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Acarologia, first, longest publishing peer-reviewed diamond open-access journal of Acarology. Held by the community, it aims to #OpenScience in #Acarology.
Montpellier, France
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A catalog of superfamily Tetranychoidea Acari Trombidiformes from Iran #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/3wt...
A catalog of superfamily Tetranychoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Iran
This catalog lists 198 species within 39 genera and five families. It provides a comprehensive list of recorded species, along with details on their original descriptions, host plants, and collection ...
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June 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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First cytogenetic data on two trombidioid mites Prostigmata from Turkiye with a checklist of known chromosome numbers in mites #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/1sr...
First cytogenetic data on two trombidioid mites (Prostigmata) from Türkiye, with a checklist of known chromosome numbers in mites
Cytogenetic studies on mites (and ticks) remain scarce and have received limited attention in the literature. In this study, for the first time, chromosome numbers of two species belonging to Trombidi...
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June 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Bottle-Acaricide-Impregnation-Test BAIT an alternative novel bioassay for diagnosis of acaricide tick-tolerance and/or resitance #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/jgl...
Bottle-Acaricide-Impregnation-Test (BAIT): an alternative novel bioassay for diagnosis of acaricide tick-tolerance and/or resitance
Background: Ticks are blood-feeding ectoparasites which transmit pathogens ranging from protozoa, viruses, bacteria to both humans and animals. For decades, acaricides have significantly contributed t...
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June 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Two new species of Haplozetidae Acari Oribatida from China #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/65y...
Two new species of Haplozetidae (Acari, Oribatida) from China
Two new species of the family Haplozetidae, Setoxylobates medogensis sp. nov. and Trachyoribates concavus sp. nov., are described based on adult specimens from China. Setoxylobates medogensis sp. nov....
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May 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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A catalogue of spider mite Prostigmata Tetranychidae fauna associated with agricultural ecosystems of Kerala South India with a taxonomic key #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/sx3...
A catalogue of spider mite (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) fauna associated with agricultural ecosystems of Kerala, South India with a taxonomic key
Spider mites have emerged as serious pests of several field and horticultural crops in Kerala, in recent years. This extensive survey was carried out to assess the spider mite faunal diversity in dif...
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May 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Microsatellite loci support recent speciation of Ambylomma maculatum s.l. Koch 1944 Acari Ixodidae morphotypes II and III #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/w6s...
Microsatellite loci support recent speciation of Ambylomma maculatum s.l., Koch, 1944 (Acari: Ixodidae) morphotypes II and III
In the United States, the Amblyomma maculatum sensu lato (s.l.) group is represented by two, distinct allopatric clusters of hard ticks identified as morphotype II in the eastern US and morphotype III...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Phytoseiidae mite Parasitiformes Phytoseiidae assemblages from different Cerrado vegetation types #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/3rd...
Phytoseiidae mite (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) assemblages from different Cerrado vegetation types
Phytoseiidae are predatory mites with some species widely used in biological control programs. Currently, 2,985 species have been described, among them, 260 species have already been recorded in Brazi...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Redescription of the feather mite Ingrassia aequinoctialis Trouessart 1899 Acariformes Xolalgidae with notes on systematics and host associations of the Ingrassia genus-group #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/f5z...
Redescription of the feather mite Ingrassia aequinoctialis (Trouessart, 1899) (Acariformes: Xolalgidae) with notes on systematics and host associations of the Ingrassia genus-group
The feather mite Ingrassia aequinoctialis (Trouessart, 1899) (Xolalgidae: Ingrassiinae), never previously illustrated, is redescribed based on recently collected specimens from the Red-tailed Tropicbi...
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May 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Insectolaelaps zvoleniensis Wiśniewski Hirschmann a common but little known digamasellid mite Acari Mesostigmata of subcortical microhabitats in Slovakia #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/uv0...
Insectolaelaps zvoleniensis (Wiśniewski & Hirschmann), a common but little known digamasellid mite (Acari: Mesostigmata) of subcortical microhabitats in Slovakia
The adult and deutonymphal stages of Insectolaelaps zvoleniensis (Wiśniewski & Hirschmann, 1984) are redescribed from specimens collected in various subcortical microhabitats, mainly in association wi...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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New records of phytoseiid mites from Madagascar with descriptions of two new species #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/t5z...
New records of phytoseiid mites from Madagascar, with descriptions of two new species
Madagascar is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots worldwide. Many studies have investigated the arthropodofauna of the island in the last two decades, but studies on Phytoseiidae go back t...
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May 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Using morphological and molecular tools for the description of a new generalist-nematophagous species of Macrocheles Acari Mesostigmata Macrochelidae #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/wc1...
Using morphological and molecular tools for the description of a new generalist-nematophagous species of Macrocheles (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae)
As part of a project aimed at harnessing soil food webs for the biological control of root-knot nematodes, specimens of a new species of the gamasine mite genus Macrocheles were found in vegetable fie...
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May 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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New species of Oripodoidea Acari Oribatidae from Central Ethiopia #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/8zn...
New species of Oripodoidea (Acari, Oribatidae) from Central Ethiopia
Two new species of oribatid mites (Oribatida) of the superfamily Oripodoidea—Zygoribatula birhanensis n. sp. (Oribatulidae) and Scheloribates (Scheloribates) debreensis n. sp. (Scheloribatidae)—are de...
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May 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Two new Pergamasus species Acari Mesostigmata Parasitidae from Slovakia #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/vnn...
