The publications marked with an asterisk * include information about the occurrence of oribatid mites in Finland.
Balogh, J. 1972: The oribatid genera of the world. - Akadémiai
Kiadó, Budapest. 188 pp., pls. 1-71.
Bernini, F. 1975: Notulae Oribatologicae XII. Una nuova specie di Carabodes
affine a C. minusculus Berlese 1923 (Acarida, Oribatei). - Redia 56: 455-471,
pls. 1-4.
* Forsslund, K.-H.1957: Schwedische Oribatei (Acari). III. - Entomol.
Tidskr. 77(2-4/1956): 210-218.
* Forsslund, K.-H. 1958: Notizen über Oribatei (Acari). II. -
Entomol. Tidskr. 79(1-2): 75-86.
* Forsslund, K.-H. 1964: Liochthonius muscorum n. sp. und L. lapponicus
(Träg.) (Acari, Oribatei). - Entomol. Tidskr. 85(3-4): 236-239.
* Forsslund, K.-H. & Märkel, K. 1963: Drei neue Arten der
Fam. Euphthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatei). - Entomol. Tidskr. 84: 284-296.
Gjelstrup, P. 1978: Oversigt over Danmarks pansermider (Acarina,
Oribatei). - Entomol. Meddr. 46: 109-121.
Hammen, L. van der 1952: The Oribatei (Acari) of the Netherlands. -
Zool. Verh., Leiden 17: 1-139.
Hanski, I. & Nuorteva, P. 1982: History of Acarology - Finland.
- In: Prasad, V. (ed.), History of Acarology: 171-193. Indira, Michigan.
425 pp.
* Heliövaara, K. & Väisänen, R. 1986: Abundance
relationships of bark invertebrates of Scots pine saplings. - Ann.
Entomol. Fennici 52: 121-128.
* Hippa, H., Koponen, S., Mannila, R., Niemi, R. & Uusitalo, M.
1988: Invertebrates of Scandinavian caves VII. Acari. - Notulae Entomol.
68: 141-146.
* Huhta, V., Hyvönen, R., Kaasalainen, P., Koskenniemi, A., Muona,
J., Mäkelä, I., Sulander, M. & Vilkamaa, P. 1986: Soil fauna
of Finnish coniferous forests. - Ann. Zool. Fennici 23: 345-360.
* Huhta, V., Ikonen, E. & Vilkamaa, P. 1979: Succession of invertebrate
populations in artificial soil made of sewage sludge and crushed bark.
- Ann. Zool. Fennici 16: 223-270.
* Karppinen, E.1950: Two soil mites (Acar., Oribatidae) new for Finland.
- Ann. Entomol. Fennici 16(4): 201-202.
* Karppinen, E. 1952: Records of soil mites (Acar., Oribatei) new for
Finland. - Arch. Soc. "Vanamo" 7(1): 36-39.
* Karppinen, E. 1953: Further records of soil mites (Acar., Oribatei)
new for Finland. - Arch. Soc. "Vanamo" 7(2/1952): 144-146.
* Karppinen, E. 1955a: Über eine Regenerationserscheinung bei
Camisia lapponica Träg. (Acar., Oribatei). - Ann. Entomol. Fennici
21: 20-22.
* Karppinen, E. 1955b: Ecological and transect survey studies of Finnish
Camisiids (Acar., Oribatei). - Ann. Zool. Soc. .”Vanamo" 17(2): 1-80.
* Karppinen, E. 1955c: Die Oribatiden-Fauna eines Corylus avellana-Gebüsches
und eines Sumpfmoors in Tvärminne, Südfinnland. - Arch. Soc.
.”Vanamo" 9(Suppl.): 131-134.
* Karppinen, E. 1956a: Untersuchungen über die Oribatiden (Acar.,
Oribatei) von Kilpisjärvi in Nordfinnland. - Ann. Entomol. Fennici
22(3): 121-129.
