Acarology is on the move! For a long time the development of Acarology as a field of biological science has been dominated by systematists and applied scientists. In the last 15 years, however, Acari have been increasingly recognized as highly suitable for the testing of theories in ecological and evolutionary sciences. The growing interest from evolutionary and molecular biologists and from population and community ecologists in mites and ticks has a strong impetus on the field of Acarology, and has already led to significant progress. This book contains many chapters that illustrate the recent progress in - mainly evolutionary and ecological aspects of - Acarology.
Preface xi Evolution, Phylogeny And Speciation Evolution and systematics of the Chelicerata 1(14) Peter Weygoldt Canalized pathways of change and constraints in the evolution of reproductive modes of microarthropods 15(30) Harald Witte Dirk Doring Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes) 45(28) Roy A. Norton Evolution of phytophagy in trombidiform mites 73(16) Evert E. Lindquist Origin and evolution of feather mites (Astigmata) 89(16) Jacek Dabert Serge V. Mironov Phylogeny and co-speciation in feather mites of the subfamily Avenzoariinae (Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae) 105(20) Serge V. Mironov Jacek Dabert Loss of larval parasitism in parasitengonine mites 125(12) Bruce P. Smith Life-history evolution in Parasitengonae (Acari: Prostigmata): constraints on number and size of offspring 137(12) Andreas Wohltmann Sperm competition in the Acari 149(8) Wojciech Witalinski Distribution of asymmetrical and symmetrical sperm storage in the Eriophyoidea and its phylogenetic implications 157(6) G.N. Oldfield Host plant associations in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae): insights from molecular phylogeography 163(12) Maria Navajas Genetic differentiation in Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) from greenhouses in France 175(12) Anastasia Tsagkarakou Maria Navajas Francois Rousset Nicole Pasteur The role of adaptation to host plants in the evolution of reproductive isolation: Negative evidence from Tetranychus urticae 187(8) James D. Fry Geographic differences in host specialization between the symbiotic water mites Unionicola formosa and U. foili (Acari: Unionicolidae) 195(12) Dale D. Edwards Regan Bogardus Nicholaus Wilhite Ecology And Evolution Interactions between arthropod predators and plants: A conspiracy against herbivorous arthropods? 207(24) Maurice W. Sabelis Arne Janssen Jan Bruin Frank M. Bakker Bas Drukker Petru Scutareanu Paul C.J. Van Rijn Behaviour and indirect interactions in food webs of plant-inhabiting arthropods 231(20) Arne Janssen Angelo Pallini Madelaine Venzon Maurice W. Sabelis Behavioural ecology of plant-phytoseiid interactions mediated by herbivore-induced plant volatiles 251(18) Marcel Dicke Junji Takabayashi Maarten A. Posthumus Conny Schutte Olga E. Krips The ecology of Lyme borreliosis vector ticks 269(8) J.S. Gray Biology and ecology of trombidiid mites (Acari: Trombidioidea) 277(14) Zhi-Qiang Zhang Reflections on the biology, morphology and ecology of the Macrochelidae 291(12) G.W. Krantz Phoresy by Hemisarcoptes (Acari: Hemisarcoptidae) on Chilocorus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Influence of subelytral ultrastructure 303(20) M.A. Houck When to leave the brood chamber? Routes of dispersal in mites associated with burying beetles 323(10) Horst H. Schwarz Stella Koulianos Functional morphology as an aid in determining trophic behaviour: The placement of astigmatic mites in food webs of water-filled tree hole communities 333(16) Norman J. Fashing Natural selection of Varroa jacobsoni explains the differential reproductive strategies in colonies of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera 349(10) Willem J. Boot Johan N.M. Calis Joop Beetsma Dong Minh Hai Nguyen Kim Lan Tran Van Toan Le Quang Trung Nguyen Hung Minh Regaining the water: a simulation model approach for Arrenurus larvae (Hydrachnellae) parasitizing damselflies (Coenagrion puella: Odonata) 359(8) Jens Rolff Boris Schroder Juvenile survival and development in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding on con- and heterospecific immatures 367(8) Peter Schausberger Do western flower thrips avoid plants infested with spider mites? Interactions between potential competitors 375(6) Angelo Pallini Arne Janssen Maurice W. Sabelis Food and feeding behaviour of deutonymphs and adults of the water mite Hydrachna skorikowi (Acari: Hydrachnellae), with notes on the structure of their mouthparts 