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View article: A comprehensive morphological descriptions of three marine water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from Hainan Island, China
A comprehensive morphological descriptions of three marine water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from Hainan Island, China Open
This paper provides redescriptions of three pontarachnid species collected from the marine littoral of Hainan Island, China, i.e. Litarachna curtipalpis Smit, 2003, L. thetis Pešić and Smit, 2016, and Pontarachna australis Smit, 2003. Lita…
View article: The genus Sperchon Kramer 1877 in Brazil, with the description of a new species, new records and a key to the Neotropical species of the genus (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae)
The genus Sperchon Kramer 1877 in Brazil, with the description of a new species, new records and a key to the Neotropical species of the genus (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae) Open
A new species of the genus Sperchon, S. pinnatus sp. nov., is described from Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Moreover, new records are reported of S. neotropicus Cook, 1980 from Brazil. Finally, a key is provided for the Neotropical Sper…
View article: Water mite diversity from southwestern Türkiye through the lens of the DNA barcodes, with the description of one new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia)
Water mite diversity from southwestern Türkiye through the lens of the DNA barcodes, with the description of one new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia) Open
This study presents the molecular and morphological results from an analysis of water mites collected in southwestern Türkiye. 83 COI barcodes are provided, clustered into 40 BINs, with 23 BINs being unique and deposited for the first time…
View article: New data on pionid water mites from Australia, with the description of two new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pionidae)
New data on pionid water mites from Australia, with the description of two new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pionidae) Open
New records are given of Australian pionids, and two species are described new for science, i.e. Piona harveyi n. sp. and P. mutawintji n. sp.
View article: A new subfamily of the water mite family Limnesiidae, with the description of Spinilimnesia insolitipes n. gen. n. sp. from Brazil (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
A new subfamily of the water mite family Limnesiidae, with the description of Spinilimnesia insolitipes n. gen. n. sp. from Brazil (Acari: Hydrachnidia) Open
A water mite species new to science is described after a male very unusual in shape, collected in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The specimen is obviously a representative of the family Limnesiidae, but differs from all other limnesiids…
View article: New records of aturid water mites from Portugal, with the integrative description of one new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Aturidae)
New records of aturid water mites from Portugal, with the integrative description of one new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Aturidae) Open
In this paper, three species of the water mite family Aturidae collected in Portugal were identified using an integrative approach that combines morphology and DNA barcodes. Parabrachypoda lusitanica sp. nov. is described as new for scienc…
View article: Water mites of a high-altitude thermal spring in the Chilean Andes (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of a new Thermacarus species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Thermacaridae)
Water mites of a high-altitude thermal spring in the Chilean Andes (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of a new Thermacarus species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Thermacaridae) Open
New data are presented of water mites from a thermal spring in the high Andes of Chile. Three species have been found, i.e. Thermacarus chilensis n. sp., Hydryphantes thermalis Cook and Wandesia chechoi Cook.
View article: A new Sperchon species from the high Andes of northern Chile (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae)
A new Sperchon species from the high Andes of northern Chile (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae) Open
In this paper, we describe the fifth known species of the water mite genus Sperchon Kramer, 1877 for South America, collected in the high Andes in northern Chile.
View article: First occurrence of the mite Litarachna duboscqi Walter, 1925 (Acariformes: Pontarachnidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea
First occurrence of the mite Litarachna duboscqi Walter, 1925 (Acariformes: Pontarachnidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea Open
The present paper reports the water mite identified as Litarachna duboscqi collected in March 2024 from nautical ropes in the harbour of Trapani (Sicily). It is the first record for southern Italy and the central Mediterranean Sea.
