THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF HERBIVOROUS MITES AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT ORCHARDS ARE UNDER THE PRESSURE OF SPRAYING URGE US TO FAUNESTICALLY INVESTIGATE PREDATORY AND PHYTOPHAGUS MITES AND TO IDENTIFY PREDOMINANT AND ACTIVE SPECIES OF PREDATORS IN ORDER TO TAKE TIMELY AND ORDERLY ACTIONS IN TERMS OF CONTROLLING PESTS IN ORCHARDS. …

THE PROSTIGMATID MITES ARE A LARGE ASSEMBLAGE OF MORPHOLOGICALLY, BIOLOGICALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE GROUPS COMPRISING 36 SUPERFAMILIES, SOME OF WHICH CONSIST LARGELY OF PREDATORY OR PARASITIC SPECIES. SUPERFAMILY BDELLOIDEA CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER …

SUBORDER PROSTIGMATA AS THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP OF ARACHNIDA, WITH A GREAT VARIATION IN BODY LENGTH. THEY ARE FOUND IN A DIVERSE RANGE OF HABITATS AS PREDATORS, PARASITES, PHYTOPHAGES AND FUNGIVORES. THE SUPERFAMILY BDELLOIDEA ARE IMPORTANT PREDATORY MITES OF PROSTIGMATA. …