AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-07-24DOI: 10.24349/9pxq-zt3r
Sergey G. Ermilov, L. Rybalov
{"title":"New faunistic and taxonomic data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia: results of the Joint Russian-Ethiopian Biological Expedition in Bale Mountains National Park (2023)","authors":"Sergey G. Ermilov, L. Rybalov","doi":"10.24349/9pxq-zt3r","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/9pxq-zt3r","url":null,"abstract":"The present study is based on oribatid mite materials collected from Bale Mountains National Park, Southeastern Ethiopia in 2023. A list of 71 species belonging to 44 genera and 29 families is presented; of these, nine species, three genera and two families are reported in Ethiopia for the first time. Two new species—Brachioppiella (Brachioppiella) sanettiensis Ermilov n. sp. and Drymobatoides harennaensis Ermilov n. sp.—are described.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141809909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-07-02DOI: 10.24349/2n0h-5tye
Poojar Dyamanagouda, Kenchappa Rajashekharappa, C. Chinnamadegowda, V. Mulimani, Carlos H. W. Flechtmann
{"title":"New record and redescription of invasive cassava green mite, Mononychellus mcgregori (Flechtmann and Baker) in India on cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz","authors":"Poojar Dyamanagouda, Kenchappa Rajashekharappa, C. Chinnamadegowda, V. Mulimani, Carlos H. W. Flechtmann","doi":"10.24349/2n0h-5tye","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/2n0h-5tye","url":null,"abstract":"The unnoticed invasion of mites is attributed to the absence of consistent monitoring over time. This recent investigation identified the presence of the cassava green mite, Mononychellus mcgregori (Flechtmann and Baker 1970), on Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) for the first time in the Indian subcontinent. The study involves a comprehensive re-description of the invasive mite, Mononychellus mcgregori (Flechtmann and Baker), employing an integrative approach. The report also highlights the potential future threat posed by the invasive mite to crop diversity in India.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141686516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.24349/vzqw-26ua
Marcia M. Ramírez-Sánchez, T. Goldschmidt
{"title":"First record of the water mite species Arrenurus (Arrenurus) munovus Cook, 1980 from Belize, including the description of the female (Arrenuridae, Hydrachnidia, Acari)","authors":"Marcia M. Ramírez-Sánchez, T. Goldschmidt","doi":"10.24349/vzqw-26ua","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/vzqw-26ua","url":null,"abstract":"We provide the description of the so far unknown female of Arrenurus munovus Cook 1980 as well as additional morphological data for the male. This is the first record of the species since its description from Southern Mexico and is extending the known distribution about 370 km east to the south-eastern of the peninsula de Yucatan. This is the first record of an Arrenurus species from Belize, as well as the first species level data on the Belizean freshwater mite fauna.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141714620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.24349/o7sw-gepq
A. Khaustov, V. Kolesnikov, I. Turbanov, A. V. Tolstikov
{"title":"A new troglobiont species of Rhagidiidae (Acari: Eupodoidea) from cave sites in the Ural Mountains (Russia)","authors":"A. Khaustov, V. Kolesnikov, I. Turbanov, A. V. Tolstikov","doi":"10.24349/o7sw-gepq","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/o7sw-gepq","url":null,"abstract":"A new troglobiont species, Foveacheles uralensis n. sp., is described from the Gremutshaya, Rossiyskaya, and the Shulgan-Tash caves of the Ural Mountains. The new species is characterized by intermediate character states between the genera Foveacheles and Traegaardhia and its taxonomic position is discussed. The current state of the troglobiont and stygobiont arthropod fauna of the Ural Mountain caves is also discussed.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141269400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-05-23DOI: 10.24349/tcet-6u2k
P. Mašán, B. Halliday
{"title":"Ochaechulla spinturniciformis, a new genus and species of mite in the family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Slovakia","authors":"P. Mašán, B. Halliday","doi":"10.24349/tcet-6u2k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/tcet-6u2k","url":null,"abstract":"We describe a new genus in the mite family Laelapidae from Slovakia, Ochaechulla gen. nov., to accommodate a new species, Ochaechulla spinturniciformis sp. nov., based on females collected from under loose tree bark that probably served as a bat roost. The new genus is characterized by a specific idiosomal setation with the loss of some setae on the dorsal shield and opisthogastric region, hypotrichy of the legs, an unusual arrangement of the ventral shields and legs on the idiosoma, and strongly shortened peritremes. Its thick dorsal setae, modified body shape, and strong reddish-brown sclerotization most closely resemble the ectoparasites of small mammals in the genus Laelaps C. L. Koch, although its unique combination of features clearly distinguishes it from them and any other dermanyssoids. The radial arrangement of the legs around the margin of the idiosoma is similar to the genus Spinturnix von Heyden.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141102966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-05-22DOI: 10.24349/ewm1-wqk4