View article: Two new Kongsbergia species from the Western Himalaya with a key to the species of the genus from India (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Aturidae)
Two new Kongsbergia species from the Western Himalaya with a key to the species of the genus from India (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Aturidae) Open
In this paper, two species of the water mite genus Kongsbergia Thor, 1899 (Aturidae), i.e., K. uttarakhandensis Pešić & Smit n. sp. and K. tuzovskiji Pešić & Smit n. sp. are described from streams in Uttarakhand State of India. The latter …
View article: A new subgenus representing a newly recorded genus from China, with a new species featured with special palps (Acari, Hydryphantoidea, Hydryphantidae, Partnunia)
A new subgenus representing a newly recorded genus from China, with a new species featured with special palps (Acari, Hydryphantoidea, Hydryphantidae, Partnunia) Open
A new subgenus Peculiaripalpus subgen. nov. with a new species Partnunia (Peculiaripalpus) longlingensis sp. nov. which belongs to Partnunia Piersig, 1986 is described and illustrated. Partnunia represents a newly record genus of Protziina…
View article: New records of rare water mites from New Zealand, with the description of a new genus (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
New records of rare water mites from New Zealand, with the description of a new genus (Acari: Hydrachnidia) Open
New records of rare water mites mostly from interstitial habitat of New Zealand are presented. One new genus, Zelandostygolimnochares n. gen. (Piersigiidae) with the type species Z. curtipalpis n. sp. is described. Zelandobates occidentali…
View article: New records of notoaturine water mites from New Zealand, with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Notoaturinae)
New records of notoaturine water mites from New Zealand, with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Notoaturinae) Open
New records of notoaturine water mites (Aturidae: Notoaturinae) from New Zealand are presented. Five new species are described: Evidaturus longiscutatus n. sp., Kritaturus (Kritaturus) longipalpis n. sp., Planaturus simpsonensis n. sp., Tr…
View article: Ideal classes of orders in quaternion algebras
Ideal classes of orders in quaternion algebras Open
We provide an algorithm that, given any order O in a quaternion algebra over a global field, computes representatives of all right equivalence classes of right O-ideals, including the non-invertible ones. The theory is developed for a more…
View article: The first records of the subfamily Euthyadinae K. Viets, 1931 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hydryphantidae) from China with description of one new species
The first records of the subfamily Euthyadinae K. Viets, 1931 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hydryphantidae) from China with description of one new species Open
The first records of subfamily Euthyadinae K. Viets, 1931 are presented from China. Two species are reported from Anhui Province P. R. China, i.e. Trichothyas (Lundbladia) feuerborni (K. Viets, 1929) and Trichothyas (Neothyas) zhangae Li, …
View article: Molecular diversity and species delimitation in the genus Mideopsis Neuman, 1880 in Europe (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Mideopsidae)
Molecular diversity and species delimitation in the genus Mideopsis Neuman, 1880 in Europe (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Mideopsidae) Open
Water mites of the genus Mideopsis are often a very abundant member of running and standing water communities whose taxonomy has been based almost exclusively on traditional morphological studies. In this study, we present a species-level …
View article: New records of the endemic Australian water mite genus Australotiphys Cook, with the description of one new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pionidae)
New records of the endemic Australian water mite genus Australotiphys Cook, with the description of one new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pionidae) Open
A new species of the Australian endemic genus Australotiphys Cook, 1986 is described from the Northern Territory. i.e. A. simplisetus n. sp. The female of A. magnisetus Cook, 1986 is described for the first time. New records of Australotip…
View article: First records of water mites from La Réunion Island with the description of one new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia)
First records of water mites from La Réunion Island with the description of one new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia) Open
New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from La Réunion Island are presented. One species new to science, i.e. Diplodontus insulanus Pešić and Smit sp. nov. (Hydryphantidae) is described; a second species, Neumania nodosa (Daday, …
View article: New records of water mites of the family Arrenuridae from the Oriental region, with the description of one new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
New records of water mites of the family Arrenuridae from the Oriental region, with the description of one new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia) Open
New records are presented of arrenurids from SE Asia, mainly from Thailand, with smaller number of records from Malayasia, India and Nepal. One new species is described, i.e. Arrenurus piersigi n. sp. Arrenurus incertus Lundblad, 1969 is c…
