Simple Summary Eriophyoidea (gall mites) are a group of four-legged, vermiform plant
feeders that are among the most economically damaging groups of mites. Gall mites …

Biomonitoring of agriculturally important insects is increasingly vital given our need to
understand:(a) the severity of impacts by pests and pathogens on crop yield and health and …

Long-branch attraction is a systematic artifact that results in erroneous grou**s of fast-
evolving taxa. The combination of short, deep internodes in tandem with long-branch …

Acariform mites are an ancient and megadiverse lineage that may have experienced a
complex pattern of invasions into terrestrial and aquatic habitats. These among-realm …

Eriophyoid mites represent a hyperdiverse, phytophagous lineage with an unclear
phylogenetic position. These mites have succeeded in colonizing nearly every seed plant …

Spiders are among the most varied terrestrial predators, with highly diverse morphology,
ecology, and behavior. Morphological and molecular data have greatly contributed to …

Arachnida is an exceptionally diverse class in the Arthropoda, consisting of 20 orders and
playing crucial roles in the terrestrial ecosystems. However, their interordinal relationships …

The tomato russet mite, Aculops lycopersici, is among the smallest animals on earth. It is a
worldwide pest on tomato and can potently suppress the host's natural resistance. We …

Contemporary molecular biology provides information about entire genome sequences,
which are used in fields such as medicine, pharmacogenetics, and nutrigenomics. Apart …

Oribatid mites are an ancient group that already roamed terrestrial ecosystems in the early
and middle Devonian. The superfamily of Ameronothroidea, a supposedly monophyletic …