prof. dr hab. Wojciech Niedbała

• animal systematics, acarology, soil zoology, ecosystem ecology, zoogeography
• Systematics of mites from the Ptyctima group (Acari, Oribatida), monographic studies of successive zoogeographical regions.

The course of scientific research

• Taxonomy of selected groups of mites (Acari)
• Methodological studies of soil zoology issues
• Colonisation of microenvironments
• Autoecology and faunistics of tree mites
• Mites in urban areas
• Ecology of soil mites, ecological succession of Oribatida
• Monograph on the fauna of Brachychthoniidae in Poland, evolutionary concept in the Brachychthoniidae family
• Establishment of the cladistic classification of the Phthiracaridae family
• Monographic studies of the fauna of Ptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) in the following zoogeographic regions: – Nearctic, – Neotropical, – Ethiopian, – Southern Africa, – Oriental – Palearctic – Australian, – Pacific islands

Important map

Newly described taxa

Higher taxa

     Families

     Apoplophoridae Niedbała, 1983

     Steganacaridae Niedbała, 1986

            Subfamilies

            Steganacarinae Niedbała, 1986

            Atropacarinae Niedbała, 1986

                       Genera

                     Mixochthonius Niedbała, 1972

                     Plonaphacarus Niedbała, 1986

                     Arphthicarus Niedbała, 1994

                     Phrathicarus Niedbała, 1994

                                 Subgenera

                               Parplophora Niedbała, 1985

                               Rhacaplacarus Niedbała, 1986

                               Parapocsia Niedbała, 2014

Species

Participation in scientific conferences, symposia and conventions

• 1968 – International Oribatological Symposium in Vilnius, ref.: ‘Fauna of wood-dwelling armoured mites in the vicinity of Poznań’ 1972 – International Entomological Symposium in Białowieża, ref.: ‘The efficiency of the Macfadyen apparatus in flushing out soil mites’
• 1978 – International Conference ‘Conditions for tree development and their fauna’ in Warsaw, ref.: ‘The state and structure of soil fauna groups in the urban ecosystem’ (K. Kasprzak and M. Sterzyńska – co-authors)
• 1979 – International Symposium on ‘Animals in urban environments’ in Warsaw, ref.: ‘L’acarofaune des milieux urbains sur l’exemple de l’agglomeration varsovienne’
• 1982 – 8th International Symposium on Soil Fauna in Louvain-la-Neuve, ref.: ‘Acarofaune des milieux urbains a l’exemple de l’agglomeration varsovienne’ (C. Błaszak, J. Błoszyk, M. Kaliszewski, A. Kaźmierski – co-authors)
• 1985 – SALF Symposium (Association of Francophone Acarologists), Siena
• 1985 – 9th International Symposium on Soil Fauna, Moscow, ref.: ‘Systeme de Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida)
• 1986 – SALF Symposium in Montpellier
• 1986 – 7th Acarology Congress in Bangalore, ref.: ‘Systematics of Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida)’ and ‘Systematics of Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida)’
• 1988 – 1st EURAC Symposium (European Union of Acarologists), Graz, ref.: ‘The morphology of the immature stages of Phthiracaroidea (Oribatida)’
• 1990 – 8th Acarological Congress, Ceske Budejovice, ref.: ‘Preliminary hypothesis on the biogeography of the Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida)’
• 1991 – lecture at the Zoological Museum in Turku: ‘Oribatid mites as decomposers of organic matter’
• 1992 – 2nd European EURAC Symposium, Krynica, ref.: ‘Supplement to the classification of Phthiracaroidea’
• 1994 – IX Acarological Congress, Columbus, Ohio, ref.: ‘Origin of Euptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in Hawaii’
• 1996 – XVI European Arachnological Colloquium, Siedlce, ref.: ‘Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Pacific Islands’
• 1998 – 10th Acarological Congress, Canberra, ref.: ‘Study of the diversity of Ptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of their origin: the fauna of Oriental and Australian regions’ and ‘Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) fauna of the Philippines’ (L.A. Corpuz-Raros co-author)
• 2000 – 4th European EURAC Symposium, Siena, ref. ‘Ptyctimous mites of the Ethiopian Region’
• 2000 – 17th (New) International Congress of Zoology, Athens, ref. ‘Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and other eastern African islands’
• 2001 – African Acarology Congress, Nairobi, ref. ‘Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) Africa islands’
• 2002 – 11th Acarological Congress, Merida, Mexico, ref. ‘Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Costa Rica’ and ‘Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Nearctic Region’
• 2004 – 5th European EURAC Symposium, Berlin, ref. ‘Ptyctimous mites of the Neotropical Region’
• 2004 – 19th International Congress of Zoology, Beijing, ref. ‘Protoplophoridae (Acari, Oribatida) of the world’
• 2006 – XII Acarology Congress, Amsterdam, ref. ‘Protoplophoridae (Acari, Oribatida) of the world’
• 2007 – 4th African Acarology Symposium, Hammamet, Tunisia, report on ‘Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of South Africa’
• 2008 – 6th Congress of the European Association of Acarologists, ref. “Distribution of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the mountain rain forest La Selva, Costa Rica. Integrative Acarology. Proceedings of the European Congress. M. Bertrand, S, Kreiter, K.M. McCoy, A. Migeon, M. Navajas, M.-S. Tixier, L. Viol (Eds.), Montpelier, 222-228” (co-author P. Skubała)
• 2008 – XXth International Congress of Zoology, Paris ref. ‘Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Southern Hemisphere’
• 2011 – 5th African Acarology Association Symposium, Livingstone, ref. ‘Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) fauna of Northern Africa on a background of the Palaearctic fauna’
• 2011 – 2nd Congress of Polish Taxonomy and 10th Conference of the Polish Taxonomic Society, Lasocin, ref. ‘Fauna Ptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) of North Africa against the background of the Palaearctic fauna’
• 2012 – 16th International Colloquium on Soil Zoology, 6-10 August, Coimbra, poster ‘Knowledge of xylophagous box mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the Palaearctic’
• participation for over a dozen years in biennial national acarological symposia, most recently in 2001 in Zwierzyniec (2 papers), in 2003 in Łagów (1 paper), in 2005 in Laski (1 paper), in 2007 in Orzechów (1 paper), in 2011 in Tomaszowice (1 paper), in 2013 in Małkocin (1 paper), in 2015 in Zielonka (1 paper), in 2019 in Tryszczyn (1 paper).
• in 2022 – Gdańsk-Sobieszewo (participation in 1 paper and 1 poster).

Scientific experience gained at home and abroad

• In 1974, Dziekanów Leśny, Institute of Ecology, Polish Academy of Sciences (internship in ecology) (1 month)
• 1978, Moscow, Department of Zoology of Lomonosov University, A.N. Severtzov Institute of Evolutionary Animal Morphology and Ecology, internship (dr. dr. A.B. Lange, A.D. Petrowa, E.M. Bulanova-Zachvatkina, D.A. Krivolucki, securing research material from the former USSR for later processing (1 month)
• Leningrad, Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences (consultation with Dr L.G. Sitnikova) (1 week)
• 1979, Paris, Zoological Museum (dr. M.H. Naudo) (1 week)
• 1982, 1990, 1991, Budapest, Zoological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum and Department of Zoosystematics and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University (prof. J. Balogh, prof. S. Mahunka) (1 week each year)
• 1983, Madrid, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, work on species types described from Spain (Dr. Dr. C. Perez-Inigo, L.S. Subias) (1 week)
• 1984-1989 Alger, Institut National Agronomique, Tiaret, Centre Universitaire, teaching, collecting research material from the Atlas Mountains
• 1989, Innsbruck, Institut für Zoologie, Leopold-Franzens-Universität (dr. H. Schatz) (1 week)
• 1990, 1991, Florence, Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Cascine del Riccio,work on the Berlese collection (Dr R. Nannelli) (1 week each year)
• 1991, 1992, Turku, Zoological Museum, University of Turku, securing research material from around the world from Dr. P. Lehtinnen’s collection for later processing (1 week each year)
• 1992, Berlin, Instutut für Biologie-Bodenzoologie und Ökologie, Freie Universität Berlin, compiling the J. Jacot collection (Prof. G. Weigmann) (5 days)
• 1991, 1992 Tervuren, Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, securing research material from Central Africa for later processing (Dr F. Puylaert) (1 week each year)
• 1992, 1993, 1994, London, Department of Entomology, British Museum (Nat. Hist.) securing research material from around the world from the Museum’s collection for later study (Dr A.S. Baker) (1 week each year)
• 1992, 1993, Glasgow, Zoological Institut, University of Glasgow, development of Ptyctima Australia (Dr Colloff) (1 week each year)
• 1993, Copenhagen, Zoologisk Museum, Kobenhavns Universitet, securing the M. Hammer collection for later processing (Dr H. Enghoff) (5 days)
• 1996, Graz, Instutut für Zoologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität, securing research material from the Palearctic region for later processing (Prof. R. Schuster) (1 week)
• 1997, Ottawa, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Biosystematic Research Institute, securing research material, mainly from the Nearctic region, for later processing (Dr V. Behan-Pelletier)
• 1998, Canberra, Division of Entomology CSIRO, securing research material from Australia for later processing (Dr M. Colloff, B. Halliday) (1 week)
• 1999, Gainesville, Florida State Collection of Arthropoda, securing research material from Florida for later processing (Dr. W.C. Welbourn, H.A. Denmark (1 week)
• 1999, Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, securing research material from around the world for later processing (Dr. P.P. Parillo, D. Summers) (2 weeks)
• 2000, La Selva, Costa Rica, stay in typical rainforest environments, securing research material for later processing as part of the international ALAS project (2 weeks)
• 2004, Havana, Departamento de Zoologia, Facultad de la Habana, Universidad de la Habana, securing research material from Cuba for later processing (Dr D. Prieto) (1 week)
• 2005, Bloemfontain, Department of Acarology, National Museum, securing Engelbrecht’s collection from South Africa for later processing (Dr L. Coetzee) (2 weeks)

Promoted doctors

• dr Marek Kaliszewski (1981 r.), dr Ziemowit Olszanowski (1993 r.), dr Wojciech Magowski (1997 r.), dr Paweł Szymkowiak (2000 r.), dr Anna Skoracka (2002 r.), dr Łukasz Kaczmarek (2008 r.), dr Anetta Szywilewska (2008 r.), dr Krzysztof Zawierucha (2017 r.), dr Mateusz Jarmusz (2018 r.)

