Trends in
Acarology
Proceedings
of the 12th International Congress
Sabelis,
Maurice W.; Bruin, Jan (Eds.)
Springer,
1st Edition, 2010, Hardcover
ISBN:
978-90-481-9836-8
CONTENTS
PLENARY
OPENING LECTURE
1 From
sequence to phoresy – molecular biology in acarology
Hans Klompen
PHYLOGENY AND
TAXONOMY OF ACARI
2 Systematic
relationships of Lohmanniidae (Acari: Oribatida)
Roy A. Norton
3 Anomalies
of notogastral structures in poronotic oribatid mites (Oribatida: Poronota)
interpreted as cryptic ancestral characters modulated by regulatory genes
Gerd Weigmann
4 Phylogeny
and host-parasite associations of feather mites of the Pteroherpus generic group (Astigmata: Pteronyssidae)
Sergey Mironov
& Georges Wauthy
5 Ontogeny
of the famulus in selected members of Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) and its
suitability as a phylogenetic marker
Jan Mourek
& Ladislav Miko
6 Food
competition and feeding behavior and its implications for the phylogeny of the
Histiostomatidae (Astigmata)
Stefan Wirth
7 Assessment
of the usefulness of eight DNA fragments for phylogenetic studies within the
family Phytoseiidae
M.-S. Tixier,
S. Guichou & S. Kreiter
8 The
genus Dermanyssus (Mesostigmata:
Dermanyssidae): history and species characterization
L. Roy & C.
Chauve
MORPHOLOGY OF ACARI
9 First
ultrastructural observations on a putative sperm access system in veigaiid
females (Veigaiidae, Gamasida)
Gerd Alberti, Antonella di Palma,
Gerald W. Krantz & Czeslaw Blaszak
10 Comparative
ultrastructure of the integument in adult mites of the Parasitengona and its
phylogenetic implication
Andrew B.
Shatrov
11 The
water mite family Pontarachnidae, with new data on its peculiar morphological
structures (Acari: Hydachnidia)
Harry Smit
& Gerd Alberti
12 Two
novel adaptations for dispersal in the mite family Histiostomatidae (Astigmata)
Norman J.
Fashing
13 ‘Private
matters’ of Sancassania berlesei
(Acaridida, Acaridae): testes, receptaculum seminis, ovary and the location of
sperm
Kerstin Klien
& Manfred G. Walzl
BIOGEOGRAPHY
AND BIODIVERSITY OF ACARI
14 Heterozerconidae:
A comparison between a temperate and a tropical species
Beverly S.
Gerdeman & Rufino Garcia
15 Patterns
of diversity in the Ceratozetoidea (Acari: Oribatida): a North American
assessment
Valerie
Behan-Pelletier & Heinrich Schatz
16 Mites
occurring in the canopy of Sitka spruce growing in Ireland
Julio Arroyo,
Patrick Neville & Thomas Bolger
17 Changes
of the oribatid community after a windthrow event
Eileen
Kreibich, Coronula Grauf1 & Sabrina Strauch
18 Effects
of a windthrow event in the forest of the peninsula Darss on the gamasid fauna
(Arachnida) and Collembola
Annett Wegener
& Gerd Alberti
19 Succession
of oribatid fauna (Acari, Oribatida) in fallen spruce trees: Deadwood promotes
species and functional diversity
Piotr Skubala
& Magdalena Maslak
20 Effects
of reforestation with conifers on the communities of mesostigmatic mites in
northern Spain (Acari: Mesostigmata)
María Lourdes
Moraza
21 Actinedid
mite community diversity in a succession gradient in continental sand-dune
habitats of central Europe
David J.
Russell & Gerd Alberti
22 Communities
of Oribatida associated with litter input in western red cedar tree crowns: Are
moss mats ‘magic carpets’ for oribatid mite dispersal?
