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There are diverse relationships between mites and birds or mammals. These mites may play an important role in epizootics and in the perpetuation of some significant diseases. The purpose of this study is to revise the current knowledge of mesostigmatic mites occurring on birds, including their nests and mammals and their substrates, in Iran and to compare the results with other regions of the Palearctic...
In this study we investigated the mesostigmatid mite communities of starling (Sturnus vulgaris) nest boxes. We analysed material from 69 nest boxes collected from a park in Warsaw (Poland). Berlese funnels were used to extract the mites, which were subsequently sorted manually under a binocular microscope and preserved in ethanol. Mites were mounted on glass slides and identified under a microscope...
Bromeliads accumulate water in the leaf axils (forming phytotelmata), which may then form a habitat for many animal species of both invertebrates and vertebrates. In temperate regions, bromeliads are commonly displayed in palm houses and distributed by florist wholesalers. Taking into account the fact that global plant trade can be a source of spreading alien species, the phytotelmata that had formed...
The nests of the harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) from an extensively used farmland in Western Poland were recognized as a place of occurrence of a large group of invertebrates. In total, from 42 nests 6,544 individuals of invertebrates were extracted. The number of invertebrates was positively correlated with mass of mouse nests. There were found arthropods belonging to the following groups: Arachnida:...
Mesostigmatid mites communities in yellow ant (Lasius flavus) hills and phoresis of mites on this ant species were analysed in the Wielkopolska Region, Central Poland. Samples were collected from ant nests located along a gradient of four different types of land use: forest, ecotone, meadow and garden. In total, 132 mites were collected in ant nests among which 26 species were identified. The highest...
The study presents a detailed description of a larva and a protonymph of Vulgarogamasus kraepelini together with their biometric data obtained from the analysis of 37 specimens. Moreover, the study includes complete figures that take chaetotaxy of palps and legs into consideration.
We examined the species composition and community structure of mites of the order Mesostigmata (Acari) in nests of the Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus Hablizl, 1783) in Croatia. Material collected from 18 nests included 565 mites belonging to seven species. The most abundant species were Leiodinychus orbicularis (C.L. Koch, 1839) (Trematuridae) and Androlaelaps casalis (Berlese, 1887) (Laelapidae)...
This study provides descriptions of two species of the genus Antennoseius phoretic on Carabidae of the subfamily Pterostichinae. Antennoseius maltzevi, originally described from Ukraine, is here redescribed from Italy. Antennoseius quadrispinosus is a new species collected from Mexico.
We surveyed the Mesostigmatid mite fauna of nests of the black stork Ciconia nigra, to determine the role of these mites in the biology of their hosts. We present preliminary results obtained on the basis of material collected from 31 nests. A total of 1,615 mite specimens was recorded, belonging to 39 species. The most abundant species were Dendrolaelaps strenzkei, Apionoseius infirmus, Macrocheles merdarius...
Results of research on the chaetotaxy and morphology of setae in Nenteria pandioni (Acari: Uropodina) from Poland are presented. Certain idiosomal setae were found to be variable in structure. This variability may result from differences within the gene pool and/or from intra-specific variation associated with the process of aging. A full range of setal morphology was observed — from simple and needle-like...
Arctoseius pulvisculus has been so far treated in literature as a synonym of A. minutus. However, on the basis of the analysis of the type material (A. pulvisculus), the Halbert’s descriptions and figures and the material from the specimens that conform to this description (A. minutus) it was discovered they were two distinct species. The study presents the female description of both species and...
The fauna of Mesostigmata in nests of the white stork Ciconia ciconia was studied in the vicinity of Poznań (Poland). A total of 37 mite species was recovered from 11 of the 12 nests examined. The mite fauna was dominated by the family Macrochelidae. Macrocheles merdarius was the most abundant species, comprising 56% of all mites recovered. Most of the abundant mite species were associated with dung...
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