Professional career, specialisation, professional titles and academic degrees obtained

• Master’s degree – Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, zoology, 1965
• 1965-1966 research internship, 1966-1967 assistant, 1967-1969 senior assistant, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University
• Doctorate – Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, zoology, 1969
• 1969-1974 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University
• Habilitation Doctorate, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań – Zoology, 1974
• 1975-1983 Associate Professor, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University
• Associate Professor – 1983
• 1984-1986 Professor, l’Institut National Agronomique, Algiers, Algeria
• 1987-1989 Professor, Centre Universitaire, Tiaret, Algeria
• 1989 to present Associate Professor and Full Professor, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University
• Full Professor – 1993

Positions held and functions performed, selected memberships

• Representative of young academic and teaching staff of the Faculty of Biology and Zoology in the Senate of Adam Mickiewicz University, 1973–1975
• Head of the Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 1979–1984
• Professor at the Institut National Agronomique in Algiers and Centre Universitaire, Tiaret, 1984–1989
• Head of the Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology at Adam Mickiewicz University – 1991–2013
• Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Biology, 20–24 May 1996
• Director of the Institute of Environmental Biology at Adam Mickiewicz University, 1999–2008
• Member of the Senate of Adam Mickiewicz University, 1996–1999
• Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw – 1981–1993
• Member of the Zoology Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences – 1996–2014
• Member of the Integration and Expert Team for Animal Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, from 15 May 2009 to 31 December 2010.

own

• Research project KBN No. 6/P04C/080/10 ‘Study of the fauna of Euptyctima (Acari: Oribatida) and search for their centres of origin: Oriental and Australian fauna’, implementation period 1996-1998, project manager and sole contractor. Result – monograph: Niedbała, W. 2000. The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1-493.
• Research project KBN No. 6 6003 9203 ‘The origin and age of Euptyctima fauna (Acari, Oribatida) of the Pacific Islands’, implementation period 1992-1994, manager and sole contractor. Result – monograph: Niedbała, W. 1998. Ptyctimous mites of the Pacific Islands. Recent knowledge, origin, descriptions, redescriptions, diagnoses and zoogeography (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 9(4): 431-558.
• Research project KBN No. 6 PO4C 062 17, ‘Study of the fauna of Mesoplophoroidea and Pthiracaroidea (Acari: Oribatida) and search for their centres of origin: fauna of the Ethiopian Region’, implementation period 1999-2001, project leader and sole researcher. Result – monograph: Niedbała, W. 2001. Study on the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Ethiopian region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 3: 1-245.
• Research project KBN No. 6PO4C 034 21 ‘Assessment of the diversity of Ptyctima fauna (Acari, Oribatida) and search for their centres of origin: fauna of the Neotropical Region’, implementation period 2001-2003, manager and sole contractor. Result – monograph: Niedbała, W. 2004. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Neotropical Region. Annales Zoologici, 54 (1): 1-288.
• Research project of the Ministry of Science and Information Technology No. 2PO4C 068 27 ‘Assessment of the diversity of Ptyctima fauna (Acari, Oribatida) and search for centres of origin of species: fauna of the Southern African Region’, implementation period 2004-2007, manager and sole contractor. Result – monograph: Niedbała, W. 2006. Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) of South Africa. Annales Zoologici, Warsaw, 56 (Supplement 1): 1-97.
• Research project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, No. N N303 201935 ‘Assessment of the diversity of Ptyctima fauna (Acari, Oribatida) and search for centres of origin of species: fauna of the Palearctic Region’, implementation period 2008-2011, manager and sole contractor.

teamwork

• Key issue 10.2.02, topic: ‘Mites (Acari) in urban agglomerations’, implementation period: 1975–1980, team leader and one of the contractors. Interdepartmental problem MR II 03 (‘Structure and origin of Polish fauna in comparison with fauna of other areas’), topic: ‘Fauna of mites (Acari) in oak-hornbeam forests’, implementation period 1980-1985, team leader and one of the contractors. Results – team studies: Niedbała, W., Kasprzak, K., Sterzyńska, M. 1979. The condition and structure of soil fauna groups in the urban ecosystem. ‘Conditions for the development of trees and their fauna in Warsaw’. Materials from the Scientific and Technical Conference, 28 January 1978, Ossolineum: 61-73. Niedbała, W., Błaszak, Cz., Błoszyk, J., Kaliszewski, M., Kaźmierski, A. 1981. Mites (Acari). Fragmenta Faunistica, 26 (9): 1-52. Niedbała, W. 1982. L’acarofaune des milieux urbains sur l’exemple de l’agglomération varsovienne. Animals in the urbanised world, Ossolineum, 69-78. Niedbała, W., Błaszak, Cz., Błoszyk, J., Kaliszewski, M., Kaźmierski, A. 1982. Soil mites (Acari) of Warsaw and Mazovia. Memorabilia Zoologica, 36: 235-252. Niedbała, W., Błaszak, Cz., Błoszyk, J., Kaliszewski, M., Kaźmierski, A. 1983. Acarofaune des milieux urbains a l’exemple de l’agglomération varsovienne. ed. Ph. Lebrun, H.M. André, A. de Medts, C. Grégoire-Wibo and G. Wauthy; Dieu-Brichart, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (1983): 577-581.
• Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, grant no. 4722/93. ‘Comprehensive studies of the Słońsk nature reserve (mouth of the Warta River to the Odra River) including hydrological, ornithological, parasitological and ecological research on soil fauna and flora’, implementation period 1993-1997, one of many contractors. Result – team studies: Błaszak, Cz., Dziabaszewski, A., Madej, G., Niedbała, W., Olszanowski, Z., Ehrnsberger, R. 1999. Free-living invertebrates (Arthropods) (Mites). In: Nature of the Słońsk Reserve. Ed. Ehrnsberger R., Dabert J., Błaszak Cz., Acarus Publishing House, Poznań, 113-166. Olszanowski, Z., Niedbała, W. 2000. Moss mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Słońsk Nature Reserve: geographic elements and the types of phagism. Biological Bulletin of Poznań, 37 (2): 299-302.
• International Grant “Tasmanian Rainforest Invertebrate Conservarion Project”, okres realizacji 1993-1997, one of three (dr Jerzy Błoszyk, dr Ziemowit Olszanowski) contractors.
  Result – team studies: Niedbała, W., Colloff, M.J. 1997. Euptyctime oribatid mites from Tasmanian rainforest (Acari: Oribatida). Journal of Natural History, 31: 489-538.
• Biodiversity of tropical forests (ALAS III submited to the U.S. National Science Foundation) USA, Kanada, Costa Rica International Grant “Arthropod biodiversity in a lowland tropical rainforest (Costa Rica)” (Scientific Director: Prof. John T. Longino, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, U.S.A), Implementation period: 1997–2000, one of many contractors. Result: monograph: Niedbała, W. 2003. Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Costa Rica. Annales Zoologici, 53 (2): 259–334.
• Polish-American Maria Skłodowska-Curie Foundation, grant no. 311. ‘Study of mites from the Euptyctima and Crotonioidea (Acari: Oribatida) groups of the Nearctic Region and search for centres of their phylogenetic origin’, implementation period 1997-2000. Project manager and one of two (Dr Ziemowit Olszanowski) executors. Result – monograph: Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Nearctic Region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 4: 1-261.
• Ministry of Science and Higher Education research project No. N N303 017937, dated 31 August 2009, entitled ‘Estimating the biodiversity of micro-arthropods using rDNA sequence analysis based on a model soil acarofauna system’, implementation period 31 August 2009 – 30 August 2013, project manager Dr M. Dabert – one of the contractors.
• AMU Nature Collections – online (AMUNATCOLL) project: digitisation and sharing of natural data resources of the Faculty of Biology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Project implementation period: 1 August 2018 to 31 July 2021 – one of the contractors
• Project. Specific subsidy for financing the costs related to the maintenance of scientific and research equipment/research station (SPUB), entitled Natural Collections. Project implementation period: 2019-2021 – one of the contractors

promotional

• Research project KBN No. 6/P04C/020/11 ‘Diversity of plant communities and the integrated impact of environmental factors on soil mite zoocenoses (Acari: Gamasina) in the Gorce National Park’, implementation period 1996-1999, supervisor – Prof. Wojciech Niedbała, PhD, researcher – Paweł Szymkowiak, MA.
• Result – completion of doctoral thesis in 2000: ‘The structure of Gamasina soil mite (Acari, Gamasida) communities in the phytocenoses of selected communities of the Gorczański National Park’.
• KBN Research Project, No. 6 P04C 054 18, ‘Eriophyes (Acari, Eriophyoidea) of selected grass species’, implementation period: 2000-2002, supervisor – Prof. W. Niedbała, PhD, researcher – Anna Skoracka, MA.
• Result – completion of doctoral thesis in 2002: ‘Mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) of selected grass species.’
• Ministry of Science and Higher Education research project no. 2 P04C 011 29 ‘Taxonomic status of mite species from the Trhypochthoniidae family (Acari: Oribatida) based on the analysis of morphological and molecular characteristics’, dated 2 September 2005, supervisor – Prof. Wojciech Niedbała, PhD, researcher – Anetta Szywilewska, MA.
• Research project MNiI No. 2 P04C 011 30 ‘Tardigrades (Tardigrada) of the Neotropics and Nearctics’, dated 02.09.2005, supervisor – Prof. Wojciech Niedbała, PhD, researcher – Łukasz Kaczmarek, MSc.
• Ministry of Science and Higher Education research project No. N N303 812140 “Identification of selected species of tardigrades (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada) using molecular biology methods”, dated 04.02.2011, supervisor – Prof. Wojciech Niedbała, PhD, researcher – Weronika Wełnicz, MA.

• Individual award from the Minister of the Ministry for scientific research, 1977, for the habilitation thesis: ‘Niedbała, W. 1976. Brachychthoniidae of Poland (Acari, Oribatei). Ecological and faunistic study. Monographs of the Fauna of Poland, 6: 1-144.’
• Individual award from the Minister of the Ministry for scientific research, 1981, for the book: ‘Niedbała, W. 1980. Mechowce – roztocze ekosystemów lądowych [Moss mites – mites of terrestrial ecosystems]. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 255 pp.’
• Distinction from the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences for a member of the research team for work on the fauna of urbanised environments, 1983.
• Individual award from the Minister of Science for scientific research, 1993, individual award from the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 1994, for the monograph: “Niedbała, W. 1992. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Systematic Studies. Elsevier. Amsterdam-Oxford-New York-Tokyo, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 612 pp.”
• Individual award from the Minister of Science for scientific research, 2001, for the monograph: ‘Niedbała, W. 2000. The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1-493.’
• Multiple awards from the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for achievements in scientific work, most recently in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013.
• Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 1990.

Furthermore

• PhD student Krzysztof Zawierucha received the following scholarships: 2012/2013: Scholarship from the Kulczyk Family Fund for academic achievements at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań 2012/2013: First degree scholarship from the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for academic achievements 2012/2013: Scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the best students 2014/2015: Scholarship from the Adam Mickiewicz Foundation for the best doctoral students 2015/2016: Ministry of Science and Higher Education scholarship for the best doctoral students 2015/2016: National Science Centre ‘Etiuda’ scholarship
• Two doctoral students were awarded the prestigious scholarship for young scholars of the Foundation for Polish Science: Dr Anna Skoracka (in 2003-2004) and Łukasz Kaczmarek, MA (in 2007).
• PhD student Małgorzata Łochyńska received a grant from the Kulczyk Family Foundation in 2008 and a research scholarship from the Adam Mickiewicz University Foundation in Poznań in 2009.