* Karppinen, E. 1956b: Über die Carabodes-Arten (Acar., Oribatei)
Finnlands. - Ann. Entomol. Fennici 22(3): 138-139.
* Karppinen, E. 1958a: Die Oribatiden-Fauna einiger Schlag- und Brandflächen.
- Ann. Entomol. Fennici 23(4/1957): 181-203.
* Karppinen, E. 1958b: Über die Oribatiden (Acar.) der finnischen
Waldböden. - Ann. Zool. Soc. .”Vanamo" 19(1): 1-43.
* Karppinen, E. 1958c: Über die Oribatidenfauna (Acar.) in den
Uferzonen von einem Teiche im Kirchspiel Lammi in Südfinnland. - Arch.
Soc. .”Vanamo" 12(2/ 1957): 128-143.
* Karppinen, E.1958d: Untersuchungen über die Oribatiden (Acar.)
der Waldböden von Hylocomium-Myrtillus- Typ in Nordfinnland. - Ann.
Entomol. Fennici 24(4): 149-168.
* Karppinen, E. 1958: Mitteilungen über einige für Finnland
neue Oribatiden (Acar.). - Ann. Entomol. Fennici 24(4): 192-196.
* Karppinen, E. 1962: Zur Kenntnis der Oribatidenfauna Nordfinnlands.
- Arch. Soc. .”Vanamo" 16(1): 36-48.
* Karppinen, E. 1966: Investigations on the oribatid fauna (Acar.)
of the seashore and archipelago of Finland. - Ann. Entomol. Fennici 32(1):
22-43.
* Karppinen, E. 1972: Studies on the Oribatid fauna of spruce-hardwood
peatlands in southern Finland. I. - Ann. Entomol. Fennici 38(2): 96-99.
* Karppinen, E. 1977: Studies on the Oribatid fauna of spruce-hardwood
peatlands in southern Finland. II. - Ann. Entomol. Fennici 43(3): 81-86.
* Karppinen, E. & Koponen, M. 1973: The subfossil oribatid fauna
of Piilonsuo, a bog in southern Finland. - Ann. Entomol. Fennici
39(1): 29-39.
* Karppinen, E. 1974: Further observations on subfossil remains of
oribatids (Acar., Oribatei) and insects in Piilonsuo, a bog in southern
Finland. - Ann. Entomol. Fennici 40(4): 172-175.
Karppinen, E. & Krivolutsky, D. A. 1982: List of oribatid mites
(Acarina, Oribatei) of northern palaearctic region. I. Europe. - Acta Entomol.
Fennica 41: 1-18.
* Karppinen, E., Krivolutsky, D. A., Koponen, M., Kozlovskaja, L. S.,
Laskova, L. M. & Viitasaari, M. 1979: List of subfossil oribatid mites
(Acarina, Oribatei) of northern Europe and Greenland. - Ann. Entomol. Fennici
45(4): 103-108.
* Koponen, S. 1989: Effect of fire on ground layer invertebrate fauna
in birch forest in the Kevo Strict Nature Reserve, Finnish Lapland. - Folia
Forestalia 736: 75- 80. (In Finnish with English summary.)
* Krogerus, R. 1960: Ökologische Studien über nordische Moorarthropoden.
- Soc. Scient. Fennica Comment. Biol. 21(3): 1-238.
* Kunst, M. 1962: Anoribatella n. g., a new genus of oribatid mites
from Central Europe. - Acta Univ. Carol., Ser. Biol. 7(1): 89-98.
* Laakso, J., Salminen, J. & Setälä, H. 1995: Effects
of abiotic conditions and microarthropod predation on the structure and
function of soil animal communities. - Acta Zool. Fennica 196: 162-167.
* Laine, A., Itämies, J., Orell, M. & Kvist, S. 1995: Invertebrate
fauna of Norway spruce (Picea abies) saplings and its connection
with the nitrogen, sulphur and phenolics concentration of the needles.
- Entomol. Fennica 5: 177-185.