Harol Revelo-Tobar
{"title":"Two new species of Cavernocepheus (Acari, Oribatida, Otocepheidae) from Mexico","authors":"Harol Revelo-Tobar","doi":"10.24349/ewm1-wqk4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/ewm1-wqk4","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species of Cavernocepheus (Cavernocepheus): C. (C.) icpallitelleriani n. sp. and C. (C.) xipetoteci n. sp. are described. These species were obtained from soil and leaf litter samples of conifers, collected in the states of Michoacan and Veracruz, Mexico, respectively. Cavernocepheus (Cavernocepheus) icpallitelleriani n. sp. is distinguished from existing species by the presence of a long, pointed projection of the internal zone of the lateral notogastral condyles. Cavernocepheus (Cavernocepheus) xipetoteci n. sp. differs from Cavernocepheus (Cavernocepheus) longicristatus Ermilov, 2024 by the shape of the bothridial setae, size of the notogastral setae and shape of u setae.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141111752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-05-16DOI: 10.24349/bx89-qaob
I. Constantinescu, G. Chișamera, Rozalia Motoc, C. Adam
{"title":"Three new feather mite species of the genus Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 (Analgoidea: Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) from birds of paradise (Passeriformes: Paradisaeidae)","authors":"I. Constantinescu, G. Chișamera, Rozalia Motoc, C. Adam","doi":"10.24349/bx89-qaob","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/bx89-qaob","url":null,"abstract":"Three new feather mite species of the genus Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) are described from birds of paradise (Corvida: Paradisaeidae): Proterothrix maior sp. n. and P. modestasimilis sp. n. from the Crinkle-collared Manucode, Manucodia chalybatus (Pennant, 1781), and P. papuensis from the Lesser Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor Shaw, 1809. All three species belong to the wolffi species group, in having almost closed coxal fields III in males and parallel-sided terminal cleft in females.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140971608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-05-13DOI: 10.24349/wet3-azzc
Hao Zhong, Harry Smit, Jianjun Guo
{"title":"A new subgenus representing a newly recorded genus from China, with a new species featured with special palps (Acari, Hydryphantoidea, Hydryphantidae, Partnunia)","authors":"Hao Zhong, Harry Smit, Jianjun Guo","doi":"10.24349/wet3-azzc","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/wet3-azzc","url":null,"abstract":"A new subgenus Peculiaripalpus subgen. nov. with a new species Partnunia (Peculiaripalpus) longlingensis sp. nov. which belongs to Partnunia Piersig, 1986 is described and illustrated. Partnunia represents a newly record genus of Protziinae Koenike, 1909 for Chinese fauna. The diagnosis of Partnunia is modified according to the new species. An updated key is provided for the subfamilies, genera and subgenera of Hydryphantidae.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140984035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-05-06DOI: 10.24349/gmr0-8m9o
Maria V. Orlova, B. Halliday, Will K. Reeves, Igor V. Doronin, V. A. Mishchenko, I. V. Vyalykh, A. Kidov
{"title":"Review of the distribution and biology of the snake mite Ophionyssus natricis (Acari: Macronyssidae)","authors":"Maria V. Orlova, B. Halliday, Will K. Reeves, Igor V. Doronin, V. A. Mishchenko, I. V. Vyalykh, A. Kidov","doi":"10.24349/gmr0-8m9o","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/gmr0-8m9o","url":null,"abstract":"The mite Ophionyssus natricis (Gervais, 1844) (Macronyssidae) is a widespread ectoparasite of reptiles and a vector of some important veterinary diseases. This paper reviews the geographic distribution and host range of O. natricis and the available information about its clinical significance. Some incorrect identifications and host records are also identified. The snake mite has been collected from 144 species of reptiles, mostly snakes, as well as one amphibian and three species of mammals. It has been recorded in 36 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, and Australia. Its geographic range has undoubtedly been extended by human activities. Our records of O. natricis on the lizards Darevskia brauneri (Méhely, 1909) and Ophisops elegans Ménétries 1832, and on the snake Telescopus fallax Fleischmann, 1831, are new host records.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141007772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-05-03DOI: 10.24349/de1v-8oni
Maoyuan Yao, Jian-Xin Chen, Tianci Yi, Dao-chao Jin
{"title":"Cornigamasus pseudocliferius n. sp., new species of mite from China based on adults and deutonymphs (Parasitiformes: Parasitidae)","authors":"Maoyuan Yao, Jian-Xin Chen, Tianci Yi, Dao-chao Jin","doi":"10.24349/de1v-8oni","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/de1v-8oni","url":null,"abstract":"A new species, Cornigamasus pseudocliferius Yao and Jin n. sp., is described based on deutonymph and adult specimens, collected from the nest of Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.) and cow dung in China. An identification key to the known species of Cornigamasus in China is provided.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141016580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}