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Just a handful of mite species are suspected inhabiting the dust of houses within arid areas of the Arabian Peninsula. In this study, we identified and compared the house dust mite diversity in three different climatic areas within Saudi Arabia. Sampling was carried out over one year and two months, with samples collected in the desert, the coast, and in the highlands. It reviews all known mites of house dust of Saudi Arabia....
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Mesostigmata diversity by manure type: a reference study and new datasets from southwestern IranNARA Subscribed
Manure-inhabiting Mesostigmata mites are important biological control agents of pest flies. However, the biodiversity of this mite community is mainly known from Europe and America, and especially from cattle manure. This study examined the diversity and abundance of Mesostigmata mites associated with various types of manure in an (intensive) agricultural region of the Middle East, i.e., the city Ahvaz and its suburbs, in sout...
New records of Xenanoetus species (Astigmata: Histiostomatidae) in Western Europe, and their association with pig carcassesNARA Subscribed
The genus Xenanoetus Mahunka, 1969, only described by the hypopial stage, is characterised by an enlarged gnathosoma, the presence of double claws in legs I, II and III in addition to remarkably broadened femur and genu of legs I and II, particularly visible in lateral view. Only five species from this genus have been described and they are all from the northern hemisphere. Hypopi are generally found as phoretic on Sphaeroceri...
Assemblages of Acari in shallow burials: mites as markers of the burial environment, of the stage of decay and of body-cadaver regionsNARA Subscribed
The burial of a cadaver results in reduced arthropod activity and disruptions in colonisation patterns. Here, the distribution and diversity of mite taxa was studied across decomposition stages of shallowly buried pig carcasses ( Sus scrofa domesticus ). In total 300 mites (88 species) were collected from three pig shallow graves compared to 129 mites (46 species) from control (bare) soil samples at the same depth. A successio...
Microscopic analysis of the microbiota of three commercial Phytoseiidae species (Acari: Mesostigmata)NARA Subscribed
Microbes associated with the external and internal anatomy of three commercially available predatory mite species— Phytoseiulus persimilis , Typhlodromips (= Amblyseius ) swirskii , and Neoseiulus (= Amblyseius ) cucumeris —were examined using light microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH). Four microbe morphotypes were observed on external body regions. These included three...