* Laine, A., Orell, M. & Itämies, J. 1988: The distribution
and ecology of the mite Ameronothrus dubinini Sitnikova 1977 (Acarina,
Oribatei) in northern Finland. - Ann. Zool. Fennici 25: 253-256.
* Laine, A., Orell, M. & Itämies, J. 1990: Invertebrate fauna
on Norwegian spruce (Picea abies) branches in northern Finland. - Entomol.
Fennica 1: 193-199.
Levander, K. M. 1901: Beiträge zur Fauna und Algenflora. Der süssen
Gewässer an der Murmanküste. - Acta Soc. Fauna Flora Fenn. XX,
N: o 8.
* Lindberg, H. 1899: Eräs rikas turvelöytö Joroisten
pitäjässä Savossa. (62?12' pohj. lev.). - Suomen Suoviljelysyhdistyksen
Vuosikirja 1899: 178-214.
* Lindberg, H. 1900: Suomen turvesuot. - Suomen Suoviljelysyhdistyksen
Vuosikirja 1900: 184-257.
Lundqvist, L. 1987: Bibliografi och checklist över Sveriges oribatider
(Acari: Oribatei) - Entomol. Tidskr. 108: 3-12.
Luxton, M. 1996: Oribatid mites of the British Isles: a check-list
and notes on biogeography. - J. Nat. Hist. 30: 803-822.
* Mahunka, S. 1968: Some Data to the Mite Fauna of Finland (Acari).
- Ann. Hist. - Nat. Mus. Natn. Hung. 60: 261-263.
Mahunka, S. & Mahunka-Papp, L. 1995: The oribatid species described
by Berlese. - Hung. Nat. Hist. Mus. 325pp.
* Markkula, I. 1986a: Comparison of the communities of the oribatids
(Acari: Cryptostigmata) of virgin and forest- ameliorated pine bogs. -
Ann. Zool. Fennici 23: 33-38.
* Markkula, I. 1986b: Comparison of present and subfossil oribatid
faunas in the surface peat of a drained pine mire. - Ann. Entomol. Fennici
52: 39-41.
Marshall, V. G., Reeves, R. M. & Norton, R. A., 1987: Catalogue
of the Oribatida of continental U. S. A. and Canada. - Mem. Entomol. Soc.
Canada, 139: 1-418.
Mehl, R. 1979: Checklist of Norwegian ticks and mites (Acari).
- Fauna Norvegica (Ser. B) 26: 1-45.
Mikhaltzova, Z. A. 1982: (A new species of the genus Passalozetes (Acariformes,
Passalozetidae) from the middle taiga of the Komi ASSR.) - Zool. Zh. 61:
1755-1759. (In Russian with English summary.)
* Niemi, R. 1985: Oribatid mites in the Lake Mätäjärvi.
Third Nordic Conference on the Application of Scientific Methods in Archaeology,
8-11 October 1984, Mariehamn. - ISKOS 5: 282-288.
* Niemi, R. 1988: Oribatid mites (Acarina, Oribatei) new to the Finnish
fauna. - Notulae Entomol. 68: 111-113.
* Niemi, R. 1995: Oribatid species (Acari, Oribatida) new to the fauna
of Finland. - Entomol. Fennica. 5: 213-217.
* Niemi, R. 1996: On the primitive oribatid mites from the attics of
old wooden farmhouses and old barns of Finland. - In: Kropczynska,
D., Boczek, J. & Tomczyk, A. (eds.), The Acari, physiological and ecological
aspects of Acari-host relationships: 259-265. Dabor, Warszawa.
* Niemi, R. in press: Atopochthonius artiodactylus
Grandjean, 1948 (Acari, Oribatida) found first time in Finland. - Entomol.
Fennica #: #-#.
* Niemi, R. & Huhta, V. 1981: Oribatid communities in artificial
soil made of sewage sludge and crushed bark. - Biol. Res. Rep. Univ. Jyväskylä
7: 18-30.