2025

• Błoszyk J., Niedbała W., Wendzonka J., Rutkowski T., Kulczak M., Napierała A. 2025. Selected Acari groups in the Czarne Doły nature reserve as a model group for studying the impact of an umbrella species. Acarologia, 65 (3): 947-961

2024

• Niedbała W., Magowski W. Ł. 2024. New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribartida) from the Peruvian Andes. Zootaxa, 5448 (3): 401-416
• Marquardt T., Kaczmarek S., Niedbała W. 2024. Distribution of euptyctimous mite Phthiracarus longulus (Acari: Oribatida) under future climate change in the Palearctic. Scientific Reports, 14: 23914: 1-13
• Niedbała W., Magowski W. 2024. New species of the genus Plonaphacarus (Acari: Oribatida) and the current knowledge on the fauna of ptyctimous oribatids of Uganda. Annales Zoologici, 74 (3): 451-459
• Niedbała W., Napierała A., Wendzonka J., Lubińska, K.,Kulczak M., Błoszyk J. 2024. Species Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Some Oribatid Mites in Bory Tucholskie National Park (N Poland). Diversity, 16, 678, 1-27

2023

• Niedbała W., Bąkowski M., Kaczmarek S., Starý J.,Witaliński W., Skoracki M. 2023. A new and some interesting species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from different countries of the all worldly zoogeographical regions Polar Biology 45, 1035-1044. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 28 (2): 364-393.
• Niedbała W., Liu D. 2023. Systematic, synonymic and biogeographical list of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the world (1799–2022). Zootaxa 5265 (1): 001–442.
• Laska A., Puchalska E., Mikołajczyk M., Gwiazdowicz D. J., Kaźmierski A., Niedbała W., Błoszyk J., Olszanowski Z., Szymkowiak J., Hałas N., Kuczyński L., Skoracka A. 2023. Mites inhabiting nests of wood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Aves: Passeriformes), in the Wielkopolska National Park in western Poland. Experimental and Applied Acarology (2023) 89: 393-416.
• Niedbała W., Maziarz M., Hebda G., Rutkowski T., Napierała A., Kurek P., Zacharyasiewicz M., Broughton R. K., Błoszyk J. 2023. Songbird nests on the ground as islands of diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) in the primeval Białowieża Forest (Poland). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 90: 169-184.
• Niedbała W., Adamski Z., Laniecki R., Magowski W. Ł. 2023. Ptictimous Mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Peru with the Description of an Extraordinary New Phthiracaroid Mite from the Peruvian Andes. Animals, 13 (2403): 1-18
• Gwiazdowicz D.J., Niedbała W., Skarżyński D., Zawieja B. 2023. What factors effect the alpha diversity of microarthropods (acari, collembola) on King George Island (Antarctica)? Antarctic Science, 1-15

2022

• Gwiazdowicz D.J., Niedbała W., Skarżyński D., Zawieja B. 2022. Occurence of mites (Acari) and springtails (Collembola) in bird nests on King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Polar Biology 45, 1035-1044.
• Niedbała W., Błoszyk J.. 2022. Materials adding to knowledge of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) in Poland. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 27 (10): 2086-2102.
• Niedbała W., Ermilov S.G. 2022. Addition to the ptyctimous mite fauna (Acari, Oribatida) of Nepal, with the description of two new species of the family Steganacaridae. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 27 (3): 442-449.
• Niedbała W., Ermilov S.G. 2022. New species and records of ptyctimous mites (Acarina, Oribatida) from the Neotropical region. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 27 (8): 1566-1573.
• Niedbała W., Starý J. 2022. New faunistical and taxonomic data on ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Malawi. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 27 (7): 1337-1355.
• Niedbała W., Ermilov S.G. 2022. A new species and records of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 27 (11): 2156-2165.

2021

• Niedbała W., Napierała A., Konwerski S., Zacharyasiewicz M., Błoszyk J. 2021. Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Acariformes: Oribatida) as zooindicators of changes in Dorrigo National Park in Australia (North Coast Bioregion). Systematic & Applied Acaralogy 26(11): 2177–2189. DOI: 10.11158/saa.26.11.16
• Niedbała W., Błoszyk J., Buczkowska K. 2021. Molecular evidence for the cladistic classification of euptyctimous moss mites (Acari, Oribatida, Euptyctima). Systematic & Applied Acaralog 26(12): 2385–2407. DOI: 10.11158/saa.26.12.14
• Seniczak A., Niedbała W., Iturrondobeitia J.C., Seniczak S., Roth S., Jordal B.H. 2021. Type of broadleaf forest matters most for ptyctimous mite communities (Acari, Oribatida) in Norway. Biodiversity and Conservation. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02228-1
• Niedbała W., Hugo- Coetzee E. A., Ermilov S.G. 2021. New faunistical and taxonomic data on ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of South Africa. Systematic & Applied Acaralogy 26(7): 1327-1349. DOI: 10.11158/saa.26.7.12
• Niedbała W., Ermilov S.G. 2021. Additions to the ptyctimous mite fauna (Acari, Oribatida) of Taiwan. Systematic & Applied Acaralogy 26(8): 1481-1494. DOI: 10.11158/saa.26.8.6
• Niedbała W. 2021. Taksonomia roztoczy ptychoidalnych (Acari, Oribatida), 361-367. In: Uniwersytet wspólnota różnorodności i różnicy. Red. Przyszczypkowski K., Cytlak I.  Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, Poznań, 388 pp.

2020

• Niedbała W., Błoszyk J., Gutowski J.M., Konwerski Sz., Napierała A., A characteristic of communites of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Acariformes: Oribatida) in the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Central Europe. Mites (Acari) of the Białowieża Primeval Forest pod redakcją Jerzego Błoszyka & Agnieszki Napierały. Poznań 2020. Wyd. Kontekst. ISBN 978-83-66476-02-8
• Niedbała W., Buczkowska K. 2020. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Azores. Systematic & Applied Acarology 25(12): 2172–2189. DOI: 10.11158/saa.25.12.3
• Niedbała W., Ermilov S.G. 2020. New data on ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Orienatal region, with descriptions of two new species. Systematic & Applied Acarology 25(3): 444-458. DOI: 10.11158/saa.25.3.6
• Niedbała W. 2020. A NEW SPECIES OF PHTHIRACAROID MITES (ACARI: ORIBATIDA) FROM UGANDA. ANNALES ZOOLOGICI 70(3): 317-319. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.3.003
• Magowski W., Niedbała W. 2020. DR ZIEMOWIT OLSZANOWSKI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY, POZNAŃ (1961–2019). ANNALES ZOOLOGICI 70(3): 305-310 DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.3.001

2019

• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S.G. 2019 Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Côte d’Ivoire with description of three new species. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 65 (2): 85-93.
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S.G. 2019.Three new species of Steganacaridae (Acari, Oribatida) from Zanzibar.  Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, 65 (3): 243-251.
• Niedbała, W., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A., Ermilov, S.G. 2019. New Notophthiracarus species (Acarina, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) and overview of the distribution of the genus in South Africa. Zootaxa, 4647 (1): 231-240.

2018

• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S. 2018. New species and records of ptyctimous mites from the Oriental region. Spixiana, 41 (2): 197-203.
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S. 2018. New and interesting species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Nepal. Zootaxa, 4272 (1): 176-184. DOI: org/10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.10
• Niedbała, W., Osiejuk, T.S. 2018. Further new and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cameroon. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 42 (4): 402-415. DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1802-18
• Niedbała, W. 2018.  Further data on the occurrence of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in European Palm houses, International Journal of Acarology, published online 18th Oct. 2018. DOI: org./10.1080/01647954.9054.2018.1529054
• Niedbała, W., Liu, D. 2018. Catalogue of ptyctimous mites (Acari, oribatida) of the world. Zootaxa. 4393(1): 1-238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4393.1.1

2017

• Niedbała, W., Roszkowska M. 2017. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Ecuador (South America). International Journal of Acarology. 43: 251-262. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2016.1247910 (03XI2016)
• Niedbała, W. 2017. New ptyctimous mites (Oribatida: Phthiracaroidea) from Australia. International Journal of Acarology, 43(1): 73-85. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2016.1220423 (05IX2016 (14Aug.2016)
• Niedbała, W. 2017. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Acarologia, 57 (1): 3-204. DOI:10.1051/acarologia/20164149, online 14 December 2016
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S. 2017. New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Caribbean. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 22 (2): 241-252.
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S. 2017. New species and records of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Philippines. Zootaxa, 4231 (1): 119-128.
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S. 2017. New data on ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Mexico and Peru with descriptions of two new species. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 22 (6): 759-765.
• Pfliegler, W.P., Schönhofer, A., Niedbała, W., Vella, P., Sciberras, W. and Vella, A. 2017. New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms, 89 (2): 85-110.
• Niedbała, W., Szywilewska-Szczykutowicz A. 2017. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Victoria (Australia). Zootaxa, 4344 (1): 047-085.
• Niedbała, W. 2017. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania. Acarologia, 57 (4): 957-1072. DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20174217, online 14 November 2017

2016

• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2016. New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Madagascar. Zootaxa, 4103 (6): 587-599.
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S.G. 2016. Checklist of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of New Zealand with descriptions of three new species. Acarologia, 3-11.
• Ermilov, S.G., Niedbała, W., Friedrich S. 2016. Additions to the Peruvian oribatid nite fauna including new records and descriptions of three new species. Spixiana, 39 (1): 61-74.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2016. Six new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Madagascar. Acarologia.

2015

• Niedbała, W. 2015. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Palaearctic Region. Zootaxa, 4057 (3): 301-339.

• Niedbała, W. 2015. Current taxonomical and faunistic status of Caucasian ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida). North-Western Journal of Zoology, 11 (1): 1-7.
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov S.G. 2015. New species and records of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cuba, Zootaxa, 4052 (1): 135-142.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2015. Three new species of the family Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) from Bolivia. Zootaxa, 3918 (1): 128-140.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2015. New species of the superfamily Phthiracaroidea (Acari,  Oribatida) from the Afrotropical Region. African Invertebrates, 56 (1): 39-49.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2015. New species of Notophthiracarus (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroidea) from Tanzania. Journal of Natural History, 49 (15-16): 905-914.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2015. New species of the superfamily Euphthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) from Madagascar and Tanzania. Journal of Natural History, 49 (27-28), 1689-1702.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2015. The next new species of Notophthiracarus Ramsay, 1966 (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroidea) from Madagascar. African Invertebrates, 56 (1): 63-73.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2015. Two new species of the superfamily Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) from the Seychelles and the USA with notes on other ptyctimous mites from diverse countries. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, 61 (2): 87-118.

2014

• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2014. New species of Atropacarus (Hoplophorella), (Acari, Oribatida,Phthiracaridae from the Afrotropical Region. Zootaxa, 3774: 074-082.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2014. New species of Notophthiracarus (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroidea) from Madagascar. Annales Zoologici, 64 (1): 79-86.
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov S.G. 2014. Additions to the Ecuadorian, Ethiopian and Nepalese ptyctimous mite fauna (Acari, Oribatida), with description of two new species and remarks on some known species. International Journal of Acarology, 40 (3): 254-262.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2014. New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Costa Rica. International Journal of Acarology, 40 (4): 320-327.
• Niedbała, W. 2014. New data about ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in Polish palm houses. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 38: 660-664.
• Niedbała, W. 2014. Current taxonomical and faunistical state of the subgenus Pocsia Mahunka, 1983 (Acari, Oribatida, Euphthiracaridae) with description of a new species. Tropical Zoology, 27 (1): 34-39.
• Niedbała, W. 2014. Two new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Australasia with notes on the morphology of other Australasian species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 41(3): 187-192.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2014. New species of Euphthiracarus Ewing, 1917 (Acari: Oribatida: Euphthiracaroidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Annales Zoologici, 64 (3): 485-493.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2014. New species of the superfamily Euphthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) from Madagascar and Tanzania. Journal of Natural History, DOI
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov S.G. 2014. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Biological Expedition (October 2013-April 2014). Zootaxa, 3884 (2): 156-168.
• Niedbała, W., Starý, J. 2014. New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cameroon. Zootaxa, 3889 (1): 031-057.

