Two new species of mites in the family Pachylaelapidae from Türkiye (Acari: Mesostigmata).

This study reviews some species of mites in the family Pachylaelapidae from Türkiye. Onchodellus marginatus sp. nov.

Catalogue of the free-living and arthropod-associated Laelapidae Canestrini (Acari: Mesostigmata), with revised generic concepts and a key to genera.

The cosmopolitan mite family Laelapidae includes both free-living predatory species and species associated with arthropods, mammals or birds. This work presents a list of free-living and arthropod-associated species of laelapids, with corresponding taxonomic information and references. It includes 1088 species (in addition to three subspecies) assigned to 73 genera, 61 new combinations and two new synonymies at the generic level.

Checklist of Indian mites in the family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata).

Laelapidae Canestrini, 1891 is one of the most diverse mite families in the order Mesostigmata, but the Indian fauna of this family is very poorly known. This paper is a checklist of the known species of Laelapidae recorded from India, with a summary of the available information on the distribution and biology of each species. The known fauna includes 66 species in 21 genera, plus seven species whose generic placement is unresolved and a number of others that lack validly published descriptions.

Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826) recognised as the "tropical lineage" of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato: Neotype designation, redescription, and establishment of morphological and molecular reference.

We re-describe the adult stages of Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826), and characterise its diagnostic molecular traits. A male R. linnaei collected in Esna City, Luxor Governorate, Egypt is designated as the neotype.

A new genus and species of Laelapidae Canestrini from Sri Lanka (Acari: Mesostigmata).

We describe a new monotypic genus in the mite family Laelapidae, Hyposternus gen. nov., to accommodate a new species, H.

Review of the mite family Parholaspididae Evans, 1956 (Acari: Mesostigmata).

This paper is a review of the mite family Parholaspididae, including 163 species and 14 genera. We provide a diagnosis for the family and each genus, and a key to the genera. For each species we provide a synonymy and bibliography, information about the type locality, habitat, and institutional deposition of type specimens.

Discovering and documenting Acari: the first twenty years in Zootaxa.

Acari represent the most diverse group within the arachnids with some 60,000 described species. It is generally believed that most species of mites are waiting to be discovered and described. Zootaxa was the most important journal for mite taxonomy during the last twenty years (2001 to 2020).

The "tropical lineage" of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato identified as Rhipicephalus linnaei ().

The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) parasitises dogs. Over the past decade, two distinct lineages have been recognised - R. sanguineus sensu lato "temperate lineage" and R.

Review of the genus Pogonolaelaps Nemati amp; Gwiazdowicz (Acari: Laelapidae), with description of a new species from Iran.

We describe a new species, Pogonolaelaps termitophilus sp. nov., from specimens collected from termite nests in Iran.

New records and new species of mites from Cuba, with description of a new genus of Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata).

This paper presents a new genus, two new species, and several new records of mites associated with insects and soil in Cuba. A new monotypic genus of Laelapidae, Acantholaelaps gen. nov.

Review of the genus Holostaspis Kolenati, 1858 (Acari: Laelapidae).

Mites in the genus Holostaspis Kolenati, 1858 (Acari: Laelapidae) are usually found in association with ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In this paper we review the genus based on examination of six species from Slovakia, namely H. ambigua sp.

Some soil-inhabiting mites from Zanzibar (Acari: Laelapidae).

This paper reports on six species of soil-inhabiting mites of the family Laelapidae from Zanzibar, Tanzania: Gaeolaelaps praesternalis (Willmann), G. zanzibarensis sp. nov.

Checklist of the mites of Pakistan.

We present the first comprehensive inventory of the mites of Pakistan, based on data from published books and papers. The fauna as presently understood includes 126 families, 316 genera, and 1105 species. The best-documented genera are those that include pests of stored food (for example Acotyledon, 28 species), plant pests (Brevipalpus, 49 species; Tenuipalpus, 35 species), and beneficial predators (Euseius, 44 species; Neoseiulus, 37 species; Phytoseius, 36 species; Typhlodromus, 47 species).