* Niemi, R. & Vilkamaa, P. 1988: Mikroartropody, obitayushchye
na dvukh vidakh lishaynikov pribrezhnykh skal Finskogo Arkhipelaga. - In:
Krivolutsky, D. A. (ed.), Biologia pochv Severnoy Evropy: 145-148. Nauka,
Moscow. (In Russian.)
Nordberg, S. 1936: Biologisch-ökologische Untersuchungen über
die Vogelnidicolen. - Acta Zool. Fennica 21: 1-168.
* Nordenskiöld, E. 1901: Zur Kenntnis der Oribatidenfauna Finnlands.
- Acta Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 21(2): 1-34.
* Nordenskiöld, E. 1903: Über F. D. Wasastjemas "Monographia
Acarorum". - Förhandlingar vid nordiska naturforskare- och läkaremötet
i Helsingfors, Sekt. Zool. 2-4.
* Oudemans, A. C. 1900: Further notes on Acari. - Tijdschr. Entomol.
43: 109-128.
* Poppius, B. 1901: Oribata Lucasii Nic., ett hittills obeaktadt skadedjur.
- Medd. Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 27: 74-76. (p. 181 summary in German.)
Schulze, P., Viets, K. & Willmann, C. 1938: Mitteilungen über
F. D. Wasastjemas Monographia Acarorum. - Mem. Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica
13: 116-125.
* Solhy, T. & Koponen, S. 1981:Oribatei fauna (Acari) on alpine
heath at Kevo, Finland. - Rep. Kevo Subarctic Res. Stat. 17: 41-43.
Strenzke, K. 1953: Passalozetes bidactylus und P. perforatus von den
schleswig-holsteinischen Küsten (Acarina: Oribatei). - Kieler Meeresforschungen
9(2): 231-234.
Subías, L. S. & Balogh, P. 1989: Identification keys to
the genera of Oppiidae Grandjean, 1951 (Acari: Oribatei). - Acta
Zool. Hung. 35(3-4): 355-412.
* Uusitalo, M. 1991: Aphelacarus acarinus (Berlese) new to Finland
(Acari, Oribatei). - Entomol. Fennica 2(1): 47-48.
* Uusitalo, M. 1993: The identification of mites (Acari) from birds'
nests by Nordberg (1936) - revaluation. - EURAAC Newsletter 6(1): 5-9.
* Uusitalo, M. 1995: Monographia acarorum of F. D. & J. F. 0. Wasastjerna.
- EURAAC Newsletter 8(1-2): 3-9.
* Vappula, N. 1965: Pests of cultivated plants in Finland. - Acta Entomol.
Fennica 19: 1-239.
* Woas, S. 1981: Die Arten der Gattung Hermannia Nicolet 1855 (Acari,
Oribatei). II. - Andrias 1: 89-100.
Woas, S. 1986: Beitrag zur Revision de Oppioidea sensu BALOGH, 1972
(Acari,
Oribatei). - Andrias 5: 21-224.
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Key works used by the cited authors:
Granlund: Willmann (1931)
Huhta et al.: Willmann (1931); Gilyarov (1975)
Karppinen: Willmann 1931: Michael (1884, 1888, 1898); Sellnick (1920);
Sellnick et Forsslund (1953, 1955)
Laine et al.: Willmann (1931); Gilyarov (1975)
Markkula: Willmann (1931); Gilyarov (1975)
Niemi: Willmann 1931: Gilyarov (1975); Balogh & Mahunka (1983);
Niedba?a (1992) and several separate publications
Nordenskiöld: Berlese 1882: Michael (1884, 1888, 1898); Nicolet
(1853)
Solhøy & Koponen: Gilyarov (1975)
Tyynismaa: Willmann (1931); Gilyarov (1975)
Uusitalo: Grandjean (1952, 1954)
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F. (ed.), Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, Vol. 22: 79-200. V. G. Fischer, Jena.
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