from plots 30-year positio...