Oribatid mites, also called beetle or moss mites, include more than 10,000 named species
representing 172 families worldwide. This book provides an identification key to the 96 …

Oribatid mites are ancient, minute arthropods that live in soil, plant litter, mosses and lichens,
and on trees and shrubs. Prior to the production of this catalogue, Australian Oribatid mites …

A new updated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites is based on the critical review of existing
literature data and new findings. The list includes 534 oribatid species of which 21 species …

Distributed in the East European countries, Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
People's Republic of Mongolia, Republic of Cuba and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam by …

Diversity of most animal and plant taxa increases towards the equator. The reasons for this
pattern are manifold, but their relative importance is controversial. Understanding of the …

The present paper gives a review of the taxonomic study on the suborder Oribatida (the
cohort Astigmata excepted) in China including Hong Kong and Taiwan, with a checklist of …

This chapter compares oribatid mite biodiversity in tree canopies and litter from three
perspectives: components of the faunas, modifications for living in canopy habitats, and …

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected during expeditions 2010-2011
by the Polish collectors W. Niedbała and D. Diduszko in Bolivia (Neotropical region), Zambia …

Abstract Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) comprise a taxonomically and morphologically
diverse suborder of about 10,000 described species, not including the hyporder Astigmata …

Thirty-six species of Oribatida (2596 specimens), representing 29 genera and 21 families
were recorded from replicated Malaise traps positioned in the canopy and on the forest floor …