NEW UROPODINA MITES (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA) FROM A TAIWANESE CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA (TAXODIACEAE) PLANTATION

Three new Uropodina species (Trichouropodella taiwanica, Uroobovella kozari and Uroobovella ornamenta spp. nov.) are described and illustrated from specimens collected in a Tawanese Cryptomeria japonica (L. F.) D. Don plantation. The genus Trichouropodella is recorded for the first time in Taiwan

First recorded Phytoseiidae mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) from Albania.

The mesostigmatid mite family Phytoseiidae is recorded for the first time in Albania. Euseius finlandicus was collected from leaves of Tilia sp. and Platanus sp., Kampimodromus aberrans from foliage of Platanus sp. and domestic plum. The third species found, Phytoseius macropilis was gathered from a Tilia sp. tree

Uropodina mites (Acari) collected in Costa Rica, I

In this paper six Uropodina species are presented from Costa Rica. Two of them, Oplitis pecki Hirschmann, 1991 and Uroobovella faceta Hiramatsu & Hirschmann, 1978 are already known, however the other four species; Rotundabaloghia unisetosa, Trigonuropoda caudosetosa, Brasiluropoda costaricana and Cyllibula forroi spp. nov. proved to be new to science. Oplitis peckisimilis Hirschmann, 1991 and O. ellipsioides Hirschmann, 1991 are synonymized with O. pecki

Three new rotundabaloghid mites (Acari, Uropodina) from Sabah (Malaysia).

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A review of the Neotropical family Tetrasejaspidae (Acari: Uropodina) with descriptions of three new species.

The species of the family Tetrasejaspidae Hirschmann, 1979 are listed. Three species new to sciences are described and illustrated. Diagnoses and occurrences of all the hitherto known species are given, and a key to all species is presented. With 30 figures

New and rare Rotundabaloghia species (Acari: Uropodina) from the tropics

Descriptions of eight new and seven known pecies of the uropodine genus Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975 are given from New Guinea, South Asia, South America and West Africa. Original descriptions and drawings as well as scanning micrographs are provided

Two new Uropodina species (Acari: Uropodidae) from a Pinus radiata plantation in Kenya

Two new Uropodina mite species are described and illustrated on the basis of specimens collected in a Pinus radiata D. Don plantation in Kenya. The first species, Trichouropoda mahnerti sp. n. differs from the other species in this genus on the basis of the setae association with oval pits on dorsal and ventral surface, the surface of genital shield and the setae length on the marginal shield. The second species Rotundabaloghia (Circobaloghia) perreti sp. n. differs from the other East African members of the subgenus Circobaloghia in the shape and sculptural pattern of genital shield and the positions of the ventral setae. New keys to the Eastern Afrotropical species of the subgenus Circobaloghia and genus Trichouropoda are given

Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from agricultural areas of Ecuador

Soil and leaf-litter samples of several agroecosystems (banana, cacao, coffee, and Monterey pine plantations) in Ecuador were investigated regarding soil dwelling Uropodina. Short notes are given on the plantations and on the recorded mite species with description of a species new to science; Clivosurella zicsii sp. nov. Furthermore, diagnosis of the genus Clivosurella Hirschmann, 1979 is presented with a new key to the known species