Description of sp. nov., a new hard tick species (Acari, Ixodidae) collected from mouse-eared bats (Vespertilionidae, ) in Vietnam.

Historically, for more than one and a half centuries, only one so-called "long-legged bat tick" species, i.e., Koch was known to science.

Notes on the genus Hirschmann, 1989 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Urodinychidae).

The genus Hirschmann, 1989 (Mesostigmata: Uropodina: Urodinychidae) is resurrected for species of the -group. This genus differs from the other taxa of Berlese, 1903 sensu lato based on the shape of the idiosoma and the caudal and dorsal setae. Three species from the -group are transferred to the genus , as (Hirschmann, 1973), , (Hiramatsu, 1980), and (Hiramatsu, 1980), The other seven species from this species group are transferred to , as (Vitzthum, 1926), , (Hiramatsu, 1985), , (Hiramatsu & Hirschmann, 1978), , (Hiramatsu & Hirschmann, 1978), , (Hiramatsu, 1980), , (Hiramatsu & Hirschmann, 1978), and (Hiramatsu & Hirschmann, 1978), The new genus differs from by the shape of the idiosoma and the shape of marginal and dorsal setae.

Detangling ecosystem services: Open-field manipulation of soil-dwelling microarthropods provides new opportunities to investigate their effects on nitrogen cycling.

Soil microarthropods have a pivotal role in soil nitrogen cycling in that they affect microbial decomposers. A high abundance of microarthropods may increase the mobility of inorganic nitrogen ions in the soil, mainly in nitrogen-limited habitats. However, it is difficult to study ecological processes with small-sized, soil-dwelling arthropods.

Revision of the " (Benson, 1836)" group (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Camaenidae).

(Benson, 1836), known from northeastern India, was believed to have three varietal forms, sometimes mentioned as subspecies: C.delibratavar.khasiensis (Nevill, 1877) and C.

The second species of the genus Kontschán, 2019: description of sp. nov. from Ivory Coast (Acari, Mesostigmata, Urodinychidae).

A new species ( ) is described from Ivory Coast based on five females. The new species differs from the previously described congener ( Kontschán, 2019) based on the shape of female genital shield, dorsal setae, centro-caudal part of the marginal shield and peritremes.

The value of a single character: the Paleogene European land snail Grateloup, 1827 is likely a cyclophorid (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda).

Grateloup, 1827 is a European Paleogene land snail genus, which is currently classified in its own family, the Ferussinidae Wenz, 1923 (1915), in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea. The shell of this genus is remarkable by its last quarter whorl turning towards the apex instead of away from it, which is an unusual trait in terrestrial snails. We show, however, that this trait has evolved at least nine times in terrestrial Eupulmonata and Caenogastropoda, and it does not justify distinction at the family level in any of the reported cases.

Ubiquiter circovirus sequences raise challenges in laboratory diagnosis: the case of honey bee and bee mite, reptiles, and free living amoebae.

Circoviruses of pigs and birds are established pathogens, however, the exact role of other, recently described circoviruses and circovirus-like viruses remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was the detection of circoviruses in neglected host species, including honey bees, exotic reptiles and free-living amoebae by widely used broad-spectrum polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays specific for the replication initiation protein coding gene of these viruses. The majority of sequences obtained from honey bees were highly similar to canine and porcine circoviruses, or, were distantly related to dragonfly cycloviruses.

Whole genome sequence of a goose haemorrhagic polyomavirus detected in Hungary.

Goose haemorrhagic polyomavirus (GHPV) provoke haemorrhagic nephritis and enteritis of domestic geese. Outbreaks were detected in European countries and caused economic losses for goose keepers. Domestic ducks may be infected with GHPV without any signs typical for geese.