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RECENT quantitative analyses of the microfauna of the soil have shown that oribatid mites are by far the largest representatives. Their economic value is well known; they carry the infective stages of anoplocephaline cestodes, some of which are important parasites of sheep. Attention has recently been directed to their role in the promotion of humus formation from leaf litter on the forest floor, and at the same time it was pointed out that little was known of the biology of these mites1.
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CLEAT, N. Growth in the Laboratory of Economically Important Oribatid Mites. Nature 169, 280–281 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169280b0
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