Zoë Lindo
23 Oribatid
communities (Acari: Oribatida) associated with bird’s nest ferns (Asplenium nidus complex) in a
subtropical Japanese forest – a mini-review
Shigenori
Karasawa & Naoki Hijii
24 Mites
of the families Anystidae and Teneriffiidae from Baja California Sur, Mexico
Mercedes
Guadalupe López-Campos & Ignacio Vázquez-Rojas
25 Terrestrial
species of the genus Nanorchestes (Endeostigmata: Nanorchestidae) in Europe
Matti Uusitalo
26 Ptyctima
(Acari, Oribatida) in various habitats in Finland
R. Penttinen
& V. Huhta
27 Distribution
of Cosmochthonius species (Oribatida:
Cosmochthoniidae) in the eastern part of the Mediterranean, Ukraine and
Tajikistan
R. Penttinen
& E. Gordeeva
28 An
inventory of oribatid mites, the main decomposers in bogs of Colchic Lowland
(Caucasus, Georgia)
Maka Murvanidze
& Eristo Kvavadze
29 The
soil mites of buttongrass moorland (Tasmania) and their response to fire as a
management tool
David Green
30 The
water mite genus Torrenticola
(Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) in Costa Rica – ecology, diversity, and
bioindicator potential
Tom Goldschmidt
31 Stage
distributions of cunaxids in soil and litter at Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico
Blanca E.
Mejía-Recamier & Gabriela Castaño-Meneses
32 Mites
(Mesostigmata) inhabiting bird nests in Slovakia (Western Carpathians)
Peter Fend’a
33 Ereynetid
mites (Tydeoidea: Ereynetidae) associated with garlic crops in Guanajuato,
Mexico
Ignacio Mauro
Vázquez-Rojas & Edith G. Estrada-Venegas
PHYSIOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY
34 Nutritional
biology of oribatid mites from different microhabitats in the forest
Jaroslav Smrz
35 Enzyme
activities and internal bacteria of saprophagous soil mites (Acari: Oribatida,
Acaridida)
Jaroslav Smrz
36 Analysis
of tissues for EcR and RXR nuclear receptor gene expression during
vitellogenesis in the soft tick Ornithodoros
moubata
Mari Horigane
& DeMar Taylor
37 A
cysteine protease inhibitor (cystatin) from the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis is involved in tick innate immunity
Jinlin Zhou
& Kozo Fujisaki
CHEMICAL ACAROLOGY
38 Oil
gland secretions in Oribatida (Acari)
Günther
Raspotnig
39 How
astigmatic mites control the emission of two or even three types of pheromones
from the same gland
Yasumasa
Kuwahara
40 The
role of infochemicals in the interaction between cassava green mite and its
fungal pathogen Neozygites tanajoae
F.C.C.
Hountondji, M.W. Sabelis & R. Hanna
41 Herbivore-induced
plant volatiles prime two indirect defences in lima bean
Yasuyuki Choh
& Junji Takabayashi
42 Differences
in foraging strategies between populations of the predatory mite Neoseiulus womersleyi: correlation between
olfactory response and dispersal tendency
Taro Maeda
EVOLUTIONARY
AND ECOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY: INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION
43 Species
or morphological variation? A multivariate morphometric analysis of Afroleius simplex (Acari, Oribatida,
Haplozetidae)
Louise Coetzee
44 Assessment
of morphological and molecular variation among strains of Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
S. Guichou,
M.-S. Tixier & S. Kreiter
45 Identification
of a drought-adapted Neoseiulus
californicus strain: egg hatchability, juvenile survival and oviposition at
low humidities
A. Walzer, M.
Castagnoli, S. Simoni, M. Liguori, E. Palevsky & P. Schausberger
EVOLUTIONARY
AND ECOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY: REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIALITY
46 Spider
mites as study objects for evolutionary biology
Yutaka Saito
47 The
effect of a phosphogluconate dehydrogenase genotype on sperm competitiveness in
the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini
Piotr Lukasik,
Malgorzata Zygadlo & Jacek Radwan
48 Population
density and male polymorphism in the feather mite Falculifer rostratus (Acari: Falculiferidae)
H.C. Proctor,
G. Williams & D.H. Clayton
49 Observations
on reproduction, development, and sexual behaviour of stream-inhabiting water
mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
Peter Martin
50 Nest
microflora in the social spider mite, Stigmaeopsis
longus (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Ayumi Kikuchi
& Michiko Tanaka
EVOLUTIONARY
AND ECOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY: DEMOGRAPHY, DIAPAUSE AND DISPERSAL
51 Seasonal
adaptations in the life cycles of mites and ticks: comparative and evolutionary
aspects
Valentin N.
