Complete source publication citations are provided for 1,492 translations from the Russian language produced under the direction of Dr. Harry Hoogstraal, at U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three (NAMRU-3) in Cairo, Egypt, from ca. 1967 through 1986. Each citation is annotated with the corresponding translation(s) for which it is the source.

The development, survival, and reproduction of Euseius nicholsi (Ehara & Lee) (Acari: Phytoselidae), an important and rapacious predatory mite that feeds on Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisduval), were evaluated at six constant temperatures between 19°C and 32°C. The temperature range 22°C to 28°C was found to be optimal for development and reproduction of the mites. Both were significantly impaired at temperatures higher than 28°C. At 30°C and 32°C, survival rates were significantly reduced. At all temperatures, the egg incubation period was the longest developmental stage, accounting for 40% to 45% of total development time. The sex ratios (female:male) of the offspring at the six temperatures (19, 22, 25, 28, 30 and 32°C) were 1.46:1, 1.35:1, 1.32:1, 1.52:1, 1.65:1 and 1.71:1, respectively. The lowest sex ratio occurred at 25°C, suggesting that this was the natural temperature for this species. At 25°C and 28°C, the population doubling times of E. nicholsi were 4.27 d and 3.13 d, respectively, indicating that these were appropriate temperatures for population growth. We conclude that the optimal temperature range for the development of E. nicholsi was 22°C to 28°C and that the most suitable temperature for both development and reproduction of the mites was 25°C.

Hypoaspis alborzensis Razavi Susan & Joharchi sp. nov. and H. rhinocerotis Oudemans, 1925 were collected on adult female Oryctes sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Karaj, Alborz province, Iran. The new species is described and illustrated from adult females. Hypoaspis rhinocerotis is reported for the first time from Iran.

An annotated checklist of oribatid mite taxa from three sites of India is presented. It includes 71 species/ subspecies, 55 genera and 35 families. Twenty nine species/subspecies are recorded for the first time in India; five species/subspecies—Trhypochthonius tectorum stercus, Hermanniella aliverdievae, Sphodrocepheus tridactylus, Caenosamerus spatiosus, Dolicheremaeu distinctus—are recorded for the first time in the Oriental region. Niphocepheus neotrichus sp. nov. (Niphocepheidae) is described; it differs from other known species of Niphocepheus by the presence of epimeral neotrichy and three pairs of anal setae.

A new species of Galumnidae, Dimidiogalumna grandjeani sp. nov., is described from bird's nest (Black-and-red Broadbill, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) in southern Vietnam. It is the first member of this genus recorded from the Oriental Region. The new species is most similar to D. comoroensis Mahunka, 1994 in having the elongate notogastral porose areas Aa, however, it differs from the latter by the presence of four pairs of notogastral porose areas and the absence of anterior notogastral margin and ridges on anal plates. An identification key to the known species of Dimidiogalumna is given.

Rhynacus acerioides Flechtmann sp.n., a slender, elongate mite, resembling eriophyids in the genus Aceria, is described from all motile stages, from Solanum lorentzii Bitter (Solanaceae) leaves, a weed in tobacco fields in Jujuy, Argentina. A key to the world species of Rhynacus is given.

Erythraeus (Zaracarus) hafezi Saboori, Hakimitabar & Mahmoudi sp. nov. is described and illustrated from larvae ectoparasitic on various insects collected in Shiraz city, Fars Province, Iran. A key to world species of Erythraeus (Zaracarus) larvae is presented.

Three new species of Eutarsopolipus Berlese, 1913 (Acari: Podapolipidae) are described from adult females, larviform adult males and larval females collected from under the elytra of pterostichine carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in southeast Queensland: Eutarsopolipus earnshawi sp. nov. from Cratoferonia phylarchus (Sloane, 1900), Eutarsopolipus lambkinae sp. nov. from Notonomus angustibasis Sloane, 1902 and Eutarsopolipus rutherfordae sp. nov. from Trichosternus subvirens (Chaudoir, 1865). All the new species belong to the ochoai species group and a key to species of this group is provided.