2013

• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S.G. 2013. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Southern  Vietnam with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 3608 (6): 521-530.
• Niedbała, W., Dabert, M. 2013. Madeira’s ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida). Zootaxa, 3664 (4): 571-585.
• Ermilov, S.G., Niedbała, W. 2013. Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite fauna of Bolivia, Zambia, Cambodia and Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species. Spixiana, 36: 9-19.
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S.G. 2013. New and little known ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from India. Zootaxa, 3731 (4): 577-588.
• Niedbała, W., Stary, J., 2013. Contribution to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites (Acxari: Oribatida) from Madagascar. Acta zool. hung., 59(4): 337-345.
• Niedbała, W., Olszanowski, Z. (2013) Fauna Europaea: Oribatida. In: Magowski, W. & de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (2013) Fauna Europaea: Acariformes. Fauna Europaea version 2.6, http://www.faunaeur.org

2012

• Ermilov, S. G., Niedbała W. and A.E. Anichkin. 2012. Oribatid mites of Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve (= Cat Tien National Park) of Southern Vietnam, with description of new species of Pergalumna (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae). Acarina 20 (!): 20-28.
• Niedbała, W., Ermilov, S. G. 2012. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from southern Ethiopia with description of three new species. Systematic & Applied Acarology 17 (2): 182-190.
• Niedbała, W. 2012. An updated study of ptyctimous mite fauna (Acari: Oribatida) of the Australasian Region with a description of thrirteen new species. Acarologia, 52 (2):183-228.
• Niedbała, W. 2012. Knowledge of xylophagous box mites (Acari, Oribatida) in Palaearctic. XI ICSZ-International Colloquium on Soil Zoology, Coimbra (06-10 VIII 2012). Book of Abstract, 21.
• Niedbała, W. 2012. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Palaearctic Region.Distribution. Fauna Mundi, 5: 1-348.
• Niedbała, W. 2012. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the fauna of North Africa, compared to the Palaearctic fauna. Biological Letters, 49 (2): 137-142.

2011

• Niedbała, W. and J. Starý. 2011.Three new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaroidea) from Spain. Zootaxa, 2966: 58-64.
• Liu, D., Niedbała W., J. Starý, J. 2011. Description of two new species of the family Oribotritiidae (Acari: Oribatida: Euphthiracaroidea). Annales Zoologici, 61 (4): 811-816.
• Niedbała, W. 2011. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Palaearctic Region. Systematic part. Fauna Mundi, 4: 1-472.
• Niedbała, W. and S.G. Ermilov. 2011. New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia. Zootaxa, 2739: 60-68.
• Niedbała, W. 2011. Arphthicarus andamanensis sp. nov., a new species of ptyctimous mite (Acari, Oribatida) from the Andamans. Journal of Natural History, 45: 1-4

2010

• Niedbała, W. and J. Starý. 2010. Three holarctic new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida). Zootaxa, 2625: 63-68
• Niedbała, W. and J. Starý. 2010. A new species of ptyctimous mite (Acari: Oribatida): Euphthiracaridae) with notes about some known species. Annales Zoologici, 60: 383-389
• Niedbała, W. 2010. Oribatida inferiors – Macropylina. Ptyctimous mites, 348-353. In:Gerlach, J. & Marusik, Y. (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles Islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester
• Niedbała, W. 2010. Contribution to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the Palm Hause in Poznań. Biological Letters, 47: 87-92

2009

• Liu D., Niedbała W. and Chen J. 2009. Taxonomic study of the genus Maerkelotritia Hammer, 1967 (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiiidae) from China, with description of a new species. Annales Zoologici, 59 (4): 511-516
• Niedbała, W. 2009. New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cuba. Journal of Natural History, 43 (7-8): 423-433.
• Niedbała, W. 2009. Contribution to the knowledge of Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of Australia. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 52B (1-2): 73-78.
• Niedbała W. 2009.Ptyctimous mites of Southern Hemisphere (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, 20 (3): 557-562
• Niedbała W. 2009. Unusual case of neotrichy in a new species of oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida, Steganacaridae). Australian Journal of Entomology, 48, 317-320

2008

• Niedbała, W. 2008. New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Borneo and Sumatra. Zootaxa, 1786: 1-18.
• Niedbała, W. 2008. Description of a new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia and a checklist of ptyctimous mites of the Afrotropical Region. Tropical Zoology, 21: 1-9.
• Niedbała, W., Skubała, P. 2008. Distribution of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the mountain rain forest La Selva, Costa Rica. Integrative Acarology. Proceedings of the 6th European Congress. M. Bertrand, S, Kreiter, K.M. McCoy, A. Migeon, M. Navajas, M.-S. Tixier, L. Viol (Ads.), Montpelier, 222-228.
• Niedbała, W. 2008. New Palaearctic species of Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Belgian Journal of Zoology. 138 (1): 108-111.
• Niedbała, W. 2008. Two new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Ghana. African Zoology, 43 (2): 131-134.
• Niedbała, W. and Z. Olszanowski. 2008. Roztocze (Acari), 11-14 pp. in: Fauna of Poland. Characteristics and checklist of species. (Bogdanowicz W., Chudzicka E., Pilipuk I. & Skibińska E., eds). Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa, 3, 603 pp.
• Niedbała, W. and Z. Olszanowski. 2008. Mechowce (Oribatida), 79-93 pp. in: Fauna of Poland. Characteristics and checklist of species. (Bogdanowicz W., Chudzicka E., Pilipuk I. & Skibińska E., eds). Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa, 3, 603 pp.
• Niedbała, W. 2008. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites of Neotropical Region (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 19 (4): 729-818.
• Niedbała, W. 2008. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Poland. Fauna Poloniae, Natura optima dux Foundation, 3: 1-242.

2007

• Niedbała, W. 2007. New distributional records and redescriptions of oriental ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Oriental Region. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 12: 73-79.
• Niedbała, W. 2007. A new species of ptyctimous mite (Acari: Oribatida) from the Nearctic Region. Can. Entomol., 139: 510-512.
• Niedbała, W. 2007. New records of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Nearctic Region. Can. Entomol., 139: 587-590.
• Niedbała, W. et Penttinen R. 2007. New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae, Steganacaridae) with some new records from Australasian Region. Annales Zoologici, 57 (3): 517-532.
• Niedbała, W. 2007. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Costa Rica. pp. 39-42. In MORALES-MALACARA, J.B., BEHAN-PELLETIER, V., UECKERMANN, E., PÉREZ, T.M., ESTRADA-VENEGAS, E.G. AND BADII, M. (Eds.). Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress. Instituto de Biololgía and Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología. México. ISBN 978-970-32-4451-5.
• Niedbała, W. 2007. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Nearctic Region. pp. 197-202. In MORALES-MALACARA, J.B., BEHAN-PELLETIER, V., UECKERMANN, E., PÉREZ, T.M., ESTRADA-VENEGAS, E.G. AND BADII, M. (Eds.). Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress. Instituto de Biololgía and Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología. México. ISBN 978-970-32-4451-5.
• Niedbała, W., Illig J. 2007. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Ecuador rainforest. Journal of Natural History, 41 (13-16): 771-777.
• Niedbała, W., Illig J. 2007. New species and new records of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ecuador. Tropical Zoology, 20: 135-150.
• Olszanowski Z., Niedbała, W. Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Poland. Data basis FAUNA EUROPAEA (http://www.faunaeur.org) ed. W. Bogdanowicz, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa (ca 600 records) ?????

2006

• Niedbała, W. 2006. New species of palaearctic Euphthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida). Zootaxa,1175: 43-54.
• Niedbała, W. 2006. New species of palaearctic Oribotritiidae (Acari, Oribatida). Zootaxa,1175: 55-68.
• Niedbała, W. et R. Penttinen. 2006. Two zoogeographically remarkable mite species from Finland (Acari, Oribatida, Oribotritiidae). Journal of Natural History, 40 (5-6): 265-272.
• Niedbała, W. 2006. Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) of South Africa. Annales Zoologici, 56 (Supplement 1): 1-97.
• Niedbała, W. 2006. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Australian Region. Annales Zoologici, 56 (Supplement 1): 99-156.
• Niedbała, W., L.A. Corpuz-Raros and W. SM.Gruezo. 2006. Ptyctimous mites mainly from Samar island of the Philippines (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, 17(3): 449-470.
• Niedbała, W. 2006. Four new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Mesoamerica. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 56(4): 791-797.
• Niedbała, W. 2006. Hasła z zoologii ogólnej, ekologii, zoogeografii. Słownik terminów biologicznych (red. J. Strzałko). Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 740 pp.
• Niedbała, W., Prieto, D. 2006. New records of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Cuba. Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 39: 418.

2004

• Niedbała, W. 2004. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Neotropical Region. Annales Zoologici, 54 (1): 1-288.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Protoplophoridae (Acari: Oribatida) of the world. Annales Zoologici, 54 (4): 807-834.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Zoogeography of the ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Madagascar and other eastern Africa islands. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 24 (4): 330-335.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites of Oriental Region (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 15 (3): 391-423.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Wstęp. 5-8. W: “Gatunek w systematyce”, red. Wojciech Niedbała i Krzysztof Łastowski. Wyd. Polskie Towarzystwo Taksonomiczne i Biologica Silesiae, 123 pp.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Hasła z zoologii ogólnej, ekologii, zoogeografii. Słownik terminów biologicznych (red. J. Strzałko). aneks internetowy.www.pwn.pl
• Niedbała, W., Olszanowski Z. 2004. Acari, Oribatida. Fauna Europaea Database, version 1.1http://www.faunaeur.org, 2385 records.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Protoplophoridae (Acari, Oribatida) of the world., p. 28. Evolution and systematics. Book of Abstracts, XIXth International Congress of Zoology, Beijing, p. 652.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Study of the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) fauna of Neotropical Region. Phytophaga, XIV: 519-524.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Comparative analysis of the ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) faunas of mezoamerica subregions. In: Biodivesity Acarina in different ecosystems. Latin American and Caribbean Symposium “Acarina Biodiversity: use, protection and conservation”. Book of Abstracts, Havana.

2003

• Niedbała, W. 2003. Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Costa Rica. Annales Zoologici, 53 (2): 259-334.
• Niedbała, W. 2003. New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical Region, described in honour of Prof. Dr. Janos Balogh. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, 49 (3): 201-209.
• Niedbała, W. 2003. New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical Region. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, 49 (4): 261-269.

2002

• Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Costa Rica. Program and abstract book of XI International Congress of Acarology, Univ. Nac. Aut. Mexico, Merida, 96.
• Kaczmarek, S., Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites of South Korea (Acari: Oribatida) Genus, 13 (3): 421-433.
• Niedbała, W., R. Niemi. 2002. SEM photos of some ptyctimous mites from Pacific Islands. Biological Lettres, 39 (1/2): 25-27.
• Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Bermuda Islands. Annales Zoologici, 52 (1): 181-188.
• Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Nearctic Region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 4: 1-261.
• Szywilewska, A., Olszanowski, Z., Niedbała, W. 2002. A review of Oribatid mites from the groups Ptyctima and Crotonioidea (Acari, Oribatida) in Nearctic and attempts at identification of the centres of their phylogenetic origin. W: “Postępy polskiej Akarologii” S. Ignatowicz (ed.). Wyd. SGGW, Warszawa, 50-60.
• Niedbała, W. 2002. Zoogeographical survey on the Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of the Ethiopian Region. In: “Acari Phylogeny and Evolution. Adaptation in mites and ticks”. Bernini F., Nannelli R., Nuzzaci G., de Lillo E (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, 185-197.
• Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Florida. W: “Postępy polskiej akarologii”. S. Ignatowicz (ed.). Wyd. SGGW, Warszawa, 118.

2001

• Niedbała, W. 2001. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Florida. Acta zoologica cracoviensa, 44 (3): 285-367.
• Niedbała, W. 2001. Study on the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions. In: Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress, R.B. Halliday, D.E. Walter, H.C. Proctor, R.A. Norton and M.J. Colloff (eds.). CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 143-148.
• Niedbała, W. 2001. Study on the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Ethiopian region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 3: 1-245.
• Niedbała, W. 2001. Apoplophora – oriental genus of Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Acarologia, 41 (3): 361-379.
• Niedbała, W. 2001. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Florida. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 44 (3): 285-367.