Belozerov
52 Embryonic
diapause and cold hardiness of Ixodes
ricinus eggs (Acari: Ixodidae)
Hans Dautel
& Wilhelm Knülle
53 Phoresy
revisited
A.M. Camerik
54 Pediculaster–host relationships (Acari: Siteroptidae)
A.M. Camerik
55 Generalist
and specialist strategies in macrochelid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata)
phoretically associated with dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Jérôme Niogret, Jean-Pierre Lumaret
& Michel Bertrand
56 Development
of microsatellite markers for Tetranychus
kanzawai (Acari: Tetranychidae) and analysis of spatio-temporal gene flow
among populations on different host plants
Shinya
Nishimura, Norihide Hinomoto & Akio Takafuji
57 Demographic
and reproductive parameters of Polyphagotarsonemus
latus in Carica papaya
Martha de Coss,
Gabriel Otero-Colina1, Jorge E. Peña2 & Ricardo
Magallanes
58 Effect
of temperature on the life history of the old world date mite, Oligonychus afrasiaticus (Acari:
Tetranychidae)
Ibrahim J.
Al-Jboory & Taha M. Al-Suaide
ECOLOGICAL
ACAROLOGY: ASSOCIATIONS WITH INSECTS
59 Habitat
selection in the bug Pyrrhocoris apterus:
Does it minimize the risk of being parasitized by the ectoparasitic mite Hemipteroseius adleri?
Rostislav Zemek
& Radomír Socha
60 Mites
associated with concealed and open nests of Apis
cerana indica in Kerala, South India
M.A. Haq, K.
Sumangala & N. Ramani
ECOLOGICAL
ACAROLOGY: INVASIVE SPECIES
61 Tracking
the colonisation history of the invasive species Varroa destructor
Maria J.
Navajas
62 The
rice mite Steneotarsonemus spinki, an
invasive species in the Americas
Denise Navia,
Renata Santos de Mendonça & Ronald Ochoa
63 Importation
of a New World tick, Dermacentor
albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae), with a horse from the USA into Germany
Gabriele Liebisch, Arndt Liebisch &
Stephan Paufler
AGRICULTURAL ACAROLOGY:
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
64 Concepts
of classification of the Phytoseiidae: Relevance to biological control of mites
J.A. McMurtry
65 Biological
control of mites in European vineyards and the impact of natural vegetation
Carlo Duso,
Serge Kreiter, Marie-Stéphane Tixier, Alberto Pozzebon & Valeria Malagnini
66 Does
agroforestry affect phytoseiid mite communities in vineyards in the South of
France?
Ziad Barbar,
Marie-Stéphane Tixier, Brigitte Cheval & Serge Kreiter
67 Manipulating
plant-arthropod conversations to improve conservation biological control of
mites
David G. James,
Sandra Castle Del Conte, Tanya S. Price, Tessa R. Grasswitz, Lawrence C.
Wright, Victor Reyna, Oscar Garcia & Joe Perez
68 Status
of coconut mite Aceria guerreronis
and biological control research in Sri Lanka
L.C.P. Fernando
& N.S. Aratchige
69 Development
of an economic rearing and transport system for an arid-adapted strain of the
predatory mite, Neoseiulus californicus,
for spider mite control
Eric Palevsky,
Phyllis G. Weintraub, Einat Zchori-Fein, Shira Gal, Neta Mozes-Daube, Yael
Argov, Marisa Castagnoli, Marialivia Liguori, Roberto Nannelli, Sauro Simoni,
Franca Tarchi, Silvia Guidi, Donatella Goggioli, Giuseppino Sabbatini
Peverieri, Peter Schausberger, Andreas Walzer, Monika Enigl, Serge Kreiter,
Marie-Stéphane Tixier, Sabine Guichou, Karel Bolckmans, Yvonne van Houten,
Elmer van Baal, Jose Eduardo Belda, Shimon Steinberg, Nurit Shapira, Dimitrios
Charantonis, George Tsalis, Raija Holmqvist, Sune Gullans, Michael Gross,
Patrick Peternel, Jan van der Blom, Juan Carlos Perez Mesa, Gad Rosenthal &
Ofra Goldfarb
70 Host
Range, distribution, and morphometrics of predatory mites associated with
phytophagous mites of fruit crops in Himachal Pradesh, India
Meena Thakur,
C.L. Dinabandhoo & Usha Chauhan
71 Winter
survival and reproduction of Amblyseius
longispinosus (Acari: Phytoseiidae), a potential predator of spider mites
on roses in Himachal Pradesh, India
Usha Chauhan,
Ram Kumar & Meena Thakur
72 Effect
of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria
bassiana on three acarine pests
Abd-Allah M.
Afifi, Aiman M. Mabrouk & Amal A. Asran
73 Hirsutella thompsonii as a mycoacaricide for Aceria guerreronis on coconut in India: research, development, and
other aspects
P. Sreerama
Kumar
74 Fusarium
species: acaropathogenic fungi as potential control agents against coconut
mite, Aceria guerreronis
Gunasingham
Mikunthan & M. Manjunatha
AGRICULTURAL
ACAROLOGY: PESTICIDES AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
75 Biocontrol
of phytophagous mites in Quebec apple orchards
Noubar J.
