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Sheltered life beneath elytra: three new species of Eutarsopolipus (Acari, Heterostigmatina, Podapolipidae) parasitizing Australian ground beetles by Katlav, Alihan, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza, Riegler, Markus, Seeman, Owen D

“…In this study, we conducted a summer sampling of carabid beetles in eastern Australia to identify their associated parasitic mites. Here, we describe three new…”
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Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae), from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick by Barker, Dayana, Kelava, Samuel, Shao, Renfu, Seeman, Owen D, Jones, Malcolm K, Nakao, Ryo, Barker, Stephen C, Apanaskevich, Dmitry A

“…Ixodes barkeri, a tick with a distinctive ventrolateral horn-like projection on palpal segment 1, was described in 2019 from two male ticks from the Wet…”
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Phoresy and Mites: More Than Just a Free Ride by Seeman, Owen D, Walter, David Evans

“…Mites are masters at attaching to larger animals, often insects, in a temporary symbiosis called phoresy that allows these tiny animals to exploit patchy…”
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Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female and the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes by Barker, Dayana, Kelava, Samuel, Seeman, Owen D., Shao, Renfu, Seaniger, James R., Jones, Malcolm K., Apanaskevich, Maria A., Nakao, Ryo, Apanaskevich, Dmitry A., Barker, Stephen C.

“…We: (i) report the rediscovery of Ixodes (Sternalixodes) confusus Roberts, 1960 in Australia; (ii) redescribe the male and female of I.confusus; (iii) describe…”
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New species of Eutarsopolipus (Trombidiformes: Podapolipidae) from the pterostichine genera Castelnaudia and Trichosternus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Australia by Seeman, Owen D

“…Three new species of Eutarsopolipus Berlese are described from the flightless pterostichine carabid genera Castelnaudia Tschitscherine and Trichosternus…”
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Tiny hitchhikers and parasites: a review of Australian heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects, with description of three new species by Katlav, Alihan, Riegler, Markus, Seeman, Owen D

“…Heterostigmatic mites (Heterostigmata) are highly diverse, have symbiotic associations with various insects and occur worldwide. Despite Australia's rich…”
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A new species of Ficotarsonemus (Acari: Heterostigmata: Tarsonemidae) from the syconium of the sandpaper fig Ficus coronata by Seeman, Owen D., Baker, Michelle R.

“…A new species, Ficotarsonemus bancrofti sp. nov., is described from female and male mites from within the syconium of the sandpaper fig Ficus coronata Spin…”
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A re-evaluation of the genera Aplonobia Womersley and Paraplonobia Wainstein (Acari: Tetranychidae) with a description of a new species by Mahdavi, Sayed Mosayeb, Asadi, Mahdieh, Seeman, Owen D.

“…The genera Aplonobia and Paraplonobia are redefined due to confusion surrounding the classification of several morphologically intermediate species. Following…”
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Megisthanus leviathanicus sp. nov. (Parasitiformes: Megisthanidae), the largest known Mesostigmata, a symbiont of the beetle Mastachilus australasicus (Coleoptera: Passalidae) by Seeman, Owen D.

“…Megisthanus leviathanicus sp. nov. is described from the passalid beetle Mastachilus australasicus from Australia. The adult male is the largest of all known…”
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Review of the genus Myrmozercon Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae), with description of a new species from Iran by Joharchi, Omid, Babaeian, Esmaeil, Seeman, Owen D

“…A new species of laelapid mite, Myrmozercon hunteri sp. nov. associated with Myrmica sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is described and illustrated. A key to 18…”
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A new tribe of tarsonemid mites (Trombidiformes: Heterostigmatina)  parasitic on tetrigid grasshoppers (Orthoptera) by Seeman, Owen D, Lindquist, Evert E, Husband, Robert W

“…Podotarsonemini tribe nov. (Tarsonemidae: Acarapinae), with one nominate genus Podotarsonemus gen. nov., is proposed for seven new species of tarsonemid mites…”
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A new species of Paracarophenax (Acariformes: Acarophenacidae) with a new means of phoretic attachment by Walter, David Evans, Seeman, Owen D.

“…We describe a new species of Paracarophenax Cross based on females found attached to the larvae of three Mycetophagus sp. (Coleoptera: Mycetophagidae)…”
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In short- or long-term relationships, size does matter: body size patterns in the Mesostigmata (Acari: Parasitiformes) by Seeman, Owen D., Nahrung, Helen F.

“…We examined a dataset of body sizes comprising 3209 species of Mesostigmata to test two hypotheses regarding body size patterns: that species living in…”
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Tenuipalpidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Casuarinaceae (Fagales) by Beard, Jennifer J, Seeman, Owen D, Bauchan, Gary R

“…The Tenuipalpidae associated with the Casuarinaceae are reviewed, including one new genus, Palpipalpus gen. nov., twelve new species, and seven redescriptions…”
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Steneotarsonemus ananas (Acari: Tarsonemidae): a complementary description from Australian pineapples and a new pest on Neoregelia spp. (Bromeliaceae) in Costa Rica by Aguilar-Piedra, Hugo, Solano-Guevara, Ana María, Seeman, Owen D., Ochoa, Ronald

“…The pineapple tarsonemid mite Steneotarsonemus ananas (Tryon), 1898 is associated with pineapple around the world, including Costa Rica. Here, we report its…”
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Dorsal setae in Raoiella (Acari: Tenuipalpidae): Their functional morphology and implication in fluid secretion by Di Palma, Antonella, Beard, Jenifer J., Bauchan, Gary R., Ochoa, Ronald, Seeman, Owen D., Kitajima, Elliot W.

“…The setae of mites are not regarded as secretory structures, yet in the flat mite genus Raoiella, each developmental stage presents droplets of fluid…”
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A new species of Tenuipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran with notes on the bakeri subgroup by Mahdavi, Sayed Mosayeb, Asadi, Mahdieh, Seeman, Owen D.

“…A new species of the genus Tenuipalpus Donnadieu, 1875 (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae), namely Tenuipalpus etemadii sp. nov. from Aerva sp…”
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A revision of the Heatherellidae (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) with a new genus and two new species from Australasia by Seeman, Owen D, Minor, Maria, Baker, Michelle R, Walter, David Evans

“…The discovery of a new genus of Heatherellidae in New Zealand has led us to revise this enigmatic family and its constituent genera. Aheatherella n. gen.,…”
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A review of Ultratenuipalpus (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) and related genera, with a new species from forest oak Allocasuarina torulosa (Aiton) (Casuarinaceae) by Beard, Jennifer J., Otley, Jacqui, Seeman, Owen D.

“…A new species of flat mite (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), Ultratenuipalpus jubatus Otley, Beard and Seeman sp. nov., is described from the green stems of forest oak…”
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Post larval stages of Tanytydeus beyzavii sp. nov. (Acari: Paratydeidae) from Iran by Khanjani, Mohammad, Nadri, Ali Reza, Khanjani, Masoumeh, Seeman, Owen D

“…A new species Tanytydeus beyzavii sp. nov. (Acari: Paratydeidae) is described and illustrated from soil under plants in Iran. Leg setation is presented for the…”
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