In collaboration with colleagues from international partner institutions, researchers at the University of Cologne have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The asexual oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer reproduces parthenogenetically: Mothers produce daughters from unfertilised eggs, resulting in a population consisting entirely of females.

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 ...

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 ...