Bostanian, Gaétan Racette & Jacques Lasnier
76 Side
effects of pesticides on phytoseiid mites in French vineyards and orchards:
laboratory and field trials
Serge Kreiter,
Philippe Auger & Romain Bonafos
77 Pesticide
side-effects on predatory mites: the role of trophic interactions
Alberto
Pozzebon & Carlo Duso
78 Integrating
pesticides and biocontrol of mites in agricultural systems
Frank G. Zalom & Francisco Javier
Sáenz-de-Cabezón Irigaray
79 The
impact of sulfur on biological control of spider mites in Washington State vineyards
and hop yards
David G. James
& Deirdre Prischmann
80 Impact
of new pesticide chemistry on acarine communities in apple orchards
Raul T.
Villanueva & James F. Walgenbach
81 Effect
of monocrotophos and the acaropathogen, Fusarium
semitectum, on the broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus
latus, and its predator Amblyseius
ovalis in the field
Gunasingham
Mikunthan & M. Manjunatha
82 Compatibility
of pesticides with the acaropathogenic fungus, Fusarium semitectum
Gunasingham
Mikunthan & M. Manjunatha
83 Pesticide-induced
mortality and prey-dependent life history of the predatory mite Neoseiulus longispinosus (Acari:
Phytoseiidae)
N. Nusartlert,
P. Vichitbandha, G.T. Baker & A. Chandrapatya
AGRICULTURAL
ACAROLOGY: HOST PLANT EFFECTS AND DAMAGE
84 Effect
of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash levels on population fluctuation of
European red mite, Panonychus ulmi,
on apple
Sangita Sharma
& S.P. Bhardwaj
85 Resistance
of strawberry plants against the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Abd-Allah M.
Afifi, Ahamed Y.M. El-Laithy, Saied A. Shehata & El-Sayed M.A. El-Saiedy
86 Weight
loss of copra due to infestation by Aceria
guerreronis
M.A. Haq &
T.R. Sobha
VETERINARY
ACAROLOGY
87 Dermanyssus gallinae in Dutch poultry farms: Results of a questionnaire
on severity, control treatments, cleaning, and biosecurity
Monique F. Mul, Thea G.C.M. van
Niekerk, Berry F.J. Reuvekamp & Rick A. van Emous
88 A
bioassay to assess the activity of repellent substances on Ixodes ricinus nymphs
Francesco
Nazzi, Norberto Milani & Igor Saccon
89 Experimental
studies on the potential role of the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, as a vector of Salmonella serotype Enteritidis
Claire Valiente
Moro, Philippe Fravalo, Michel Amelot, Claude Chauve, Gilles Salvat &
Lionel Zenner
90 ‘Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii’,
formerly IricES1, a symbiont of the tick Ixodes
ricinus that resides in the host mitochondria
D. Sassera, T.
Beninati, S. Epis, C. Bandi, L. Beati, M. Montagna, M. Alba, C. Genchi, L.
Sacchi & N. Lo
91 The
tick Ixodes persulcatus (Acari:
Ixodidae) is a vector of various disease agents in the Cisural region, Russia
Edward I.
Korenberg, Valentina V. Nefedova, Yurii V. Kovalevskii & Nataliya B.
Gorelova
92 Seasonality
of Megninia ginglymura: a one-year
study in a hen farm in Yucatan, Mexico
M.T. Quintero,
M. Itza, G. Juarez & A. Eleno
ACARICIDES
93 Acaricidal
activity of some essential oils and their monoterpenoidal constituents against
the house dust mite, Dermatophagoides
pteronyssinus (Acari: Pyroglyphidae)
S.R. El-Zemity,
H.A. Rezk, Saher Farok & A.A. Zaitoon
94 A
gel formulation of formic acid for control of Varroa destructor
Fidel
Avila-Ramos, Gabriel Otero-Colina, Hussein Sánchez-Arroyo, María Teresa
Santillán-Galicia & Alberto Tecante
ACAROLOGICAL
TOOLS
95 Effect
of eight storage modes on DNA preservation
Matthew
Corriveau, Kaitlin Uppstrom & Hans Klompen
96 Spider
Mites Web: A comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae
Alain Migeon, Elodie Nouguier &
Franck Dorkeld