Acarorum Catalogus, Volume 4 Acariformes: Trombidiformes, Prostigmata [Pensoft Series Faunistica, Volume 115]

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The fourth volume of this series Acarorum Catalogus is devoted to the superfamilies Myobioidea (fam. Myobiidae) and Pterygosomatoidea (fam. Pterygosomatidae). About 693 sp. are listed therein, with synonymies and citations in various papers. Acarorum Catalogus, Volume 4 also contains a list of by-country distributions and lists of authors who published on any known species of Myobiidae and Pterygosomatidae. There are also lists including hosts of these mites. The bibliography consists of more than 580 titles. Other volumes of the same series on the patterns of the first three are under way.

Contents

Superorder Acariformes   6
Order Trombidiformes   6
Superfamily Myobioidea   6
   The Mite Family Myobiidae   6
      Composition of Myobiidae   8
      Catalogue of Myobiidae   11
      Index of Myobiidae   121
      Distribution of Myobiidae   130
      Hosts of Myobiidae   142
      Bibliography of Myobiidae   163
The Mite Superfamily Pterygosomatoidea   187
   The Mite Family Pterygosomatidae   187
      Composition of Pterygosomatidae   189
      Catalogue of Pterygosomatidae   190
      Index of Pterygosomatida   225
      Distribution of Pterygosomatidae   229
      Hosts of Pterygosomatidae   234
      Bibliography of Pterygosomatidae   242
Acknowledgements   251

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