381(8) Michael Stevens Hartmut Greven Leaf hairs influence searching efficiency and predation rate of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) 389(10) O.E. Krips P.W. Kleijn P.E.L. Willems G.J.Z. Gols M. Dicke Life-history parameters of two closely related forms of the Tetranychus urticae-complex on different host plants 399(6) Anna Witul Malgorzata Kielkiewicz The contribution of extrafloral nectar to survival and reproduction of the predatory mite Iphiseius degenerans on Ricinus communis 405(14) Paul C.J. Van Rijn Lynell K. Tanigoshi Pollen as a medium for rearing plant-feeding acarid mites (Acari: Acaridae) 419(4) Wit Chmielewski Bionomics of Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Carpoglyphidae) on honey 423(2) Wit Chmielewski Mass-rearing of Amblyseius californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on two alternative food sources 425(8) M. Castagnoli S. Simoni N. Biliotti The influence of various kinds of food on the distribution and life cycle of Metarhombognathus armatus (Halacaridae: Rhombognathinae) 433(8) Frank Siemer Biodiversity Mites in Water Population biology of a phytophagous mite of marine and estuarine rocky shores (Astigmata, Hyadesiidae) 441(10) Jens Bucking Diel and seasonal drift of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in two streams of the North German Lowland 451(8) Peter Martin Water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaridae) from the hyporheic habitat of the Mugnone stream (Tuscany, Italy) 459(8) A. Di Sabatino B. Cicolani Water mites of typical habitats in four Polish national parks situated in different landscapes 467(6) Witold Kowalik Eugeniusz Biesiadka Robert Stryjecki Remarks on the morphology, life cycle, distribution and taxonomy of water mites of the subfamily Acherontacarinae in the Western Palaearctic 473(10) Daniele Benfatti Reinhard Gerecke Water mites of small boreal forest lakes (Central Finland) 483(8) Pauli Bagge Presence of acetabula-like structures on the coxae of the neotropical water mite genus Neotyrrellia (Tyrrelliinae, Limnesiidae, Prostigmata) 491(8) Tom Goldschmidt Gerd Alberti Elisabeth I. Meyer Mites in soil Oribatid mites of the Galapagos Islands: Faunistics, ecology and speciation 499(32) H. Schatz Gamasina in a succession of thirteen years 531(10) Hartmut H. Koehler Oribatid mites of a riverine forest in the Central Alps (Austria) 541(6) Ulrike Totschnig Heinrich Schatz Comparison of adult oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from three mountain forests in Poland: I. Abundance, biomass and species richness 547(10) Piotr Skubala Compact aggregation and life history strategy in a continental Antarctic mite 557(12) David J. Marshall Peter Convey A biometrical study of Berniniella serratirostris (Acari: Oribatei) and some related species 569(12) A.I. Caballero J.C. Iturrondobeitia M.I. Salona Morphological variability in populations of a thelytokous mite, Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (Oribatida), with notes on synonymy 581(6) Gerd Weigmann Fine structure of the humeral organ of juvenile Edwardzetes edwardsii (Ceratozetidae, Oribatida) 587(6) Gerd Alberti Andrzej Klimek Stanislaw Seniczak Observations on the fine structure of the vagina of pergamasid mites (Pergamasidae, Parasitina, Gamasida) 593(10) G. Alberti A. Gegner W. Witalinski Mites on plants Ultrastructural cell modification in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) leaf tissue in response to the carmine spider mite (Tetranychus cinnabarinus) feeding 603(14) Malgorzata Kielkiewicz Influence of soil management on mite populations in a vineyard agroecosystem 617(8) M. Castagnoli M. Liguori R. Nannelli Overwintering of phytoseiid mites (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) on hazelnut (Corylus avellana) in Sicily (Italy) 625(12) Haralabos Tsolakis Salvatore Ragusa Prosomal glands in Typhlodromus spp. females (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) 637(14) G. Nuzzaci A. Di Palma E. De Lillo P. Aldini Other mites and ticks Allergenic mites associated with bird nests in Poland (Astigmata: Pyroglyphidae, Acaridae, Glycyphagidae) 651(6) Krzysztof Solarz Piotr Szilman Ewa Szilman Body weight characteristics of some ixodid ticks: Reflecting adaptations to conditions of their habitats? 657(10) Igor Uspensky Inna Ioffe-Uspensky Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu Rachel Galun Species validity of the soft-tick Argas polonicus (Acari: Argasidae) based on 16S rDNA sequence analysis 667(6) M. Dabert J. Dabert K. Siuda Index 673
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