TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Increasing knowledge of the mite fauna of the United Arab Emirates: new records and a checklist VL - 54 IS - 1 SP - 113 EP - 120 PY - 2014 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Negm, M.W. UR - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20142118 DO - 10.1051/acarologia/20142118 DA - 2014-03-28 ET - 2014-03-28 KW - Acari KW - mites KW - new records KW - United Arab Emirates KW - checklist AB - Mite fauna of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is poorly studied. Based on published works, only 26 species (representing three orders, 18 families and 24 genera) were previously reported from coleopteran insects, plants, leaf litter and soil. This paper reports 11 new records of mites from the emirate of Dubai. A checklist of the taxa reported from the UAE to date is presented. ER -