, a new genus and species of mite from eastern Australia (Acari: Uropodina).

We describe a new genus and species of mite from eastern Australia, Capricornella bicornuta. The new genus is characterised by the presence of two long appendages on the anterior margin of the epigynal shield of the female.

Catalogue of the family Ologamasidae Ryke (Acari: Mesostigmata).

Mites of the family Ologamasidae are very conspicuous and abundant in soil and litter, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. Little is known of their biology and behaviour, but they appear to be generalist predators. The family is placed in the Rhodacaroidea, but its status and composition have been very unstable.

Catalogue of the mite families Ascidae Voigts & Oudemans, Blattisociidae Garman and Melicharidae Hirschmann (Acari: Mesostigmata).

Until recently, mites in the families Ascidae, Blattisociidae and Melicharidae together constituted what was considered to be a single family, the Ascidae (sensu lato). We include all three families in this catalogue because of their many morphological similarities, as well as for historic and ecological reasons. Together with most Phytoseiidae and some Ameroseiidae, these are the only mesostigmatid mites commonly found on plants.

Two new species of Pachyseius Berlese (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) from Turkey, with a key to the world species.

Two new species of the genus Pachyseius are described from leaf litter in Turkey. Pachyseius destitutus sp. nov.

A new species of Geholaspis Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from Northern Iran.

Geholaspis (Geholaspis) pennulatus sp. nov. is described from females and males collected from forest leaf litter in Northern Iran.

A review of the ectoparasitic mites (Acari: Dermanyssoidea) associated with birds and their nests in Slovakia, with notes on identification of some species.

We review the parasitic mites of the superfamily Dermanyssoidea found in the nests of Slovakian domestic and wild birds (and a few mammals), compiled from new data and literature sources. Three mite genera are included, namely Dermanyssus Dugès (Dermanyssidae), Ornithonyssus Sambon and Pellonyssus Clark & Yunker (Macronyssidae), in which we recognised nine reliably documented species. Pellonyssus is represented by one species, Dermanyssus by five species, and Ornithonyssus by three species.

Two new species of Pachyseius Berlese (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) from Turkey, with a key to the world species.

The genus Pachyseius Berlese, 1910 (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) is reported from Turkey for the first time. Pachyseius siranensis sp. nov.

Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata).

The family Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 1913 (Acari: Mesostigmata) includes a total of 16 valid and adequately described genera, namely Chaetodellus Mašán & Halliday, 2013, Elaphrolaelaps Berlese, 1910, Mirabulbus Liu & Ma, 2001, Neopachylaelaps Mašán, 2007, Olopachys Berlese, 1910, Onchodellus Berlese, 1904, Pachydellus Mašán, 2007, Pachyglobolaelaps Mašán, new genus, Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888, Pachylaelapsoides Mašán, 2007, Pachyseiulus Moraza & Johnston, 1990, Pachyseius Berlese, 1910, Pachysphaerolaelaps Mašán, 2007, Paralaelaps Trägårdh, 1908, Pseudopachys Berlese, 1916 and Sphaerolaelaps Berlese, 1903. Three of these genera include subgenera, namely Elaphrolaelaps (Incisosternum) Elsen, 1974, Olopachys (Olopachylaella) Mašán, 2007 and Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) Mašán, 2007.The family is classified here into three subfamilies, Pachyseiinae Karg, 1971 including Pachyseius and Mirabulbus; Pachyseiulinae Mašán, 2007 including Pachyseiulus and Pseudopachys; and Pachylaelapinae Berlese, 1913, with all the other genera.

A new species of the genus Promacrolaelaps (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Iran.

We describe a new species of mite from Iran - Pronacrolaelaps propomacrus sp. nov. (Acari: Laelapidae).

A new species and new records of Gymnolaelaps Berlese from Iran (Acari: Laelapidae), with a review of the species occurring in the Western Palaearctic Region.

This paper reports on five species of mites of the genus Gymnolaelaps associated with ants and soil in Iran--G. artavilensis sp. nov.