Two new Pergamasus species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Parasitidae) from Slovakia
Two new species from the territory of Slovakia are described: Pergamasus holecovae n. sp. from the Little Carpathians and Pergamasus saxicolis n. sp. from the highest areas of the High Tatras. We now ...
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April 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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New data on Leptotrombidium miniopteri Acariformes Trombiculidae with a description of the adult stage #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/ms7...
New data on Leptotrombidium miniopteri (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) with a description of the adult stage
The adult stage of a bat-parasitizing chigger mite Leptotrombidium miniopteri Feider, 1966 known from Romania was described for the first time based on specimens collected in Hacı Akif Cave located in...
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April 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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The genus Sperchon Kramer 1877 in Brazil with the description of a new species new records and a key to the Neotropical species of the genus Acari Hydrachnidia Sperchontidae #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/4ov...
The genus Sperchon Kramer 1877 in Brazil, with the description of a new species, new records and a key to the Neotropical species of the genus (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae)
A new species of the genus Sperchon, S. pinnatus sp. nov., is described from Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Moreover, new records are reported of S. neotropicus Cook, 1980 from Brazil. Finally, a k...
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April 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Pronematinae Trombidiformes Iolinidae from Brazil with original and complementary descriptions of taxa as well as with a reappraisal of the subfamily and of Parapronematus #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/7w2...
Pronematinae (Trombidiformes: Iolinidae) from Brazil, with original and complementary descriptions of taxa as well as with a reappraisal of the subfamily and of Parapronematus
Pronematinae was originally proposed as a subfamily of Tydeidae Kramer, 1877 and later transferred to Iolinidae Pritchard, 1956. Although apparently omnivorous, some species of this group have been re...
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April 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Studies on the subgenus Lemienia Koenike 1910 new to China Acari Hydrachnidia Neumania #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/9qs...
Studies on the subgenus Lemienia Koenike, 1910 new to China (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Neumania)
New data on five species of water mites of the subgenus Lemienia Koenike, 1910, from the People's Republic of China are provided. These include two new species: Neumania (Lemienia) quadroa sp. nov. an...
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April 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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What factors influence the plasticity of a facultative feeding larval predator Amblydromalus limonicus Garman McGregor Acari Phytoseiidae? #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/6po...
What factors influence the plasticity of a facultative feeding larval predator Amblydromalus limonicus (Garman & McGregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae)?
This study explores the factors influencing larval prey consumption in the facultative-feeding predatory mite Amblydromalus limonicus (Garman & McGregor) (Acari: Mesostigmata), an important species in...
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April 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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First report of the Tuckerellidae mite Tuckerella elegans Rossi de Simons from Brazil #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/wpc...
First report of the Tuckerellidae mite Tuckerella elegans Rossi de Simons from Brazil
The family Tuckerellidae (Prostigmata: Tetranychoidea) includes 32 known species worldwide, with three of them reported in Brazil. Studies of the mite fauna associated with the native vegetation of th...
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April 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Effect of temperature on the biological and demographic parameters of two citrus pests Eutetranychus orientalis Klein and Panonychus citri McGregor Acarina Tetranychidae #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/0op...
Effect of temperature on the biological and demographic parameters of two citrus pests: Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein) and Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Acarina: Tetranychidae)
The brown citrus mite, Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein), and the red citrus mite, Panonychus citri (McGregor), are important mites that may cause considerable damage to citrus fruit in Tunisia and oth...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Effect of different constant temperatures on the biological characteristics and life table parameters of Euseius scutalis Acari Phytoseiidae fed on cattail pollen #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/thv...
Effect of different constant temperatures on the biological characteristics and life table parameters of Euseius scutalis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) fed on cattail pollen
Development, reproduction, and life table parameters of the predatory mite Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot), fed on cattail pollen (Typha latifolia L.), were studied at constant temperatures ranging ...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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An exceptionally well-preserved Eocene fossil mite Histiogaster altilis sp. n. Acari Astigmata from tree sap Evidence of morphological and ecological niche conservatism with a review of fossil Astigmata #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/c35...
An exceptionally well-preserved Eocene fossil mite, Histiogaster altilis sp. n. (Acari: Astigmata), from tree sap: Evidence of morphological and ecological niche conservatism, with a review of fossil ...
We describe Histiogaster altilis sp. nov. (Acari: Astigmata: Acaridae), a newly identified species of mite from Eocene Rovno amber (34–37 Ma), based on both male and female specimens. The exceptional ...
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March 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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The community of mites Acari in the galleries of the spider Macrothele calpeiana Araneae Macrothelidae in southern Spain #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/3fp...
The community of mites (Acari) in the galleries of the spider Macrothele calpeiana (Araneae: Macrothelidae) in southern Spain
A total of 87 mite specimens from 16 burrows of the spider Macrothele calpeiana were studied in the southern part of Spain (Mediterranean region). Of these specimens, 60 were found in the spider webs,...
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March 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Stylostome of Leptotrombidium myotis larvae Ewing 1929 Acariformes Trombiculidae feeding on two different bat species Vespertilionidae #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Acari doi.org/10.24349/o87...
Stylostome of Leptotrombidium myotis larvae (Ewing, 1929) (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) feeding on two different bat species (Vespertilionidae)
Larvae of Leptotrombidium myotis (Ewing, 1929) and their stylostome on the bats Plecotus ognevi Kishida, 1927 (Buryatia) and Myotis davidii (Peters, 1869) (Kazakhstan) were studied with scanning (SEM)...
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March 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Sixty years after A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae (Acariformes: Tydeoidea: Tydeidae)
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March 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM