Browsing by Author "Ueckermann, Edward A."
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An amazing sub-cambium flat mite from South Africa (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae)
Ueckermann, Edward A.; Ochoa, Ronald; Bauchan, Gary R.; Neser, Stefan (Acarologia, 2019)An unusual sub-cambium flat mite, Phytoptipalpus occultuae sp. n., first found under the bark in blisters on stems of Senegalia caffra in Pretoria, South Africa is described and illustrated herein. This is a unique species ... -
Compositional turnover in ecto- and endoparasite assemblages of an African bat, Miniopterus natalensis (Chiroptera, Miniopteridae): effects of hierarchical scale and host sex
Krasnov, Boris R.; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Junker, Kerstin; Wood, Simon; Venter, Gert J. (Cambridge Univ Press, 2020)We studied the compositional turnover in infracommunities and component communities of ecto- and endoparasites infesting a bat, Miniopterus natalensis (Chiroptera, Miniopteridae), across seven sampling sites using the zeta ... -
Ectoparasite burdens of the Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys Damarensis) from Southern Africa
Lutermann, Heike; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Carpenter-Kling, Tegan; Gutjahr, Gundula; Bennett, Nigel C. (BioOne, 2015)Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) of the family Bathyergidae are widely distributed subterranean rodents in sub-Saharan Africa. No parasites have ever been reported for this species and only 1 ectoparasite is ... -
Four new Aceria species (Acari: Trombidiformis: Eriophyidae) on Acacia nilotica from Egypt
Elhalawany, Ashraf S.; Ueckermann, Edward A. (Taylor & Francis, 2015)Four new Aceria species of eriophyoid mites found in Egypt are described and illustrated. They are Aceria aegyptiacacia sp. nov., A. metwallii sp. nov., A. awadi sp. nov. and A. saidi sp. nov. collected from leaf galls ... -
Iranian Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Bdelloidea). Part 3. Subfamily Cunaxoidinae
Den Heyer, Jacob; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Khanjani, Mohammad (Taylor & Francis, 2013)This third part on Iranian mites of the subfamily Cunaxoidinae discusses eight species. Five are new: Cunaxoides decastroae sp. nov., Cunaxoides lootsi sp. nov., Pulaeus razanensis sp. nov., Lupaeus iranensis sp. nov. and ... -
A new species and new records of the subgenus Typhlodromus Scheuten from Spain, with a key to the world species (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Ferragut, Francisco; Ueckermann, Edward A. (Taylor & Francis, 2012)A new mite species of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) thuriferus sp. nov. collected from the Cupressaceae Juniperus thurifera in Spain is described. Three species of the same ... -
A new species of Cenopalpus Pritchard & Baker (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Japan, with ontogeny of chaetotaxy and a key to the world species
Negm, Mohamed W.; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Gotoh, Tetsuo (PeerJ, 2020)A new species of flat mite, Cenopalpus umbellatus sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) is described and illustrated based on females, males, deutonymphs, protonymphs and larvae. The morphological ontogeny in ... -
A new species of Cheletonella Womersley (Prostigmata: Cheyletidae) from Iran and a key to the species
Salarzehi, Safoura; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Hajizadeh, Jalil (Acarologia, 2019)A new species, Cheletonella iraniensis n. sp. (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Cheyletidae) is described based on adult females from Rasht, Guilan Province, Northern Iran. Additionally, a key to the world species (females) of ... -
New species of Hypoaspis Canestrini and Coleolaelaps Berlese (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) associated with Polyphylla olivieri Castelnau (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Iran
Khanjani, Mohammad; Ghaedi, Behnaz; Ueckermann, Edward A. (Magnolia Press, 2013)White grubs, including Polyphylla olivieri Castelnau, are among the most economically important pests of orchard trees and other crops such as potato and sugar beet. The larvae feed on the roots of the host plants and ... -
A new species of the genus Eryngiopus Summers (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from citrus in Florida, USA
Maake, Pholoshi A.; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Childers, Carl C. (Taylor & Francis, 2015)Eryngiopus audreae n. sp. is described and illustrated based on female specimens collected from citrus trees in Florida, USA. The new species is easily distinguished by the small size of its prodorsal shields, each with ... -
Population dynamics of mites (Acari) on Diospyros kaki Thunb. and Diospyros lotus L. (Ebenaceae) trees in Ordu, Turkey
Akyazi, Rana; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Soysal, Mete; Akyol, Duygu (Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, 2016)Populations of mites (Phytoseiidae, Stigmaeidae, Cunaxidae, Cheyletidae, Tenuipalpidae, Tarsonemidae, Tydeidae, Acaridae) were monitored on Diospyros kaki Thunb. and Diospyros lotus L. (Ebenaceae) in Ordu, Turkey during ... -
A review of the family Alycidae (Acari, Acariformes) from South Africa
Uusitalo, Matti; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Theron, Pieter D. (Magnolia Press, 2020)A taxonomic study of the family Alycidae G. Canestrini & Fanzago in South Africa revealed nine species of which seven are new to science: Alycus augrabiensis sp. nov., Pachygnathus nasutus sp. nov., Amphialycus acaciae sp. ... -
Species composition of tetranychoid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata: Tetranychoidea) in main landscapes of Tehran and modelling ecological niche of Tetranychoidea in main climates of Tehran Province, Iran
Moghadam, Sahebeh Ghasemi; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Ahadiyat, Ali (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2016)Tetranychoid communities from urban landscapes of Tehran area were compared in 2012. The landscapes covering two main climates of Tehran Province and the related regions were mostly planted with Ulmus, Platanus, Ficus and ... -
Stigmaeid mites of Guilan Province of Iran with description of a new species and a checklist for Iranian stigmaeid mites (Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae)
Hajizadeh, Jalil; Khanjani, Mohammad; Faraji, Farid; Ueckermann, Edward A. (Taylor & Francis, 2013)The stigmaeid mites collected from Guilan Province in Northern Iran were investigated. A new species Cheylostigmaeus guilaniensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The following five stigmaeid species are new records ... -
Stigmaeus maraghehiensis, a new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from northwest Iran
Bagheri, Mohammad; Ghorbani, Hamed; Saber, Moosa; Navaei-Bonab, Reza; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Mehrvar, Ali (Taylor & Francis, 2012)A new species of Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae), Stigmaeus maraghehiensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the soil in apple orchards in Maragheh, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. A key to all known Iranian ... -
Teneriffia sebahatae sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Teneriffiidae), the first teneriffiid mite from Turkey
Ueckermann, Edward A.; Durucan, Furkan (BioOne, 2020)A new species of the family Teneriffiidae, Teneriffia sebahatae sp. nov., is described. It was collected on the sea shore of Antalya, Turkey. It is distinguished from other species in this genus by the absence of “clasps” ... -
Two new species of Spinibdella and Odontoscirus (Acari: Prostigmata: Bdellidae) from Western Iran
Eghballen, Amir Hossein; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Khanjani, Mohammad (Acarologia, 2017)Two new species of Bdellidae, viz. Spinibdella pourmirzaei Eghbalian, Khanjani & Ueckermann n. sp. from soil and litter under apricot trees and Odontoscirus denheyeri Eghbalian, Khanjani & Ueckermann n. sp. (Acariformes ...