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Acarid Phylogeny and Evolution: Adaptation in Mites and Ticks

Proceedings of the IV Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Fabio Bernini

    1. Università di Siena, Italy

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  2. Roberto Nannelli

    1. Istituto Sperimentale di Zoologia Agraria, Italy

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  3. Giorgio Nuzzaci

    1. Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy

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  4. Enrico Lillo

    1. Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy

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Table of contents (46 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. As time goes by: a profile of Italian acarology

    1. As time goes by: a profile of Italian acarology

      • Salvatore Ragusa
      Pages 1-20

  3. Phylogeny, Genetics and Speciation

    1. Mites as models in development and genetics

      • Richard H. Thomas
      Pages 21-26

    2. Speciation and biogeography in eriophyid mites: a review

      • Brian Fenton
      Pages 27-34

    3. Mitochondrial DNA variation and phylogeography of Steganacarus on Tenerife (Canary Islands)

      • Nicola Salomone, Fabio Bernini
      Pages 35-39

    4. Preliminary report on fossil oribatid mites from the Florisbad Quaternary Research Station, South Africa

      • Louise Coetzee
      Pages 41-44

    5. An Early Ordovician oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) from the island of Öland, Sweden

      • F. Bernini, G. Carnevale, G. Bagnoli, S. Stouge
      Pages 45-47

    6. Genetic polymorphism in prey preference at a small spatial scale: a case study of soil predatory mites (Hypoaspis aculeifer) and two species of astigmatic mites as prey

      • Izabela Lesna, Maurice W. Sabelis
      Pages 49-64

    7. Experimental hybridization of Rhizoglyphus robini and R. echinopus (Acari: Acaridae)

      • Juliusz Unrug, Jacek Radwan
      Pages 65-68

  4. Morphology, Life Strategies and Physiology

    1. Water Inhabiting Mites

      1. The water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of a little disturbed forest stream in southwest Germany — a study on seasonality and habitat preference, with remarks on diversity patterns in different geographical areas
        • Reinhard Gerecke
        Pages 69-89
      2. The biodiversity of Neotropical water mites
        • Tom Goldschmidt
        Pages 91-99
      3. Life history strategies of <i>Hygrobates nigromaculatus</i>, a widespread palaearctic water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae)
        • Peter Martin, Cornelius Davids
        Pages 101-110
      4. The impact of human activity on the water mite fauna (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of the ‘Lasy Janowskie’ Landscape Park (South-Eastern Poland)
        • Robert Stryjecki
        Pages 111-117
      5. The occurrence of water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) in saline waters from a stone coal-mine in Bogdanka (South-Eastern Poland)
        • Witold Kowalik
        Pages 119-124
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About this book

The words pronounced by Serge Kreiter during the meeting come to mind. They could record exactly the situation of Acarology in Europe and in the World: "I think that in many European countries there are very few full time acarologists. It is very rare to have new positions available . . . . And public money, from the European Community but also from national countries, is very hard to get when you want to work on mites . . . . Could two acarological associations in Europe (Eur. A. Ac. and S. I. A. L. F) work together or, better, get married?" So, the fourth symposium of the European Acarologists has not only been the occasion to have an idea on which direction the research is addressed today, but also it pointed out the difficulties of our "scientific hranch". On the basis of the presentations and invited papers we had evidences of a "new" Acarology based on modern techniques and methods of investigations but also the importance, often sheltered even if of relevant value, of the "old" Acarology made on the alpha taxonomy and basic studies. So, a "new" Acarology needs the "old" one. In this context, the hope to put together the European acarologists has been coming up. This fact, of political meaning, can surely improve the acarological movement and the discussion on this point showed clearly the importance of several other activities and efforts in this direction. We hope that the meeting in Siena will represent a significative stone for the progress of Acarology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Università di Siena, Italy

    Fabio Bernini

  • Istituto Sperimentale di Zoologia Agraria, Italy

    Roberto Nannelli

  • Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy

    Giorgio Nuzzaci, Enrico Lillo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Acarid Phylogeny and Evolution: Adaptation in Mites and Ticks

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the IV Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists

  • Editors: Fabio Bernini, Roberto Nannelli, Giorgio Nuzzaci, Enrico Lillo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0611-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0465-0Published: 28 February 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5950-5Published: 30 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0611-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 451

  • Number of Illustrations: 111 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied Ecology, Invertebrates, Ecology, Plant Sciences, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Animal Physiology

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