| abstract | The paper presents the occurrence of 7 new species of mites associated with insects in Tamil Nau. They are Poecilochirus coimbatorensis sp.nov. (Poecilochiriae), Macrocheles scarabae sp.nov. (Macrochelidae), Pachylaelaps catharsiae sp.nov. (Pachylaelapidae) associated with the dung roller beetle, Catharsius pithecius F., Diplogynium oryctae sp.nov. (Diplogyniidae) on Oryctes rhinoceros Linn. (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera), Allothrombium mucaparasiticae sp.nov. on the housefly Musca domestica Linn. (Muscidae: Diptera); Granidella batocerae sp.nov. (Canestriniidae) on the mango stem borer, Batocera rufomaculata De Geer (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera) and Leptus oxyae sp.nov. parasitic on the grasshopper, Oxya nitidula Willmese (Acrididae: Orthoptera). |