A new digamasellid mite of the subgenus Longoseiulus Lindquist (Acari, Mesostigmata) from Slovakia.

A new digamasellid mite, Longoseius (Longoseiulus) disparisetus, was described from females found in the wood detritus of tree cavity of freshly felled elm ( sp.) in a park in southwestern Slovakia. The new species differs from known congeners by the number of setae on some leg segments (genu II with eight setae, tibiae II and III with seven and six setae, respectively) and by the unusual presence of three pairs of conspicuously shortened setae (, , and ) on the posterior dorsal shield.

A new genus and two new species of melicharid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with wood-decaying fungi and mycophagous erotylid beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) in Europe.

We describe a new genus in the mite family Melicharidae, Mycomelichares Mašán Joharchi gen. nov., to accommodate two new species, Mycomelichares polypori Mašán Joharchi sp.

A new wood-inhabiting mite species of the genus Karg, 1965 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Rhodacaridae) from Central Europe (Slovakia).

A new rhodacarid mite of the genus Karg, 1965, , was described based on females found in wood detritus and under bark of dead and dying poplar trees in a flood-plain forest in South Slovakia. The new species is unusual among the known congeners in the specifically formed triramous epistome of which the central projection is reduced in length, truncate, and markedly shorter than lateral ones. In other congeneric species, the anterior margin of the epistome possesses three pointed projections of similar size.

A new myrmecophilous mite species of the genus Cosmolaelaps Berlese, 1903 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Central Europe (Slovakia).

A new laelapid mite of the genus Cosmolaelaps Berlese, 1903, C. ekaterinae sp. n.

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.

Macrocheles species (Acari: Macrochelidae) associated with human corpses in Europe.

The biology of macrochelid mites might offer new venues for the interpretation of the environmental conditions surrounding human death and decomposition. Three human corpses, one from Sweden and two from Spain, have been analysed for the occurrence of Macrochelidae species. Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Scopoli) females were associated with a corpse that was found in a popular beach area of southeast Spain.

A morphological re-evaluation of Berlese, 1910 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Pachylaelapidae).

Based on features of the lectotype and newly collected specimens from Italy (Boboli Gardens, Florence), a morphological concept of Berlese, 1910 is revised and re-evaluated. New diagnostic character states important for recognition of the species are provided. A misidentified species, formerly widely published in Europe under the name , is established as a new species,

A new species and subgenus of Pachylaelaps Berlese from Turkey (Acari: Pachylaelapidae).

This paper reports on three interesting species of the mite family Pachylaelapidae from Turkey (Acari: Mesostigmata). A new subgenus Longipachys Mašán Ӧzbek, subgen. nov.

A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna.

The family Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961 (Acari: Mesostigmata) includes a total of 12 valid and adequately described genera, namely Elsen, 1972, Bregetova, 1977, Berlese, 1904, Womersley, 1956, Womersley, 1956, Berlese, 1916, Domrow, 1963, Oudemans, 1930, Vitzthum, 1942, , Elsen & Whitaker, 1985 and Bai & Gu, 1995. One of these genera includes subgenera, namely Kleemannia (Primoseius) Womersley, 1956. All genera are reviewed and re-diagnosed, and a dichotomous key is provided for their identification.

Four new species of the subgenus (Longipachylaelaps) from Italy, with a new identification key to the known species (Acari: Pachylaelapidae).

The study presents descriptions of four new species of mites in the subgenus Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) Mašán, 2007 (Acari, Pachylaelapidae), based on females and males collected in forest habitats from the Bergamasque Alps and Prealps, Northern Italy. The new species are P. (L.

Two new species of Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888 from the Iberian Peninsula, with a key to European species (Acari, Gamasida, Pachylaelapidae).

Pachylaelaps (Pachylaelaps) pyrenaicus sp. n. and Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) brevipilis sp.

A new mite of the genus Alliphis Halbert, 1923 from Iran (Acari: Eviphididae), with a summary of the world fauna.

A new species of mite belonging to the genus Alliphis Halbert, 1923 is described from Iran. The description of Alliphis carinatus Mašán & Babaeian, sp. nov.

The genus Pachyseius Berlese, 1910 in Iran (Acari: Pachylaelapidae).

A new pachylaelapid mite Pachyseius persicus Babaeian & Mašán sp. nov. is described and illustrated, based on adult females collected from litter and soil detritus of forest habitat in Northern Iran (Mazandaran Province).

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.

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 genus and species of edaphic mite (Acari: esostigmata: Eviphididae) from Iran.

The new genus Pedoniphis gen. nov. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphididae) is described from soil detritus in Sabalan Mountains, northwest Iran, with P.

Loricaseius lepontinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus and species of eviphidid mite from the Italian Alps (Acari: Mesostigmata), with an updated key to European genera of the family Eviphididae.

A new monotypic genus and a new free-living edaphic species of the family Eviphididae, Loricaseius lepontinus gen. nov., sp.

Proctolaelaps euserratus, an ecologically unusual melicharid mite (Acari, Mesostigmata) associated with animal and human decomposition.

Proctolaelaps euserratus Karg, 1994 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Melicharidae), exclusivelly known from the Galápagos Islands till now, is newly reported from decaying matter of animal and human decomposition in various countries of Europe (Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom). In consequence of high levels of necrophilia, the species is considered to be ecologically unusual among the other melicharids, which are primary associated with other than necrophilic habitats, such as galleries of subcorticolous beetles, bumble bee nests, flowers, etc. Proctolaelaps euserratus is reviewed, morphologically re-described (with first diagnostic characters for males), and considered as a new potential marker for later stages of decomposition, namely butyric fermentation and dry decomposition as classified in modern concepts of forensic acarology.

Mites parasitic on Australasian and African spiders found in the pet trade; a redescription of Ljunghia pulleinei Womersley.

Parasitic mites associated with spiders are spreading world-wide through the trade in tarantulas and other pet species. Ljunghia pulleinei Womersley, a mesostigmatic laelapid mite originally found in association with the mygalomorph spider Selenocosmia stirlingi Hogg (Theraphosidae) in Australia, is redescribed and illustrated on the basis of specimens from the African theraphosid spider Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstäcker) kept in captivity in the British Isles (Wales). The mite is known from older original descriptions of Womersley in 1956; the subsequent redescription of Domrow in 1975 seems to be questionable in conspecificity of treated specimens with the type material.