RECENT quantitative analyses of the microfauna of the soil have shown that oribatid mites are by far the largest representatives. Their economic value is well known; they carry the infective ...

REVIEWING some of the literature on Tyrogly-phid mites, Lapage1 directed attention to their role in pulmonary acariasis of man, in addition to destruction of stored food-products. The Oribatids ...

An international group of researchers at the University of Cologne have explored the asexual reproduction of oribatid mites ...

Systematic & Applied Acarology (2008) 13, 252–255.. A new fossil oribatid mite, Ommatocepheus nortoni sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatida, Cepheidae), from a new outcrop of Lower Cretaceous Álava amber ...

Yet, the oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer challenges this paradigm: It has existed for over 20 million years – entirely without sex. The asexual oribatid mites produce their female offspring ...

Thirty species of oribatid mites and 8 species of staphylinid beetles are new to science and all of these species show habitat specificity to micro-habitats found within this old-growth forest.

Yet, the oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer challenges this paradigm: It has existed for over 20 million years -- entirely without sex. The asexual oribatid mites produce their female offspring ...

A new species of oribatid mite of the family Autognetidae Grandjean, 1960, Autogneta (Rhaphigneta) iranicasp. nov., is described from Guilan province, northern Iran. The new species is characterized ...

The common oribatid mite species Oribatula tibialis is an extremely clever poisoner, as an interdisciplinary team of researchers has found. The mite uses hydrogen cyanide to defend itself against ...

Oribatid mites are tiny, soil-dwelling decomposers with over 10,000 species, some of which have defied the rules of evolution ...

To track the rise and fall of the Inca civilization, the new research—recently published in the Journal of Archaeological Science—relies on oribatid mites, which are tiny spider relatives that ...

A research project is aiming to improve the control of the most common equine tapeworm by finding out more about its intermediate host, the oribatid mite.. The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and ...