Andrzej Kaźmierski

The first records of tardigrades (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada) from Estonia

Tardigrada fauna of Estonia has never been studied until now. Two species of Eutardigrada: Eremobiotus alicatai (Binda, 1969) and Isohypsibius marcellinoi Binda & Pilato, 1971, were found in one moss sample collected in Rakvere. They are the first records of Tardigrada in Estonia. Iki siol lėtūnų (Tardigrada) fauna Estijoje nebuvo tyrinėta. Dvi Eutardigrada rūsys: Eremobiotus alicatai (Binda, 1969) ir Isohypsibius marcellinoi Binda & Pilato, 1971, aptiktos viename samanų pavyzdyje, paimtame Rakvere. Tai pirmoji Tardigrada radimvietė Estijoje.

Tydeoid Mites (Acari: Triophtydeidae, Iolinidae, Tydeidae) of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, with Description of Three New Species

Abstract. Survey and collecting of the Iranian tydeoid mite fauna over the last 40 years, including the present data, have resulted in a collective list of 43 species of Triophtydeidae, Iolinidae and Tydeidae, covering 12 of the 30 provinces. During 2008–2010, a faunistic survey of tydeoid mites was made in Razavi Khorasan Province of Iran. As a result, four tydeoid species were stated as new for fauna of the study area and one species (Tydeus calabrus) — new for the Iranian fauna. Three other ones (of the genera Neopronematus and Tydeus) are new to science. The new taxa are described and a key to the species of Neopronematus is proposed. A checklist of Iranian tydeoids is provided.

Three New Tydeinae Species (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) from Poland

Abstract. Three new species of the subfamily Tydeinae: Brachytydeus quasistigmaeus, B. crassidigitosus and B. incertus from Poland are described, figured and located in a key.

Three new tydein species of the genus Brachytydeus Thor, 1931 sensu André 2005 (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) from Siberia

Abstract. Three new species of mites of the subfamily Tydeinae: Brachytydeus stebayevi, Brachytydeus comaliatus and Brachytydeus karoli from Siberia are described.

Tydeinae mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Tydeidae) from bird nests with description of three new species

Abstract Research and collecting of the Polish tydeid mite fauna have resulted, among others, in a collective list of species occurring in bird nests. Three of them are described as new to science and two others are new to Polish fauna. A checklist of the species of the Tydeinae from bird nests is provided. The new species are: Lorryia lusciniella Kaźmierski & Marciniak sp. nov., L. buceroincerta Kaźmierski & Sikora sp. nov. and L. columbina Kaźmierski sp. nov.

Paurotyndareus , a new genus of the family Iolinidae (Acari: Prostigmata), with the description of a new species from Iran

Abstract Paurotyndareus Darbemamieh & Kazmierski n. gen. (Acari: Iolinidae: Tydaeolinae) is described and illustrated. The new genus can be separated from Tyndareus and near genera by reduced chaetotaxy of legs and genital region. This genus is characterized by double tip eupathidium at the end of palp, femur I with five setae, genu III with one seta, three pairs of genital and two pairs of aggenital setae. Paurotyndareus persicus Darbemamieh and Kaźmierski n. sp. collected from soil in Kermanshah, Iran is described as the type-species.

New species and records of Neopronematus (Acari: Iolinidae) from Iran with a key to world species.

In this paper, Neopronematus kamalii Darbemamieh and Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Iolinidae), collected from apricot leaves in Kermanshah province, Iran, is described and illustrated. Also, the following species were collected and identified from Kermanshah province, Iran: Neopronematus rapidus (Kuznetzov, 1972), Neopronematus solani Łaniecka and Kaźmierski, 2013; Neopronematus sepasgosariani Sadeghi, Łaniecka and Kaźmierski, 2012; Neopronematus lundqvisti Sadeghi, Łaniecka and Kaźmierski, 2012; and Neopronematus neglectus (Kuznetzov, 1972). Some information about the genus, morphologically close species, remarks and a key to Neopronematus species of the world are given as well.

A new tydeid species (Acari: Tydeidae) with a key to Brachytydeus species from East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Abstract A new species of Brachytydeus Thor, 1931 (senior synonym of Lorryia Oudemans, 1925 sensu Kaźmierski), Brachytydeus persiaensis n. sp., is described and illustrated. It was collected from peach orchards soil in Shendabad, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.

Four New Species of Cunaxidae — Morphology and Ecological Preferences (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Bdelloidea)

Abstract. Five prostigmatic mite species from the family Cunaxidae are recorded in Hungary. Four of them: Cunaxa polita Kazmierski et Ripka sp. nov., Cunaxa subita Ripka et Laniecka sp. nov., Cunaxa minuta Laniecka et Kazmierski sp. nov. and Cunaxoides ornatus Kazmierski et Laniecka sp. nov. are described as new to science, whereas Cunaxoides kielczewskii Michocka, 1982 is discussed and figured. Legs organotaxy for C. kielczewskii is given for the first time.

Description of Two New Species of Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) from Spain with the Remarks About the Iberian Species of Subfamily

Abstract. Two new species of the subfamily Tydeinae: Brachytydeus fernando and Brachytydeus matador from Spain are described and figured, as well as some comments are added. Eleven species are cited in text as a new combinations.