2000

• Niedbała, W. 2000. The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1-493.
• Niedbała, W. 2000. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) regionu etiopskiego. W: “Akarologia polska u progu nowego tysiąclecia”. S. Ignatowicz (ed.). Wyd. SGGW, Warszawa: 118-124.
• Niedbała, W. 2000. Dlaczego przestałem się zajmować ekologią roztoczy glebowych? W: “Akarologia polska u progu nowego tysiąclecia”, Wyd. SGGW, Warszawa: 193-201.
• Niedbała, W. 2000. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of the Ethiopian Region. Program, Abstracts and list of participants. 4th Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists, Siena, 2000, 57.
• Niedbała, W. 2000. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and other eastern African islands. Book of Abstracts XVIII International Congress of Zoology, Athens, 198.
• Błaszak, C., Niedbała, W., Olszanowski, Z., Skorupski, M. 2000. Roztocze (Acari). W. “Flora i fauna Pienin”, Monografie Pienińskie, red. J. Razowski 1: 115-121.
• Olszanowski, Z., Niedbała, W. 2000. Moss mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Słońsk Nature Reserve: geographic elements and the types of phagism. Biological Bulletin of Poznań, 37 (2): 299-302.

1999

• Niedbała, W. 1999. Ekologia – organizmy żywe i ich środowisko. W: Kompendium wiedzy o ekologii. Red. J. Strzałko, T. Mossor-Pietraszewska, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 42-99.
• Jackowiak, B., Niedbała, W. 1999. Miasto jako układ ekologiczny. W: Kompendium wiedzy o ekologii. Red. J. Strzałko, T. Mossor-Pietraszewska, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 278-309.
• Błaszak, Cz., Dziabaszewski, A., Madej, G., Niedbała, W., Olszanowski, Z., Ehrnsberger, R. 1999. Bezkręgowce wolnożyjące (Stawonogi) – Roztocze. W: Przyroda rezerwatu Słońsk. Red. Ehrnsberger R., Dabert J., Błaszak Cz., Wydawnictwo Acarus, Poznań, 113-166.

1998

• Niedbała, W. 1998. Study of the diversity of Ptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of their origin: the fauna of Oriental and Australian regions. Program and Abstract Book. 10th International Congress of Acarology, CSIRO Publishing, 1 page.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatei) fauna of the Philippines. Program and Abstract Book. 10th International Congress of Acarology, CSIRO Publishing, 1 page.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Ptyctimous mites of the Ethiopian region. I. Euphthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Journal of African Zoology, 112(1): 15-75.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Euptyctimous (Acari, Oribatida) mites from the Bermuda Islands. Akademia Techniczno-Rolnicza, Bydgoszcz, Zeszyty Naukowe, 214 – Ochrona Środowiska, 2: 299.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Philippines. Akademia Techniczno-Rolnicza, Bydgoszcz, Zeszyty Naukowe, 214 – Ochrona Środowiska, 2: 301.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Euphthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopian Region. Akademia Techniczno-Rolnicza, Bydgoszcz, Zeszyty Naukowe, 214 – Ochrona Środowiska, 2: 303-304.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Euptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 33: 125-146.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Ptyctimous mites of the Pacific Islands. Recent knowledge, origin, descriptions, redescriptions, diagnoses and zoogeography (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 9(4): 431-558.
• Niedbała, W., Corpuz-Raros, L.A. 1998. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Philippines. The Philippine Agriculturist, 81 (1-2): 1-58.

1997

• Niedbała, W. 1997. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Pacific Islands. Proceedings 16th Europaean Colloqium Arachnologiques: 259-260, Siedlce, 1997.
• Niedbała, W. 1997. Contribution to the knowledge of Euptyctima (Acari: Oribatida) Genus, 8 (1): 81-101.
• Niedbała W. 1997. Euphthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) Regionu Etiopskiego. Program I streszczenia XXV Krajowego Sympozjum Akarologicznego, Tleń, 30.
• Niedbała, W., Colloff, M.J. 1997. Euptyctime oribatid mites from Tasmanian rainforest (Acari: Oribatida). Journal of Natural History, 31: 489-538.
• Niedbała, W., Olszanowski, Z. 1997. Wykaz zwierząt Polski. Checklist of Animals of Poland, IV (XXVII): Arachnida, 5. Oribatida. Wyd. Instytutu Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt PAN, Kraków: 248-259.

1996

• Niedbała, W. 1996. Origin of euptyctimous mites (Oribatida) in Hawaii. Proc. Acarology IX, 1, (eds Mitchell R., Horn D., Welbourn W.C.), Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio, 613-614.
• Olszanowski, Z., Rajski, A., Niedbała, W. 1996. Katalog fauny Polski. Roztocze (Acari), Mechowce (Oribatida), XXXIV, t. 9, Wyd. Sorus, Poznań, 243 pp.
• Niedbała, W., Schatz, H. 1996. Euptyctimous mites from the Galapagos Islands, Cocos Island, and Central America (Acari: Oribatida), Genus, 7 (2): 239-317.
• Colloff, M. J., Niedbała, W. 1996. Arboreal and terrestrial habits of Phthiracaroid mites (Oribatida) in Tasmanian rainforests, Proc. Acarology IX, 1, (eds Mitchell R., Horn D., Welbourn W.C.), Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio, 607-611.
• Niedbała, W. 1996. Hasła z zoologii i ekologii.In: Aktualizacje encyklopedyczne, suplement do Wielkiej Ilustrowanej Encyklopedii Powszechnej Wydawnictwa Gutenberga, t. 3, “Życie”, (red. J. Strzałko), Wyd. Kurpisz, 1996, 319 pp.

1995

• Niedbała, W. 1995. Supplement to the classification of Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida, Euptyctima). In: The Acari. Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Acari-Host Relationships. (Kropczyńska D., Boczek J., Tomczyk A. eds). Dabor, Warszawa: 71-78.
• Niedbała, W. 1995. Recenzja. Siuda, K. 1991. Kleszcze (Acari: Ixodida) Polski. Część I. Zagadnienia ogólne. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 278 pp., Siuda K. 1993 Kleszcze Polski (Acari: Ixodida) Część II. Systematyka i rozmieszczenie. Polskie Towarzystwo Parazytologiczne, Warszawa, 381 pp., Kosmos, 41, 1 (226), 238-241.

1994

• Niedbała, W. 1994. Revision of Oribatid mites from Berlese’s collection II. Descriptions and redescriptions of species from the superfamily Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 30: 37-62.
• Niedbała, W. 1994. Supplement to the classification of Phthiracaroidea, with redescriptions and descriptions of some species (Acari, Oribatida, Euptyctima). Genus, 5 (1-2): 1-152.
• Niedbała, W. 1994. Origin of Euptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in Hawaii. Biological Bulletin of Poznań, 31: 83-99.
• Błoszyk, J. Olszanowski, Z. Kaźmierski, A. Błaszak, C. Niedbała, W. 1994. Wykaz gatunków roztoczy (Acari) rezerwatów grądowych “Jakubowo” i “Las Grądowy nad Mogielnicą” w Zachodniej Wielkopolsce. Parki Narodowe i Rezerwaty Przyrody, 13 (3): 29-49.
• Niedbała, W. 1994. Recenzja. Colloff, M.J. 1993. A taxonomic revision of the oribatid mite genus Camisia (Acari: Oribatida). J. Nat. Hist., London, 1325-1408. Behan-Pelletier V.M. 1993. Eremaeidae (Acari:Oribatida) of North America. Mem. Ent. soc. Canada, Ottawa, 168: 193 pp., Przegląd Zoologiczny, 38 (1-2): 357-359.

1993

• Niedbała, W. 1993. Three Euphthiracaroid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Euphthiracaroidea) from Africa. Acarologia, 34 (3): 265-271.
• Niedbała, W. 1993. Revision of Oribatid mites from Berlese’s collection. III. Redescription of species from Mesoplophoroidea and Euphthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) Genus, 4 (1): 41-58.
• Niedbała, W. 1993. New species of Euptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 20: 137-159.
• Niedbała, W., Kasprzak, K. 1993. Biocenotic indexes used in the ordering and analysis of data in quantitative studies. In: “Methods in Soil Zoology”. Eds. Górny, M., Grüm, L., Elsevier, PWN. 379-396.
• Niedbała, W., Rajski, A. 1993. Acarida. In: “Methods in Soil Zoology”. Eds. Górny, M., Grüm, L., Elsevier, PWN. 300-308.

1992

• Niedbała, W. 1992. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Systematic Studies. Elsevier. Amsterdam-Oxford-New York-Tokyo, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 612 pp.
• Niedbała, W. 1992. Supplement to the classification of Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida, Euptyctima). Abstracts of II Syposium of EURAAAC, Krynica, 1992, 96.

1991

• Niedbała, W. 1991. The morphology of the immature stages of Phthiracaroidea (Oribatida). The Acari. Reproduction, development and life-history strategies. R. Schuster and F.W. Murphy eds. Chapter and Hall. London: 343-351.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Description of two new Euphthiracaroid species (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 2 (1): 33-44.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux d’Australie et d’Amérique Centrale. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 39 (1): 97-107.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Two new Euphthiracaroid species (Acari, Oribatida) from the Oriental Region. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 37 (3-4): 205-209.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) de la Région Orientale, II. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 37 (3-4): 211-216.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Preliminary hypothesis on the biogeography of the Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). F. Dusbabek, V. Bukva eds. Modern Acarology, Academia, Prague and SPB Academic Publ. bv, The Hague, 2: 219-231.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Revision of Oribatid mites from the Berlese collection I. Systematic position of Hoploderma hystricum Berlese, 1908 and Hoploderma pavidum Berlese, 1913 (Acari,Oribatida). Genus, 2 (4): 327-335.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Notophthiracarus contortulus sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida) de Republique Sud-Africaine. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, Sciences biologiques, 29: 69-73.

1990

• Niedbała, W. 1990. Structure of soil mite (Acari) communities in urban green of Warsaw. Fragmenta Faunistica, 33 (3): 21-44.
• Niedbała W. 1990. History and Geographical Distribution of Phthiracaroidea Fauna (Acari, Oribatida). Abstracts VIII International Congress of Acarology, Ceske Budejovice, 60.

1989

• Niedbała, W. 1989. Notophthiracarus schatzii sp. nov. d’îles Galápagos (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroides). Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 37 (1-3): 75-78.
• Niedbała, W. 1989. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux de la region orientale. Annales Zoologici PAN, 43 (1): 1-17.
• Niedbała, W. 1989. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux du royaume australien. Annales Zoologici PAN, Warszawa, 43 (2): 19-50.

1988

• Niedbała, W. 1988. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae des Comores (Acari, Oribatida). Revue de Zoologie africaine, 102: 79-83.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Trois nouveaux Phthiracaridae du Zaire (Acari, Oribatida). Revue de Zoologie africaine, 102: 143-149.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux du Brésil. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 27: 111-119.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Systematic of Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Progress in Acarology, vol.1. (G.P. Channabasavanna and C.A. Viraktamath, eds.) Proceedings of the VII the International Congress of Acarology, August 1986, Bangalore, Oxford & JBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 287-288.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Systematic of Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Progress in Acarology, vol.1. (G.P. Channabasavanna and C.A. Viraktamath, eds.) Proceedings of the VII the International Congress of Acarology, August 1986, Bangalore, Oxford & JBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 289.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Steganacarus (Steganacarus)  desmeti sp. nov. d’Algerie (Acari, Oribatida, Phthirocaroidae). Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 27: 107- 110.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux des Etats-Unis d’Amerique. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 36 (1-3): 67-77.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Deux nouveaux Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) d’Amerique. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 36 (1-3): 61-66.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Nouveaux Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) néotropicales. Redia, 71 (1): 115-138.