View article: New records of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran and Türkiye based on morphology and DNA barcodes with description of one new species
New records of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran and Türkiye based on morphology and DNA barcodes with description of one new species Open
New records of water mites collected in 2022 and 2023 from northeastern Iran and southwestern Turkiye, are presented. DNA barcodes of 58 specimens, morphologically assigned to 13 species were newly generated. An integrative approach that c…
View article: New records of the water mite family Hydryphantidae Piersig from Australia with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
New records of the water mite family Hydryphantidae Piersig from Australia with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia) Open
New records of water mites of the family Hydryphantidae from Australia are reported. Five new species are described, i.e. Mamersa neorouxi n. sp., Pseudohydryphantes crenulatus n. sp., Pseudohydryphantes pandanus n. sp., Pseudohydryphantes…
View article: A new species of the water mite genus Hesperomomonia Harvey, 1998 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Momoniidae)
A new species of the water mite genus Hesperomomonia Harvey, 1998 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Momoniidae) Open
Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2023): A new species of the water mite genus Hesperomomonia Harvey, 1998 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Momoniidae). Zootaxa 5311 (1): 148-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1…
View article: Two new species of the water mite genus Anisitsiellides Lundblad, 1941 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Anisitsiellidae)
Two new species of the water mite genus Anisitsiellides Lundblad, 1941 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Anisitsiellidae) Open
Two new species of the genus Anisitsiellides are described from Australia. A key is provided for the Australian Anisitsiellides species. One of the new species has the dorsal shield with five pairs of glandularia, which necessitates an eme…
View article: Review of: "Femmes finales: natural selection, physiology, and the return of the repressed"
Review of: "Femmes finales: natural selection, physiology, and the return of the repressed" Open
Haig's historical discussion is an interesting and important contribution to our understanding of the role of teleology in life science.There is much to enjoy and to learn from his detailed analysis.Moreover, by linking the discussion to c…
View article: Molecular phylogeny and description of Hygrobates cyrnusensis sp. nov. reveals multiple colonization of Corsica by water mites of the H. fluviatilis-complex (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae)
Molecular phylogeny and description of Hygrobates cyrnusensis sp. nov. reveals multiple colonization of Corsica by water mites of the H. fluviatilis-complex (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) Open
Water mites of the Hygrobates fluviatilis-complex are common and often the most abundant water mite group in running waters in the Palaearctic. This study provides the first time-calibrated phylogeny of this complex to date. Fossil-calibra…
View article: A new species of the water mite genus Austraturus K.O. Viets, 1978 from Victoria, Australia (Acari: Aturidae: Notoaturinae)
A new species of the water mite genus Austraturus K.O. Viets, 1978 from Victoria, Australia (Acari: Aturidae: Notoaturinae) Open
Smit, H. and Pešić, V. 2023. A new species of the water mite genus Austraturus K.O. Viets, 1978 from Victoria, Australia (Acari: Aturidae: Notoaturinae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 82: 49–53. A new species of the water mite genus Austratur…
View article: Five new species of water mite genus Atractides Koch, 1837 from Bhutan with new records (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae)
Five new species of water mite genus Atractides Koch, 1837 from Bhutan with new records (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) Open
Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 are among the most frequently found mites in running waters of the Himalayas. In the present study seven species of this genus are identified from material collected in 2021 from Bhutan. Five …
View article: A new species of the water mite genus Austraturus K. O. Viets, 1978 from Victoria, Australia (Acari: Aturidae: Notoaturinae)
A new species of the water mite genus Austraturus K. O. Viets, 1978 from Victoria, Australia (Acari: Aturidae: Notoaturinae) Open
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Pešić, Vladimir, Smit, Harry (2023): A new species of the water mite genus Austraturus K. O. Viets, 1978 from Victoria, Australia (Acari: Aturida…
View article: Evidence of cryptic speciation in the Hygrobates calliger complex (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) with the description of two new species
Evidence of cryptic speciation in the Hygrobates calliger complex (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) with the description of two new species Open
Hygrobates specimens with a coarse lineated soft integument generally have been considered as representatives of H. calliger Piersig, 1896, regarded as a common and widely distributed species in the Palaearctic. In the present study using …