The sixty years of taxonomic history surrounding the specific epithet ‘californicus’ is reviewed. Original descriptions of the major works, so involved, are evalu...
Three extant species of the oribatid mite genus Collohmannia (Collohmanniidae) have been named, of which two,C. gigantea Sellnick, 1922 and C. johnstoni Norton et...
Three new species of the family Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata), Mexecheles shiva sp.n. from India (Bombay), Alliea chimaera sp.n. from Aus-tralia (Queensland), ...
Three new species of chigger mites, Colicus famulidistalis sp. n. and Eltonella macroti sp. n. from phyllostomid bats, and Microtrombicula guaurabensis sp. n. fro...
Three new species of the family Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata) obligatory phoretic on insects are described, Samsinakia tilae sp.n. from a tene-brionid beetl...
Trisetacus pini (Nalepa) is the only species of Tetrapodili inducing bark galls (= twig knots or swellings) on the twigs of the gymnospermous plant, Pinus sylvest...
Two new species of chigger mites, Neotrombicula urartensis sp. n. from rodents and birds and N. kubanensis sp. n. from rodents, are described from Caucasus. Morph...