1987

• Niedbała, W. 1987. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux d’Australie. Redia, 70: 301-375.

1986

• Niedbała, W. 1986. Hoplophthiracarus inelegans sp. n. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) de Costa Rica. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 25: 115-117.
• Niedbała, W. 1986. Several species of moss-mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Antarctic coastal zone. Polskie Badania Polarne, 7 (1-2): 119-126.
• Niedbała, W. 1986. Catalogue des Phthiracaroidea (Acari), clef pour la détermination des especes et descriptions d’especes nouvelles. Annales Zoologici, 40 (4): 309-370.
• Niedbała, W. 1986. Systeme des Phthiracaroidea (Oribatida, Euptyctima). Acarologia, 27 (1): 61-84.
• Niedbała, W. 1986. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida, Euptyctima) nouveaux pour la science, originaires d’Algerie. Annales de Institut National Agronomique, El-Harrach, 10 (2): 57-70.
• Niedbała, W. 1986. Phthiracaroidea (Acari Oribatida Euptyctima) nouveaux d’Espagne meridionale. Redia, 69: 93-104.

1985

• Niedbała, W. 1985. Hoplophthiracarus fulvus n. sp. de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae). Acarologia, 26 (1): 101-102.
• Niedbała, W. 1985. Essai critique sur Mesoplophora (Acari, Oribatida, Mesoplophoridae). Annales Zoologici, 39 (4): 93-117.
• Niedbała, W. 1985. Les Oribates de la litiere dans la foret de chene liege (Quercus suber) dans les environs d’Arbatache (Atlas Tellien). T. Wojterski. Guide de l’excursion internationale de Phytosociologie. Algerie du Nord. Association Internationale pour l’Etude de la Vegetation, El-Harrach, 234-235.
• Niedbała, W., Doumandji, B., Boulfekharm, H., Guessoum, M. 1985. Catalogue des Acariens terrestres d’Algerie. Bulletin de zoologie agricole, Institut National Agronomique, El-Harrach, Alger, n. s., 1-31.
• Niedbała, W. 1985. O twórczości w systematyce. Krytyki i oceny. Przegląd Zoologiczny, 401-402.

1984

• Niedbała, W. 1984. Recenzja: J. Balogh, S. Mahunka. The soil Mites of the World. 1. Primitive Oribatids of the Palaearctic Regions. Akad. Kiado, Budapest, 1983: 372 pp. Przegląd Zoologiczny, 421-425.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Phthiracarus wallworki sp. nov. de Sainte-Hélene (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae). Revue de Zoologie africaine, 98 (1): 211-214.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae de Papouasie, Nouvelle Guinée (Acari, Oribatida). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 53: 607-614.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Hoplophthiracarus vicinus sp. n. du Caucase (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 53: 603-606.
• Niedbała, W. 1984 Trois Phthiracaridae nouveaux de l’Afrique Centrale (Acari, Oribatida). Revue de Zoologie africaine, 98 (3): 644-653.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. La redescription des Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) de Marie Hammer. Annales Zoologici, 38 (8): 173-204.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux d’Asie occidentale. Annales Zoologici, 38 (10): 225-241.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari: Oribatida) d’Argentine. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, Budapest, 45 (1): 151-157.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Nouveaux Phthiracaridae d’Asie (Acari: Oribatida). Journal of Natural History, 18: 829-842.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Mesoplophoridea (Acari, Oribatida). Changement du systeme et redescription d’especes-types. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 32 (3-4): 137-155.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Hoplophorella neglecta sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) du Pérou. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 24: 133-137.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Steganacarus (Steganacarus) carlosi sp. n. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) d’Iles Canaries. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 24: 139-142.
• Niedbała, W., Kasprzak, K. 1984. Wstęp. Cele i znaczenie metod hodowli zwierząt glebowych. In: Metody hodowli zwierząt glebowych, Prace Komisji Naukowych PTG, III/28/29: 5-8.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Hoplophthiracarus pervicax sp. nov. de Jamaique (Acari, Oribatida). Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 32 (7-8): 263-266.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) d’Espagne. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 32 (7-8): 267-272.

1983

• Niedbała, W. 1983. Trois nouvelles especes du genre Hoplophorella (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) du Kenya. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 22: 127-141.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Phthiracarus spadix sp.nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) de Pologne. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 22:143-150.
• Niedbała, W. 1983.  Mesoplophora invisitata sp. nov. de l’Ouganda (Acari, Oribatida, Mesoplophoridae). Journal of Natural History, 17: 647-650.
• Niedbała, W., Błaszak, Cz., Błoszyk, J., Kaliszewski, M., Kaźmierski, A. 1983. Acarofaune des milieux urbains a l’exemple de l’agglomération varsovienne. ed. Ph. Lebrun, H.M. André, A. de Medts, C. Grégoire-Wibo and G. Wauthy; Dieu-Brichart, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (1983): 577-581.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Phthiracarus mundus sp. n. de Sybérie (Acari, Oribatida). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 53: 195-199.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Trois nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) d’Extréme Orient (URSS). Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 23: 153-170.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari. Oribatida) de Géorgie (URSS). Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 23: 171-182.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Mechowce (Oribatida) jako wskaźniki ekologiczne. Zeszyty Problemowe Postępów Nauk Przyrodniczych, 252: 137-146.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Viewpoints on classification and phylogenesis of mites (Acarida). Zeszyty Problemowe Postępów Nauk Przyrodniczych, 252: 13-18.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Phthiracaridae nouveaux de l’Ouganada (Acari, Oribatida). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 44 (1): 109-123.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Les nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) du Caucase. Annales Zoologici PAN, Warszawa, 37 (1): 1-62.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) des montagnes du Kazakhstan et de Kirghizie. Annales Zoologici, 37 (2): 63-70.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Phthiracarus koumantanosi sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) de Grece Centrale. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 31 (1-12): 37-40.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Critical revievs. J. Balogh, S. Mahunka. The soil Mites of the World. 1. Primitive Oribatids of the Palaearctic Regions. Akad. Kiado, Budapest, 1983: 372 pp. Pedofauna 37/38: 19-24.

1982

• Niedbała, W. 1982. L’acarofaune des milieux urbains sur l’exemple de l’agglomération varsovienne. Zwierzęta w świecie zurbanizowanym, Ossolineum, 69-78.
• Niedbała, W. 1982 Trois Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) originaires du Nepal. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 43 (1): 95-109.
• Niedbała, W., Błaszak, Cz., Błoszyk, J., Kaliszewski, M., Kaźmierski, A. 1982. Soil mites (Acari) of Warsaw and Mazovia. Memorabilia Zoologica, 36: 235-252.
• Niedbała, W. 1982.  Steganacarus (Atropacarus)  absimilis sp.n. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) d’Amerique du Nord. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 29 (7-8): 323-326.
• Niedbała, W. 1982. Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux du Pérou. Annales Zoologici, 36 (23): 449-463.
• Niedbała, W. 1982. Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux de l’Inde. Annales Zoologici, 36 (29): 549-563.
• Niedbała, W. 1982. Nouveaux Phthiracaridae tropicaux (Acari, Oribatida). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 52: 189-229.
• Niedbała, W. 1982. Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux d’Amerique Centrale. Redia 65: 97-117.
• Niedbała, W., Borowiak, P. 1982. Mikrośrodowiska mechowców (Acari, Oribatei) w dwóch odmiennych wariantach roślinnych zespołu Melico-Fagetum typicum w rezerwacie “Słomowo”. Badania Fizjograficzne nad Polską Zachodnią, 5C, 33: 39-74.
• Niedbała, W. 1982. Deux nouvelles especes d’Oribates inférieurs (Acari, Oribatida) de Pologne. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 30 (1-12): 53-60.

1981

• Niedbała, W. 1981. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) originaires de la Pologne. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 28 (12): 699-706.
• Niedbała, W. 1981.  Phthiracarus similis n.sp. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) originaire d’Iran. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, s. D, Sciences Biologiques, 21: 139-143.
• Niedbała, W. 1981. Hoplophthiracarus montigenus n. sp. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) originaire de la Papua-Nouvelle Guinée. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, Sciences Biologiques, 21: 145-149.
• Niedbała, W. 1981. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae de Turquie (Acari, Oribatida). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 51: 501-510.
• Niedbała, W. 1981. Mesoplophora subtilis sp. n. du Pérou (Acari, Oribatida, Mesoplophoridae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 51: 511-517.
• Niedbała, W. 1981. Trois nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) originaires du Brésil. Acarologia, 23 (1): 63-80.
• Niedbała, W., Błaszak, Cz., Błoszyk, J., Kaliszewski, M., Kaźmierski, A. 1981. Roztocze (Acari). Fragmenta Faunistica, 26 (9): 1-52.
• Niedbała, W., Kasprzak K. 1981. Metody opracowania materiału w badaniach ilościowych. Metody badań w zoologii gleby. PWRiL, 397-416.
• Niedbała, W., Rajski A. 1981. Metody zbioru roztoczy (Acari) glebowych w badaniach ilościowych. Metody badań w zoologii gleby. PWRiL, 312-319.

1980

• Niedbała, W., Trawińska, D. 1980. Porównanie ekstrakcji roztoczy (Acari) i skoczogonków (Collembola) glebowych w aparacie Tullgrena i przy użyciu paradwuchlorobenzenu. Prace Komisji Naukowych PTG, Warszawa, III/24: 11-17.
• Niedbała, W., Borowiak, P. 1980. Badania nad mikrośrodowiskami mechowców (Acari, Oribatei). Prace Komisji Naukowych PTG, III/25: 27-38.
• Niedbała, W. 1980. Mechowce – roztocze ekosystemów lądowych. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 255 pp.

1979

• Niedbała, W., Kasprzak, K., Sterzyńska, M. 1979. Stan i struktura zgrupowań fauny glebowej w ekosystemie miasta. “Warunki rozwoju drzew i ich fauny w Warszawie”. Materiały Konferencji Naukowo-Technicznej, 28 stycznia 1978,Ossolineum: 61-73.

1978

• Niedbała, W., Adamska, I., Rubińska, A. 1978. Porównanie trzech metod ekstrakcji roztoczy glebowych. Prace Komisji Naukowych PTG, III/22: 3-21.

1977

• Niedbała, W., Błaszak, Cz., Rajski, A., Szeptycki, A. 1977. The differentiation of Acari and Apterygota inPineto-Vaccinietum myrtilli typicumin Puszcza Kampinowska National Park. Preliminary report. Ecological Bulletin (Stockholm), 25: 508-511.
• Niedbała, W. 1977 Materials to the geographical distribution of  Brachychthoniidae (Acari: Oribatei). Fragmenta Faunistica, 23 (6): 67-73.
• Niedbała, W. 1977. An attempt of distinguishing subgeneric taxa in the genus Liochthonius Hammen  (Acari, Oribatei, Brachychthoniidae). Annales Zoologici, 33 (23): 477-494.
• Niedbała, W. 1977. Badania biocenotyczne nad mechowcami (Acari, Oribatei) Masywu Ślęży. Badania Fizjograficzne nad Polską Zachodnią, 30C. 47-73.

