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Suborder Prostigmata - Prostigs

Revision of torrent mites (Parasitengona, Torrenticolidae, Torrenticola) of the United States and Canada: 90 descriptions ...

By J. Ray Fisher, Danielle M. Fisher, Michael J. Skvarla, Whitney A. Nelson, Ashley P.G. Dowling
ZooKeys 701: 1-496, 2017

Full title: Revision of torrent mites (Parasitengona, Torrenticolidae, Torrenticola) of the United States and Canada: 90 descriptions, molecular phylogenetics, and a key to species

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 23 September, 2017 - 8:21am

Mites of Freshwater Mollusks

By Dale D. Edwards and Malcolm F. Vidrine
Malcolm F. Vidrine, 2013

This book introduces the natural history of the Unionicola of the world.

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Contributed by Malcolm Vidrine on 28 January, 2018 - 12:09pm

A new larva of the genus Leptus ... parasitic on a spider from Rwanda

By A. Fain and R. Jocqué
International Journal of Acarology, Vol. 22, No. 2: 101 - 108, 1996

A. Fain and R. Jocqué, A new larva of the genus Leptus Latreille, 1796 (Acari: Erythraeidae) parasitic on a spider from Rwanda, International Journal of Acarology, 22(2): 101-108, 1996.

This paper provides detailed drawings of anatomical features characteristic of the genus. It is one of the papers by specific authors freely downloadable at the GTI Reader Training Course in Contemporary Taxonomy - Mites taxonomy(1) website.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 8 September, 2012 - 1:42pm

Eriophyes ramosus n. sp.

By H.E. Hodgkiss
Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 11, p. 149, 1918

Now Trisetacus ramosus (1)(2)

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 18 July, 2020 - 3:05pm

Systematics of testudacarine torrent mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) with descriptions of 13 new species ...

By J. C. O’Neill, J. R. Fisher, W. A. Nelson, M. J. Skvarla, D. M. Fisher, and A. P. G. Dowling
ZooKeys 582: 13-110 , 2016

J. C. O’Neill, J. R. Fisher, W. A. Nelson, M. J. Skvarla, D. M. Fisher, and A. P. G. Dowling, Systematics of testudacarine torrent mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) with descriptions of 13 new species from North America, ZooKeys 582, pp. 13-110 , 2016.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 7 February, 2020 - 4:13pm

Descriptions of two Panonychus spider mites from Japan, with a key to species of the genus in the world (Acari:Tetranychidae)

By S. Ehara and T. Gotoh
Applied Entomology and Zoology, Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 107-115, 1992

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 18 December, 2021 - 2:42pm

Two new species of Bryobia with a revised key to the genus (Acarina: Tetranychidae)

By A. E. Pritchard and H. H. Keifer
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 51, Issue 5, Pages 503–506, 1958

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 18 December, 2021 - 3:04pm

Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal a deep dichotomy in the conifer-inhabiting genus Trisetacus (Eriophyoidea: Nalepellidae),

By P.E. Chetverikov, T. Cvrkovic, P.G. Efimov, et al.
Experimental and Applied Acarology, Vol. 81, pp. 287–316, 2020

P. E. Chetverikov, T Cvrković, P. G. Efimov, P. B. Klimov, R. U. Petanović, A. E. Romanovich, M. A. Schubert, S. I. Sukhareva, S. N. Zukoff, and J. Amrine, Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal a deep dichotomy in the conifer-inhabiting genus Trisetacus (Eriophyoidea: Nalepellidae), with the two lineages differing in their female genital morphology and host associations, Experimental and Applied Acarology, 81, 287–316, 2020.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 5 May, 2024 - 9:22pm

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