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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona

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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Trombidiina » Hydrachnidia - Water Mites » Lebertioidea » torrent mites (Torrenticolidae) » Torrenticola

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

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Erythraeina » Long-Legged Velvet Mites (Erythraeoidea) » Erythraeidae » Leptinae » Leptus

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

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

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Erythraeina » Long-Legged Velvet Mites (Erythraeoidea) » Erythraeidae

New genus and species of Erythraeinae ... from Mississippi with a key to the genera of North American Erythraeidae

By C. Welbourn and O. P. Young
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 80(2):230-242, 1987

C. Welbourn and O. P. Young, New genus and species of Erythraeinae (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Mississippi with a key to the genera of North American Erythraeidae, Annals of the Entomological Society of America 80(2):230-242, 1987.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 18 February, 2021 - 6:53pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Trombidiina » Velvet Mites and Chiggers (Trombidioidea) » true velvet mites (Trombidiidae)

Catalogue of the world Trombidiidae (Acari: Actinotrichida: Trombidioidea)

By Joanna Mąkol
Annales Zoologici 50(4):599-597, 2000

Contains listing of genera and species with distribution info. Detailed synonymy and bibliographic references are also provided.

As of January, 2017, the entire catalog can be read online or downloaded as a PDF at the following link:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256843612 ← better link...provides access to PDF (as pointed out by Edward in comment below)

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 27 January, 2017 - 12:28am

Guide to the common water mite genera of Florida

By Pluchino E.S.
Dept Envir. Regulation Technical Series 7(1): 1-45, 1984

Full text | 1999 electronic version

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Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2014 - 1:38am

Biology and ecology of trombidiid mites (Acari: Trombidioidea)

By Z.Q. Zhang
Experimental and Applied Acarology 22: 139-155, 1998

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Contributed by v belov on 21 May, 2011 - 11:38pm

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