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Publications (42)      

1. Ermilov, Sergey G., Jenő Kontschán, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Pavel B. Klimov & Denis V. Sharapov. 2023 Faunistic and taxonomic additions to the oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Cuba Acarologia 63(3): 770-782.
2. Ermilov, Sergey G., Ladislav Miko, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov & Vladimir M. Salavatulin. 2023 Ontogenetic instars of the oribatid mite Spatiodamaeus kalugaensis sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) from Russia Zootaxa 5324(1): 049-065.
3. Ermilov, Sergey G., Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov & Leonid B. Rybalov. 2024 New Damaeidae (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia Systematic & Applied Acarology 29(8): 1174–1189.
4. Ermilov, Sergey G., Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Jenő Kontschán & PaVEL B. Klimov. 2023 Taxonomic contribution to the knowledge of Galumnidae (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) from Cuba Zootaxa 5258(4): 465-474.
5. Ermilov, Sergey G., Vladimir M. Salavatulin & Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov. 2023 Contribution to knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Symbioribates (Acari, Oribatida, Symbioribatidae), with descriptions of two new arboreal species from Vietnam Zootaxa 5325(4): 556-570.
6. Ge, Xueying, Sergey G. Ermilov, Denis V. Kazakov, Vladimir M. Salavatulin, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Sergey D. Sheykin & Dang Liu. 2024 A small step can also be a big step – first study on DNA barcoding in species delimitation of oribatid mites in Russia Systematic & Applied Acarology 29(5): 631–654.
7. Khaustov, Alexander A., Alexander V. Petrov & Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov. 2021 A new genus and two new species of Tarsonemidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Peru Zootaxa 4966(1): 41–53.
8. Khaustov, Alexander A., Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Ilya S. Turbanov & Andrei V. Tolstikov. 2024 A new troglobiont species of Rhagidiidae (Acari: Eupodoidea) from cave sites in the Ural Mountains (Russia) Acarologia 64(3): 787-802.
9. Klimov, Pavel B., Barry M. OConnor & Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov. 2024 Euroglyphus perico sp. nov., a new pyroglyphid species from a mammal nest in Mexico and the status of the genera Euroglyphus and Gymnoglyphus (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) Systematic & Applied Acarology 29(11): 1527–1538.
10. Klimov, Pavel B., Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Alexander A. Khaustov & Barry O'Connor. 2024 A new mite species Fagacarus absalom, sp. n. (Astigmata: Acaridae) from the Eastern Palearctic, with 18 rRNA molecular barcodes Acarologia 64(2): 542-553.
11. Klimov, Pavel B., Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Alexander A. Khaustov, Vladimir A. Khaustov, Jonas Merckx, Marcus V. A. Duarte, Dominiek Vangansbeke, Almir R. Pepato & Geudens I. 2025 Typification of the Economically Important Species Thyreophagus entomophagus (Acari: Astigmata: Acaridae) Used for the Industrial Production of Predatory Mites: The esignation of a Neotype with Detailed Morphological and DNA Sequence Data Animals 15(357).
12. Klimov, Pavel B., Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Dmitry D. Vorontsov, Alexander D. Ball, Samuel J. Bolton, C. J. T. Mellish, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Almir R. Pepato, Philipp E. Chetverikov, Qixin He, M. A. Perotti & Henk R. Braig. 2025 The evolutionary history and timeline of mites in ancient soils Scientific Reports 15.
13. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B. 2020 A new species of Dyobelba (Acari: Oribatida: Damaeidae) from Kazakhstan Systematic & applied acarology 25(1): 63–77.
14. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B. & Ilya S. Turbanov. 2018 The cave-dwelling false scorpion genus Pseudoblothrus Beier, 1931 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Syarinidae) in the Crimean Peninsula Zootaxa 4374(4): 524–544.
15. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B. & Ladislav Miko. 2022 Taxonomy of European Damaeidae X. Description of Coronabelba unicornis n. gen., n. sp. (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) from Abkhazia, with comments on genus Metabelba Grandjean, 1936 Acarologia 62(2): 340-351.
16. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B. & Vladislav D. Leonov. 2021 Zetorchestes krisperi sp. nov. (Acari: Oribatida: Zetorchestidae) from Vietnam, with juvenile morphology and identification key to known species of the genus Zootaxa 5057(4): 545-561.
17. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B. & Vladislav D. Leonov. 2021 Two new species of the genus Flagellozetes Balogh, 1970 (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) from Vietnam Systematic & Applied Acarology 26(12): 2253–2267.
18. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B. & Vladislav D. Leonov. 2024 A new species of Galumnella (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnellidae) from Vietnam Zootaxa 5556(1): 242-251.
19. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Alexander A. Khaustov, Alexander V. Petrov & Pavel B. Klimov. 2022 Three new species of Winterschmidtia Oudemans (Acari: Winterschmidtiidae) from Peru, with a key to species of the world Systematic & Applied Acarology 27(2): 220–240.
20. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Andrey A. Przhiboro & Ilya S. Turbanov. 2023 The pseudoscorpions of the Caucasian Sphagnum bogs: part II. Description of Ephippiochthonius juliae sp.n. from Georgia, with remarks on the taxonomic status of some Caucasian species of the genus Ephippiochthonius Beier, 1930 (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) Arthropoda Selecta 31: 65–74.
21. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Barry O'Connor, Sergey G. Ermilov & Pavel B. Klimov. 2023 A review of the asexual mite genus Paralycus Womersley, 1944 (Acari: Oribatida: Pediculochelidae), with description of three new species and a key to species of the World Diversity 15(2).
22. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Dmitry D. Vorontsov & Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk. 2024 Seven new species from Eocene Baltic amber reveal surprising diversity and suggest possible speciation scenarios in the relictual family Collohmanniidae (Acari: Oribatida) Zootaxa 5553(1): 001-078.
23. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Dmitry D. Vorontsov, Evgeny E. Perkovsky & Pavel B. Klimov. 2025 An exceptionally well-preserved Eocene fossil mite, Histiogaster altilis sp. n. (Acari: Astigmata), from tree sap: Evidence of morphological and ecological niche conservatism, with a review of fossil Astigmata Acarologia 65(1): 213-241.
24. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Dmitry D. Vorontsov, Evgeny E. Perkovsky, Dmitry V. Vasilenko & Pavel B. Klimov. 2023 Confocal autofluorescence microscopy revealed the fine morphology of the amber preserved mite Congovidia glesoconomorphi sp. nov. (Acari: Hemisarcoptidae) phoretic on a mycterid beetle Palaeoentomology 6(6): 665–678.
25. Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Dmitry D. Vorontsov, Roy A. Norton & Pavel B. Klimov. 2025 First fossil evidence of pediculochelid mites: two new species from Middle Cretaceous and Late Eocene amber revealing morphological stasis over at least 99 million years Acarologia 65(1): 67-90.
Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Ilya S. Turbanov & Konstantin B. Gongalsky. 2019 Two new species false scorpion genus Ephippiochthonius Beier, 1930 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from the Western Ciscaucasia, Russia Arthropoda Selecta 28: 73–82.
Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Ilya S. Turbanov & Konstantin B. Gongalsky. 2019 Two new species false scorpion genus Ephippiochthonius Beier, 1930 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from the Western Ciscaucasia, Russia Arthropoda Selecta 28: 73–82.
Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Ilya S. Turbanov, Kirill Y. Eskov, Evgenia A. Propistsova & Alexey S. Bashkuev. 2022 FIRST NON-AMBER MESOZOIC PSEUDOSCORPION FROM UPPER TRIASSIC DEPOSITS OF EAST EUROPE, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW FOSSIL SUBFAMILIES (ARACHNIDA: PSEUDOSCORPIONES: FEAELLIDAE) Papers in Palaeontology 8(e1466): 1-14.
Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Jana Christophoryová, Andrey A. Przhiboro & Ilya S. Turbanov. 2022 The pseudoscorpions of the Caucasian Sphagnum bogs: part I. Description of Neobisium (Neobisium) adjaricum sp. nov. and redescription of the holotype of N. (N.) vilcekii Krumpál, 1983 (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae) ZooKeys 1100: 165-190.
Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Kirill G. Mikhailov & Ilya S. Turbanov. 2023 A new species of the genus Centrochthonius Beier, 1931 (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from Kyrgyzstan Arthropoda Selecta 32: 444–454.
Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Ladislav Miko, Irina I. Marchenko & Naeim Azimi. 2022 The oribatid mite subgenus Metabelba (Pateribelba) (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae): redescription of M. (P.) filippovi and description of two new species International Journal of Acarology 48(7): 535-550.
Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Maka Murvanidze & Irina I. Marchenko. 2023 Two similar species of genus Metabelba Grandjean, 1936 (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) from Crimea and Caucasus Systematic & Applied Acarology 28(2): 343–355.
Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., PaVEL B. Klimov, Alexander A. Khaustov, Almir R. Pepato & Olga L. Makarova. 2024 A new arenicolous species of the genus Thyreophagus (Acari: Acaridae) from the Caspian sea coast: Taxonomy and ecological insights Zootaxa 5556(1): 252-267.
Makarova, Olga L., Maria Antipova, Anatoly Babenko, Irina S. Bushueva, Artemii D. Chulei, Sergei I. Golovatch, Galina Y. Doroshina, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Yuri Mazei, Kirill V. Makarov, Dmitry Palatov, Alexandr V. Ponomarev, K. P. Popov, Irina B. Rapoport, O. I. Semionenkov, Nataly Snegovaya, Boris I. Sheftel, Andrey N. Tsyganov, Ilya S. Turbanov & Roman V. Zuev. 2024 Successions of terrestrial invertebrate communities during the Tsey Glacier retreat, Central Caucasus Caucasiana 3: 41-87.
Miko, Ladislav & Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov. 2014 Taxonomy of European Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) VII. Redescription of Neobelba pseudopapillipes Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1967 with comments on its generic status Zootaxa 3796(2): 374–384.
Miko, Ladislav, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov & Maka Murvanidze. 2017 Redescription of Belba paracorynopus Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1962 (Acarina: Oribatida: Damaeidae) from Georgia Systematic & applied acarology 22(11): 1884–1898.
Miko, Ladislav, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Sergey G. Ermilov & Pavel B. Klimov. 2022 Taxonomy of European Damaeidae (Acari, Oribatida) XI. European species of the genus Piribelba Miko 2021: redescriptions of P. rossica (Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957) and P. piriformis (Mihelčič, 1964) using morphology and DNA sequence data Zootaxa 5187(1): 169-210.
Seniczak, Stanisław, Otilia Ivan, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Sławomir Kaczmarek, Tomasz Marquardt & Anna Seniczak. 2023 Morphological ontogeny of Eubelba danubedeltaica sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) and comments on Eubelba Miko Systematic & Applied Acarology 28(5): 792–814.
Turbanov, Ilya S. & Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov. 2020 Two new cave-dwelling species of the false scorpion genus Pseudoblothrus Beier, 1931 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Syarinidae) from the Crimean Peninsula Arthropoda Selecta 29: 28–50.
Turbanov, Ilya S. & Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov. 2021 Three new hypogean species of the false scorpions genus Ephippiochthonius Beier, 1930 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from the Crimean Peninsula Arthropoda Selecta 30: 193–204.
Turbanov, Ilya S. & Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov. 2023 First records of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions of the genus Ephippiochthonius Beier, 1930 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from the Caucasus, with description of three new species from Abkhazia and taxonomic comments on the genus Zootaxa 5325(1): 041-062.
Turbanov, Ilya, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Andrey A. Przhiboro, A. Boukhajjou & M. Y. E. Ouahabi. 2024 A new species of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions of the genus Neobisium Chamberlin, 1930 (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from Morocco Arthropoda Selecta 33: 225–232.
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