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New members of our fauna

saras  31st May 2021

A new species from the genus Mycomelichares (Mesostigmata, Melicharidae) was described based on females found on Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Quélet (Fungi: Basidiomycota, Polyporales) growing on beech stump in Malé Karpaty Mts (Mašán & Joharchi 2021):

" Mycomelichares polypori Mašán et Joharchi, 2021

Holostaspis ambigua


saras  21st February 2020

A new species from the genus Ernogamasus (Mesostigmata, Parasitidae) was described based on adults found in a litter of beech forests in Poloniny National Park (Witaliński & Fenďa 2020):

" Ernogamasus papilio Witaliński et Fenďa, 2020

Ernogamasus papilio


 

Publications

2018

Peter Gajdoš, Ľudmila Černecká, Valerián Franc & Anna Šestáková: Spiders of Slovakia [Pavúky Slovenska]. Hardback | March 2018 | ISBN: 978-80-224-1618-4 | 172 pages | Publisher: VEDA, vydavateľstvo SAV | Colour photographs.


 

 

PhDs in Arachnology

Arachnology Ph.D Programs are available in:


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Comenius University
in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Zoology




Mesostigmata (contact P. Fenďa)

Pseudoscorpiones (contact J. Christophoryová)



FAPPZ Praha Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Agroecology and Biometeorology


Araneae (contact S. Korenko)



saras  year 2020

The year 2020 brings two new mite species described from Slovakia (Mašán 2020, Witaliński & Fenďa 2020).

Dendroseius reductus Mašán, 2020 (Mesostigmata, Digamasellidae)
Ernogamasus papilio Witaliński et Fenďa, 2020 (Mesostigmata, Parasitidae)


saras  year 2019

The year 2019 brings two new mite species described from Slovakia (Babaeian et al. 2019, Mašán & Babaeian 2019).

Cosmolaelaps ekaterinae Mašán et Babaeian, 2019 (Mesostigmata, Laelapidae)
Holostaspis ambigua Babaeian, Mašán et Halliday, 2019 (Mesostigmata, Laelapidae)


saras  year 2018

The year 2018 brings new mite species described from Slovakia (Mašán 2018), six first findings of spiders (Gajdoš et al. 2018) and one first record of pseudoscorpions in the fauna of Slovakia (Červená et al. 2018) were published.

Pachyseius subhumeralis Mašán, 2018 (Mesostigmata, Pachylaelapidae)


saras  year 2017

The year 2017 brings new mite species described from Slovakia (Mašán 2017). Moreover, two first findings of spiders for Slovakia (Šestáková et al. 2017), two first records of pseudoscorpions (Krajčovičová et al. 2017, Krajčovičová & Christophoryová 2017) and 14 first records of mesostigs in the fauna of Slovakia (Mašán 2017, Hrúzová et al. 2017, Hrúzová & Fenďa 2017a, b) were published.

Ameroseius renatae Mašán, 2017 (Mesostigmata, Ameroseiidae)


saras  year 2016

The year 2016 brings two new species of arachnids described from Slovakia (Mašán & Halliday 2016, Miko 2016a) and 17 first findings of oribatid mite species (Miko 2016b, c) and 3 first findings of mesostigs in the fauna of Slovakia (Kalúz 2016).

Hoploseius oblongus Mašán et Halliday, 2016 (Mesostigmata, Blattisociidae)
Damaeus lupus Miko, 2016 (Oribatida, Damaeidae)


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