1976

• Niedbała, W., Dobrowolski, A., Rajski, A. 1976. Polska konstrukcja aparatu Macfadyena do wypłaszania drobnych stawonogów glebowych. Wiadomości Ekologiczne, 22 (2): 142-155.
• Niedbała, W., 1976. Recenzje. Górny, M. 1975. Zooekologia gleb leśnych – Państwowe Wydawnictwo Rolnicze i Leśne, Warszawa. Wiadomości Ekologiczne, 22 (2): 172-177.
• Niedbała, W. 1976. Brachychthoniidae Polski (Acari, Oribatei). Studium ekologiczno-faunistyczne. Monografie Fauny Polski, 6: 1-144.
• Niedbała, W. 1976. Recenzje. M.S. Giljarov, A.D. Krivoluckij (editors): Key for identification of Sarcoptiformes “Nauka”, Moskva, 1975. Przegląd Zoologiczny, 20 (4): 456-458.

1975

• Niedbała, W. 1975. Attempt of the determination of microenvironments suitable for Brachychthoniidae (Acarina, Oribatei). Materiały z I Sympozjum Zoologów Gleby, Rogów 25-26 marzec 1974, Prace Komisji Naukowych PTG, 3 (16):128.
• Niedbała, W., Błaszak, J., Rajski, A., Szeptycki, A. 1975. Zróżnicowanie fauny owadów bezskrzydłych i roztoczy glebowych w Pineto-Vaccinietum myrtilli typicum w Puszczy Kampinoskiej w zależności od charakteru dna lasu. Prace Komisji Naukowych, Komisja Biologii Gleby PTG, 3 (16): 45-52.

1974

• Niedbała, W. 1974. Studia nad rodziną Brachychthoniidae (Acari, Oribatei), III. Annales Zoologici, 31 (6): 459-524.
• Niedbała, W. 1974. Studia nad rodziną Brachychthoniidae.  Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, seria biologiczna, 4: 1-64.

1973

• Niedbała, W. 1973. Studies on the familyBrachychthoniidae (Acari, Oribatei). II. Notes Concerning the Evolution of Genera. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 21 (1): 59-64.

1972

• Niedbała, W. 1972. Mechowce (Acari, Oribatei) nowe dla fauny Polski. II. Fragmenta Faunistica, 18 (3): 33-44.
• Niedbała, W. 1972. Sukcesja ekologiczna zgrupowań mechowców (Acari, Oribatei) zadrzewień uroczyska Marcelin w Poznaniu. Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, Prace Komisji Biologicznych, 35 (3): 1-93.
• Niedbała, W., Rohloff, J. 1972. Porównanie różnych metod wypłaszania roztoczy (Acari) glebowych. Roczniki Gleboznawcze, 23 (1): 393-404.
• Niedbała, W. 1972. Mechowce (Acari, Oribatei) nowe dla fauny Polski oraz uwagi o kilku innych. III. Fragmenta Faunistica, 17 (10): 183-196.
• Niedbała, W. 1972. Studies on the family Brachychthoniidae (Acari, Oribatei) I. Revision of the genera and description of one new species. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 20 (9): 661-669.
• Niedbała, W. 1972. Catalogue of all known species of Brachychthoniidae (Acari, Oribatei). Acarologia, 14 (2): 292-313.

1971

• Niedbała, W. 1971. Fauna roztoczy (Acari) glebowych w dwóch różnych biotopach oraz w strefie przejściowej między nimi. Badania Fizjograficzne nad Polską Zachodnią, 24: 217-220.
• Niedbała, W. 1971. Liochthonius occultus sp.nov. (Acari, Oribatei, Brachychthoniidae) a new species of moss mite from Poland. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 19 (10): 667-678.
• Niedbała, W. 1971. Oribatei (Acari) of Spitsbergen. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 19 (11): 737-742.
• Niedbała, W., Rohloff, J. 1971. Wydajność aparatu Macfadyena w wypłaszaniu roztoczy glebowych. Roczniki Gleboznawcze, 22 (1): 189-203.

1969

• Niedbała, W. 1969. Fauna mechowców (Acari, Oribatei) nadrzewnych w okolicach Poznania. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 39 (1) 83-94.

1968

• Niedbała, W. 1968. Mechowce (Acari, Oribatei) nowe dla fauny Polski oraz nowe stanowiska kilku rzadkich gatunków. Fragmenta Faunistica, 15 (1): 1-8.

1967

• Niedbała, W. 1967. Nowe stanowiska kilku rzadkich mechowów (Acari, Oribatei) w Polsce. Fragmenta Faunistica, 13 (16): 299-302.
• Niedbała, W. 1967. Badania ilościowe nad występowaniem mechowców (Acari, Oribatei) w Parku Sołackim w Poznaniu w zależności od niektórych zabiegów gospodarczych. Badania Fizjograficzne nad Polską Zachodnią, 20: 29-44.

Soon

Since 1978, Moscow, Department of Zoology of Lomonosov University, A.N. Severtzov Institute of Evolutionary Animal Morphology and Ecology (Dr. A.B. Lange, A.D. Petrowa, E.M. Bulanova-Zachvatkina, D.A. Krivolucki), Leningrad, Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences (consultation with Dr L.G. Sitnikova). Securing research material from the former USSR for later studies.

• Niedbała, W. 1983. Phthiracarus mundus sp. n. de Sybérie (Acari, Oribatida).Polish Entomological Journal, 53: 195-199.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Trois nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) d’Extréme Orient (URSS). Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 23:153-170.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari. Oribatida) de Géorgie (URSS). Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 23:171-182.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Les nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) du Caucase. Annales Zoologici PAN, Warszawa, 37 (1): 1-62.
• Niedbała, W. 1983. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) des montagnes du Kazakhstan et de Kirghizie. Annales Zoologici, 37 (2): 63-70.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Hoplophthiracarus vicinus sp. n. du Caucase (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 53: 603-606.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux d’Asie occidentale. Annales Zoologici, 38 (10): 225-241.
• Niedbała, W. 1992. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Systematic Studies. Elsevier. Amsterdam-Oxford-New York-Tokyo, State Scientific Publishing House, 612 pp.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Nouveaux Phthiracaridae d’Asie (Acari: Oribatida). Journal of Natural History, 18: 829-842.
• Niedbała, W. 2006. New species of palaearctic Euphthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida). Zootaxa, 1175: 43-54.
• Niedbała, W. 2006. New species of palaearctic Oribotritiidae (Acari, Oribatida). Zootaxa, 1175: 55-68.

1982, 1990, 1991, Budapest, Zoological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum and Department of Zoosystematics and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University (prof. J. Balogh, prof. S. Mahunka). Redescriptions of Ptyctima species, descriptions of new species from collections.

• Niedbała, W. 1991. Two new Euphthiracaroid species (Acari, Oribatida) from the Oriental Region. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 37 (3-4): 205-209.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) de la Région Orientale, II. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 37 (3-4): 211-216.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Description of two new Euphthiracaroid species (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 2 (1): 33-44.
• Niedbała, W. 1994. Supplement to the classification of Phthiracaroidea, with redescriptions and descriptions of some species (Acari, Oribatida, Euptyctima). Genus, 5 (1-2): 1-152.
• Niedbała, W. 1997. Contribution to the knowledge of Euptyctima (Acari: Oribatida). Genus,  8 (1): 81-101.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Euptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 33: 125-146.
• Niedbała, W. 2001. Study on the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Ethiopian region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 3: 1-245.
• Niedbała, W. 2003. New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical Region. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, 49 (4): 261-269.

1983, Madrid, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (dr C. Perez-Inigo, prof. L.S. Subias). Redescribes species recorded from Spain, describes new species.

• Niedbała, W. 1986. Phthiracaroidea (Acari Oribatida Euptyctima) nouveaux d’Espagne meridionale. Redia, 69: 93-104.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) d’Espagne. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 32 (7-8): 267-272.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Steganacarus (Steganacarus) carlosi sp. n. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) d’Iles Canaries. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 24: 139-142.
• Niedbała, W. 1992. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Systematic Studies. Elsevier. Amsterdam-Oxford-New York-Tokyo, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 612 pp.

1984-1989 Alger, Institut National Agronomique, Tiaret, Centre Universitaire. Teaching, collecting research material from the Telski Atlas Mountains and studying Algieri mosses.

• Niedbała, W. 1985. Les Oribates de la litière dans la forêt de chêne liège (Quercus suber) dans les environs d’Arbatache (Atlas Tellien). T. Wojterski. Guide de l’excursion internationale de Phytosociologie. Algerie du Nord. Association Internationale pour l’Etude de la Vegetation, El-Harrach, 234-235.
• Niedbała, W., Doumandji, B., Boulfekharm, H., Guessoum, M. 1985. Catalogue des Acariens terrestres d’Algerie. Bulletin de zoologie agricole, Institut National Agronomique, El-Harrach, Alger, n. s., 1-31.
• Niedbała, W. 1986. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida, Euptyctima) nouveaux pour la science, originaires d’Algerie. Annales de Institut National Agronomique, El-Harrach, 10 (2): 57-70.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Steganacarus (Steganacarus) desmeti sp. nov. d’Algerie (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroidae). Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 27: 107- 110.

od 1986, Canberra, Division of Entomology CSIRO (dr B. Halliday). Securing research material from Australia for later processing.

• Niedbała, W. 1987. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux d’Australie. Redia, 70: 301-375.
• Niedbała, W. 1989. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux du royaume australien. Annales Zoologici PAN, Warszawa, 43 (2): 19-50.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux d’Australie et d’Amérique Centrale. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 39 (1): 97-107.
• Niedbała, W. 1993. New species of Euptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of  Zoology, 20: 137-159.
• Niedbała, W. 2000. The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1-493.
• Niedbała, W. 2006. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Australian Region. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 56 (Supplement 1): 99-156.
• Niedbała W. 2009b. Contribution to the knowledge of Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of  Australia. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 52B (1-2): 73-78.
• Niedbała W. 2009c. Unusual case of neotrichy in a new species of oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida, Steganacaridae). Australian Journal of Entomology, 48, 317-320.

1988, Manaus, Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (dr E. Franklin Ribeiro).Description of several new species from Brazil.

• Niedbała, W. 1988. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux du Brésil. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 27: 111-119.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Deux nouveaux Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) d’Amerique. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 36 (1-3): 61-66.

od 1989, Innsbruck, Institut für Zoologie, Leopold-Franzens-Universität (dr H. Schatz). Collaboration in the development of Ptyctima of South America.

• Niedbała, W. 1989. Notophthiracarus schatzii sp. nov. d’îles Galápagos (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroides). Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 37 (1-3): 75-78.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux d’Australie et d’Amérique Centrale. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 39 (1): 97-107.
• Niedbała, W., Schatz, H. 1996. Euptyctimous mites from the Galapagos Islands, Cocos Island, and Central America (Acari: Oribatida), Genus, 7 (2): 239-317.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Neotropical Region. Annales Zoologici, 54 (1): 1-288.
• Niedbała, W. 2008e. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites of Neotropical Region (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 19 (4): 729-818.

od 1990, Syracuse, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, USA (prof. R.A. Norton). Preparation of material from the collection.

• Niedbała, W. 1985. Essai critique sur Mesoplophora (Acari, Oribatida, Mesoplophoridae). Annales Zoologici, 39 (4): 93-117.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux des Etats-Unis d’Amerique. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 36 (1-3): 67–77.
• Niedbała, W. 2000. The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1-493.

1990, 1991, Florence, Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Cascine del Riccio, (dr R. Nannelli). Study of Ptyctima species from the Berlese collection.

