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The present checklist of the oribatid mites compiles all known published records of Ecuador with 479 species belonging to 232 genera and 89 families; 180 of these species were described from Ecuador. Oribatid mites were found in 15 of the 24 provinces that conform the Ecuadorian territory. In the provinces of Zamora Chinchipe, Galápagos, Loja, Cotopaxi, Pichincha and Napo, 95% of the species were recorded. 23.6% of these species are known only from Ecuador, 47.8% are distributed in Neotropical region, the remaining are Pantropical, semicosmopolitan and cosmopolitan. This high number of species makes Ecuador the country with the second largest number of species records in Latin America after Brazil.

Oribatid mites were investigated in six sites in the Alpi Marittime Natural Park (Prov. Cuneo, Piedmont, northern Italy) which is part of the NATURA 2000 network. The selected locations cover 4 forested (fir, ash, 2 beech forests) and 2 grassland sites (mountain meadow, xeric grassland). Altogether 173 described oribatid species belonging to 51 families were encountered, complemented by one undetermined species (Scheloribates (Topobates) cf. carpathicus), added together 174 species. Among them 11 species are new records for Italy. A comparison with other Italian alpine provinces shows high similarity of the oribatid species composition from the investigated sites with the provinces of Bolzano, Trento, Sondrio. A total of 37 species from the Marittime Alps has also been recorded in the southern part of the nearby Swiss canton Ticino. The majority of the species in the investigated sites are known as silvicolous; xerophilous species were mainly found in the xeric grassland site at lower altitude. High species similarities are observed between the forested sites, which also show high species numbers (up to 96 spp. found in the fir forest), lowest similarities are found between the open grassland sites and the forested sites, as well as between the grassland sites themselves.

Akrami, Mohammad Ali, Shahedi, Alireza (2020): Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Taft county, Yazd province of Iran, with new records. Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (2): 141-160, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i2.58955

This checklist of the oribatid fauna of Canada and Alaska (excluding Astigmata) includes 580 identified species in 249 genera and 96 families. The known fauna of Canada includes 556 identified species in 247 genera, and that of Alaska includes 182 species in 95 genera; 39 of the 42 oribatid superfamilies are represented. We further list ~ 300 species that are currently unidentified, and possibly undescribed. In addition, we list 42 genera that are represented only by unidentified and probably undescribed species. For each species we give combinations and synonymies, specific locations in Alaska and the Provinces and Territories of Canada, habitats, and biogeography. There are 182 identified species known for Alaska, 152 for Yukon, 122 for Northwest Territories, 58 for Nunavut; 210 for British Columbia, 213 for Alberta, 15 for Saskatchewan, 84 for Manitoba, 167 for Ontario, 210 for Québec, 110 for Nova Scotia, 77 for New Brunswick, 84 for Newfoundland and 6 for Prince Edward Island. The known fauna of Canada is smaller than that of Austria, and is approximately equivalent to that of the Czech Republic. As these countries are much smaller in size than Canada and less ecologically diverse, we consider the Canadian and Alaskan fauna are at most 25% known. The paucity of these data reflects the absence of taxonomic and faunistic studies on Oribatida in State, Provinces or Territories, and especially in the Canadian and Alaskan National Park systems and the hundreds of Provincial Parks. Despite the almost 90% increase in described species since the catalogue of Marshall et al. (1987), there is a need for focussed, coordinated research on Oribatida in the natural regions throughout Canada and Alaska, and for monographs on families and genera with large numbers of undescribed species, such as Brachychthoniidae, Damaeidae, Cepheidae, Liacaridae, Oppiidae, Suctobelbidae, Hydrozetidae, Phenopelopidae, Scheloribatidae, Haplozetidae and Galumnidae.

A checklist of the oribatid mite species reported in Brazil is presented, including all published records up to 2015. A total of 576 described species in 206 genera and 83 families is presented. Information includes the names by which each species was reported in the Brazilian literature, its general known distribution and by Brazilian States, references, and remarks, when needed. As with most countries, there was a slow early accumulation of knowledge but in recent decades the pace of description has been relatively high. A graphical overview of the number of described oribatid mite species from Brazil in different decades is given. The proportion contributed by each of the major oribatid groups is generally similar to that of the overall world fauna, with a composition that reflects the South American fauna and all of the Neotropics in general. There is a relatively low percentage of primitive mites (Palaeosomata, Enarthronota) other than Lohmanniidae and Mesoplophoridae, which are quite diverse. The Brachypylina comprises about 68% of the oribatid mite fauna. In the checklist, 41% of the species are known only from Brazil, 37% from the Neotropical region, 13.5% have a wider distribution in the global tropical and subtropical regions, and 8.5% are considered cosmopolitan or semicosmopolitan species. The number of descriptions of new species since 2000 from Brazil (73 spp.) and South America (230) is high, but the oribatid mite fauna of these countries remains poorly known. Only continued studies can determine if the high number of species known only from Brazil is an indication of high endemism.

Bolger, Thomas (2017): Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) recorded from Ireland: Catalogue, historical records, species habitats and geographical distribution, combinations, variations and synonyms. Zootaxa 4328 (1): 1-174, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1

Murvanidze, Maka, Mumladze, Levan (2016): Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites. Zootaxa 4089 (1): 1-81, DOI: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1

Akrami, Mohammad Ali (2015): An annotated checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Iran. Zootaxa 3963 (4): 451-501, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.1

Ebrahimi, Forough, A, Mohammad (2015): Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) associated with pastures of Shiraz township, Fars province, Iran. Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1): 491-503, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5414774, {"references":["AKRAMI M.A. (2007): Introduction of twelve species of brachypyline oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida: Brachypylina), new records for the fauna of Iran. - J. Agric. Sci. Technol. 9: 77-86.","AKRAMI M.A. (2008): A new species of Autognetidae GRANDJEAN, 1960 (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran. - J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn. 17(1): 17-21.","AKRAMI M.A. & S.R. BASTAN (2012): Report of the second genus and species of oribatid mites of the family Zetomotrichidae (Acari, Oribatida) from Iran. - J. Entomol. Soc. Iran 32(2): 131-132. (In Persian, with English abstract)","AKRAMI M.A. & M. BEHMANESH (2013a): A new species of the family Zetomotrichidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran. - Persian J. Acarol. 2(1): 1-7.","AKRAMI M.A. & M. 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Norton, Roy A., Ermilov, Sergey G. (2014): Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida). Zootaxa 3833 (1): 1-132, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3833.1.1

Migliorini, Massimo (2009): Oribatid mite (Arachnida: Oribatida) coenoses from SW Sardinia *. Zootaxa 2318: 8-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.192029