• Niedbała, W. 1991. Revision of Oribatid mites from the Berlese collection I. Systematic position of Hoploderma hystricum Berlese, 1908 and Hoploderma pavidum Berlese, 1913 (Acari,Oribatida). Genus, 2 (4): 327-335.
• Niedbała, W. 1993. Revision of Oribatid mites from Berlese’s collection. III. Redescription of species from Mesoplophoroidea and Euphthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) Genus, 4 (1): 41-58.
• Niedbała, W. 1994. Revision of Oribatid mites from Berlese’s collection II. Descriptions and redescriptions of species from the superfamily Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 30: 37-62.

od 1991, 1992, Turku, Zoological Museum, University of Turku (dr dr P.K. Lehtinen, R. Penttinen). Preserving research material from around the world from the Museum’s collection for later study.

• Niedbała, W. 1997. Contribution to the knowledge of Euptyctima (Acari: Oribatida). Genus,  8 (1): 81-101.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Ptyctimous mites of the Pacific Islands. Recent knowledge, origin, descriptions, redescriptions, diagnoses and zoogeography (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 9(4): 431-558.
• Niedbała, W., R. Niemi. 2002. SEM photos of some ptyctimous mites from Pacific Islands. Biological Lettres, 39 (1/2): 25-27.
• Niedbała, W. et R. Penttinen. 2006. Two zoogeographically remarkable mite species from Finland (Acari, Oribatida, Oribotritiidae). Journal of Natural History, 40 (5-6): 265-272.
• Niedbała W. et Penttinen R. 2007. New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae, Steganacaridae) with some new records from Australasian Region. Annales Zoologici, 57 (3): 517-532.
• Niedbała W. 2007. New distributional records and redescriptions of oriental ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Oriental Region. Systematic &  Applied Acarology, 12: 73-79.

od 1993, Tervuren, Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale (dr F. Puylaert). Securing research material from Central Africa for later processing.

• Niedbała, W. 1984. Phthiracarus wallworki sp. nov. de Sainte-Hélène (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae). Revue de Zoologie africaine, 98 (1): 211-214.
• Niedbała, W. 1984 Trois Phthiracaridae nouveaux de l’Afrique Centrale (Acari, Oribatida). Revue de Zoologie africaine, 98 (3): 644-653.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae des Comores (Acari, Oribatida). Revue de  Zoologie africaine, 102: 79-83.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Trois nouveaux Phthiracaridae du Zaïre (Acari, Oribatida). Revue de  Zoologie africaine, 102: 143-149.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Ptyctimous mites of the Ethiopian region. I. Euphthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Journal of African Zoology, 112(1): 15-75.
• Niedbała, W. 2000. The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1-493.
• Niedbała, W. 2001. Study on the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Ethiopian region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 3: 1-245.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Zoogeography of the ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Madagascar and other eastern Africa islands. International  Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 24 (4): 330-335.
• Niedbała, W. 2008c. Description of a new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia and a checklist of ptyctimous mites of the Afrotropical Region. Tropical Zoology, 21: 1-9.

1992, Honolulu, Bishop Museum, (dr S.F. Swift). Study of Ptyctima material from Hawaii.

• Niedbała, W. 1994. Origin of Euptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in Hawaii. Biological Bulletin of  Poznań, 31: 83-99.
• Niedbała, W. 1998. Euptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 33: 125-146.

1992–1994, Londyn, Department of Entomology, British Museum (Nat. Hist.) (dr A.S. Baker). Preserving research material from around the world from the Museum’s collection for later study.

• Niedbała, W. 2000. The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1-493.
• Niedbała, W. 2001. Study on the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Ethiopian region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 3: 1-245.
• Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Nearctic Region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 4: 1-261.
• Niedbała, W. 2003. New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical Region, described in honour of Prof. Dr. Janos Balogh. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, 49 (3): 201-209.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Neotropical Region. Annales Zoologici, 54 (1): 1-288.

1993-1998. Bonn/Warsaw, International grant funded by the Stiftung fuer Deutsch-Polnische Zusammenarbeit (Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation), #KBN 4722/93, ‘Comprehensive investigations in the Slonsk Nature Reserve near Oder – hydrobiology, ornithology, parasitology, and ecological studies on soil fauna and flora of macrophytes’. Study of mites in the Słońsk Reserve.

• Błaszak, Cz., Dziabaszewski, A., Madej, G., Niedbała, W., Olszanowski, Z., Ehrnsberger, R. 1999. Free-living invertebrates (Arthropods) – Mites. In: Nature of the Słońsk Reserve. Ed. Ehrnsberger R., Dabert J., Błaszak Cz., Acarus Publishing House, Poznań, 113–166.
• Olszanowski, Z., Niedbała, W. 2000. Moss mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Słońsk Nature Reserve: geographic elements and the types of phagism. Biological Bulletin of Poznań, 37 (2): 299-302.

1992, 1993, Glasgow, Zoological Institut, University of Glasgow (dr M.J. Colloff). Development of Ptyctima Australia.

• Colloff, M. J., Niedbała, W. 1996. Arboreal and terrestrial habits of Phthiracaroid mites (Oribatida) in Tasmanian rainforests, Proc. Acarology IX, 1, (eds Mitchell R., Horn D., Welbourn W.C.),  Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio, 607-611.
• Niedbała, W., Colloff, M.J. 1997. Euptyctime oribatid mites from Tasmanian rainforest (Acari: Oribatida). Journal of Natural History, 31: 489-538.

1993, Copenhagen, Zoologisk Museum, Kobenhavns Universitet (dr H. Enghoff). Securing the M. Hammer collection for later processing.

• Niedbała, W. 1984. La redescription des Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) de Marie Hammer. Annales Zoologici, 38 (8): 173-204.
• Niedbała, W. 1984. Deux nouveaux Phthiracaridae (Acari: Oribatida) d’Argentine. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, Budapest, 45 (1): 151-157.
• Niedbała, W. 1993. Three Euphthiracaroid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Euphthiracaroidea) from Africa. Acarologia, 34 (3): 265-271.

1996, Graz, Instutut für Zoologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität (prof. R. Schuster). Securing research material from the Palearctic region for later processing.

• Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Bermuda Islands. Annales Zoologici, 52 (1): 181-188.
• Niedbała, W. 2003. New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical Region, described in honour of Prof. Dr. Janos Balogh. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, 49 (3): 201-209.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Neotropical Region. Annales Zoologici, 54 (1): 1-288.

1997, Laguna, Department of Entomology, University of the Phillippines Los Baños, (dr L.A.Corpuz-Raros). A study of Ptyctima in the Philippines.

• Niedbała, W., Corpuz-Raros, L.A. 1998. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Philippines. The Philippine Agriculturist, 81 (1-2): 1-58.
• Niedbała, W., Corpuz-Raros L.A., Gruezo. W. SM. 2006. Ptyctimous mites mainly from Samar island of the Philippines (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, Wrocław, 17 (3): 449-470.

1997, Ottawa, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Biosystematic Research Institute (dr V. Behan-Pelletier). Securing research material, mainly from the Nearctic region, for later processing.

• Niedbała, W. 1986. Hoplophthiracarus inelegans sp. n. (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) de Costa Rica. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, 25: 115-117.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Phthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux des Etats-Unis d’Amerique. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 36 (1-3): 67–77.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Deux nouveaux Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) d’Amerique. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 36 (1-3): 61-66.
• Niedbała, W. 1988. Nouveaux Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) néotropicales. Redia, 71 (1): 115-138.
• Niedbała, W. 1989. Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux de la region orientale. Annales Zoologici PAN,  43 (1): 1-17.
• Niedbała, W. 1991. Notophthiracarus contortulus sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida) de Republique Sud-Africaine. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences et des Lettres de Poznań, Sciences biologiques, 29: 69-73.
• Niedbała, W. 2000. The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1-493.
• Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Nearctic Region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 4: 1-261.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites of Oriental Region (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 15 (3): 391-423.
• Niedbała W. 2007. A new species of ptyctimous mite (Acari: Oribatida) from the Nearctic Region. Can. Entomol., 139: 510-512.

1999, Gainesville, Florida State Collection of Arthropoda (dr dr W.C. Welbourn, H.A. Denmark). Securing research material from Florida for later processing.

• Niedbała, W. 2001. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Florida. Acta zoologica cracoviensa,  44 (3): 285-367.
• Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Nearctic Region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 4: 1-261.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Neotropical Region. Annales Zoologici, 54 (1): 1-288.

1999,  Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History (dr dr P.P. Parillo, D. Summers).  Securing research material from around the world for later processing.

• Niedbała, W. 2001. Study on the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Ethiopian region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 3: 1-245.
• Niedbała, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Nearctic Region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 4: 1-261.
• Niedbała, W. 2003. New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical Region, described in honour of Prof. Dr. Janos Balogh. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, 49 (3): 201-209.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Neotropical Region. Annales Zoologici, 54 (1): 1-288.
• Niedbała, W. 2004. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites of Oriental Region (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 15 (3): 391-423.
• Niedbała W. 2007. New distributional records and redescriptions of oriental ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Oriental Region. Systematic &  Applied Acarology, 12: 73-79.

od 2000, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica (dr J. Longino). Staying in typical rainforest environments, securing research material for later processing as part of the international ALAS project.

• Niedbała, W. 2003. Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Costa Rica. Annales Zoologici, 53 (2): 259-334.
• Niedbała, W. 2006. Four new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Mesoamerica. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 56(4): 791-797.
• Niedbała, W. and P. Skubała. 2008. Distribution of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the mountain rain forest La Selva, Costa Rica. Integrative Acarology. Proceedings of the 6^th European Congress. M. Bertrand, S, Kreiter, K.M. McCoy, A. Migeon, M. Navajas, M.-S. Tixier, L. Viol (Ads.), Montpelier, 222-228.
• Niedbała, W. 2008e. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites of Neotropical Region (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 19 (4): 729-818.

2004, Havana, Departamento de Zoologia, Facultad de la Habana, Universidad de la Habana (dr D. Prieto). Securing research material from Cuba for later processing.

• Niedbała, W. and Prieto, D. 2006. New records of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Cuba. Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 39: 418.

2005, Bloemfontain, Department of Acarology, National Museum (dr L. Coetzee).Securing Engelbrecht’s collection from South Africa for later processing.

• Niedbała, W. 2006. Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) of South Africa. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 56 (Supplement 1): 1-97. 2005, TU-Darmstadt AG Tierökologie (dr J. Illig). Opracowanie materiału Ptyctima z Ekwadoru.
• Niedbała W., Illig J. 2007. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Ecuador rainforest. Journal of Natural History, 41 (13-16): 771-777.
• Niedbała, W., Illig J. 2007. New species and new records of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ecuador. Tropical Zoology, 20: 135-150.

od 2002, Ceske Budejovice, Institute of Soil Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (dr J. Stary). Preparation of material from various test sites in the collection, publications in preparation.

• Niedbała, W. 2003. New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical Region, described in honour of Prof. Dr. Janos Balogh. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, 49 (3): 201-209.
• Niedbała, W. 2008e. Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites of Neotropical Region (Acari, Oribatida). Genus, 19 (4): 729-818.
• Niedbała W. 2009a. New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cuba. Journal of  Natural History, 43 (7-8): 423-433.

od 2008, Beijing, National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, (Mr Liudong). Collaboration in the development of Ptyctima from China

• Liu D., Niedbała W. and Chen J. 2009. Taxonomic study of the genus Maerkelotritia Hammer, 1967 (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiiidae) from China, with description of a new species. Annales Zoologici, 59 (4): 511-516.

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