Ecology And Evolution Of The Acari: Proceedings Of The 3rd Symposium Of The European Association Of Acarologists 1–5 July 1996, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (series Entomologica)

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Evolution and systematics of the Chelicerata....Pages 1-14 Canalized pathways of change and constraints in the evolution of reproductive modes of microarthropods....Pages 15-43 Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes)....Pages 45-72 Evolution of phytophagy in trombidiform mites....Pages 73-88 Origin and evolution of feather mites (Astigmata)....Pages 89-103 Phylogeny and co-speciation in feather mites of the subfamily Avenzoariinae (Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae)....Pages 105-124 Loss of larval parasitism in parasitengonine mites....Pages 125-135 Life-history evolution in Parasitengonae (Acari: Prostigmata): constraints on number and size of offspring....Pages 137-148 Sperm competition in the Acari....Pages 149-156 Distribution of asymmetrical and symmetrical sperm storage in the Eriophyoidea and its phylogenetic implications....Pages 157-161 Host plant associations in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae): insights from molecular phylogeography....Pages 163-174 Genetic differentiation in Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) from greenhouses in France....Pages 175-185 The role of adaptation to host plants in the evolution of reproductive isolation: Negative evidence from Tetranychus urticae ....Pages 187-193 Geographic differences in host specialization between the symbiotic water mites Unionicola formosa and U. foili (Acari: Unionicolidae)....Pages 195-206 Interactions between arthropod predators and plants: A conspiracy against herbivorous arthropods?....Pages 207-229 Behaviour and indirect interactions in food webs of plant-inhabiting arthropods....Pages 231-249 Behavioural ecology of plant—phytoseiid interactions mediated by herbivore-induced plant volatiles....Pages 251-268 The ecology of Lyme borreliosis vector ticks....Pages 269-276 Biology and ecology of trombidiid mites (Acari: Trombidioidea)....Pages 277-289 Reflections on the biology, morphology and ecology of the Macrochelidae....Pages 291-301 Phoresy by Hemisarcoptes (Acari: Hemisarcoptidae) on Chilocorus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Influence of subelytral ultrastructure....Pages 303-321 When to leave the brood chamber? Routes of dispersal in mites associated with burying beetles....Pages 323-331 Functional morphology as an aid in determining trophic behaviour....Pages 333-347 Natural selection of Varroa jacobsoni explains the differential reproductive strategies in colonies of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera ....Pages 349-357 Regaining the water: a simulation model approach for Arrenurus larvae (Hydrachnellae) parasitizing damselflies ( Coenagrion puella : Odonata)....Pages 359-366 Juvenile survival and development in Euseius finlandicus , Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding on con- and heterospecific immatures....Pages 367-374 Do western flower thrips avoid plants infested with spider mites? Interactions between potential competitors....Pages 375-380 Food and feeding behaviour of deutonymphs and adults of the water mite Hydrachna skorikowi (Acari: Hydrachnellae), with notes on the structure of their mouthparts....Pages 381-387 Leaf hairs influence searching efficiency and predation rate of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)....Pages 389-398 Life-history parameters of two closely related forms of the Tetranychus urticae -complex on different host plants....Pages 399-404 The contribution of extrafloral nectar to survival and reproduction of the predatory mite Iphiseius degenerans on Ricinus communis ....Pages 405-417 Pollen as a medium for rearing plant-feeding acarid mites (Acari: Acaridae)....Pages 419-422 Bionomics of Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Carpoglyphidae) on honey....Pages 423-424 Mass-rearing of Amblyseius californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on two alternative food sources....Pages 425-431 The influence of various kinds of food on the distribution and life cycle of Metarhombognathus armatus (Halacaridae: Rhombognathinae)....Pages 433-439 Population biology of a phytophagous mite of marine and estuarine rocky shores (Astigmata, Hyadesiidae)....Pages 441-450 Diel and seasonal drift of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in two streams of the North German Lowland....Pages 451-457 Water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaridae) from the hyporheic habitat of the Mugnone stream (Tuscany, Italy)....Pages 459-466 Water mites of typical habitats in four Polish national parks situated in different landscapes....Pages 467-472 Remarks on the morphology, life cycle, distribution and taxonomy of water mites of the subfamily Acherontacarinae in the Western Palaearctic....Pages 473-482 Water mites of small boreal forest lakes (Central Finland)....Pages 483-489 Presence of acetabula-like structures on the coxae of the neotropical water mite genus Neotyrrellia (Tyrrelliinae, Limnesiidae, Prostigmata)....Pages 491-497 Oribatid mites of the Galápagos Islands....Pages 499-530 Gamasina in a succession of thirteen years....Pages 531-539 Oribatid mites of a riverine forest in the Central Alps (Austria)....Pages 541-546 Comparison of adult oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from three mountain forests in Poland: I. Abundance, biomass and species richness....Pages 547-555 Compact aggregation and life-history strategy in a continental Antarctic mite....Pages 557-567 A biometrical study of Berniniella serratirostris (Acari: Oribatei) and some related species....Pages 569-579 Morphological variability in populations of a thelytokous mite, Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (Oribatida), with notes on synonymy....Pages 581-586 Fine structure of the humeral organ of juvenile Edwardzetes edwardsii (Ceratozetidae, Oribatida)....Pages 587-591 Observations on the fine structure of the vagina of pergamasid mites (Pergamasidae, Parasitina, Gamasida)....Pages 593-601 Ultrastructural cell modification in tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum ) leaf tissue in response to the carmine spider mite ( Tetranychus cinnabarinus ) feeding....Pages 603-615 Influence of soil management on mite populations in a vineyard agroecosystem....Pages 617-623 Overwintering of phytoseiid mites (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) on hazelnut ( Corylus avellana ) in Sicily (Italy)....Pages 625-635 Prosomal glands in Typhlodromus spp. females (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)....Pages 637-649 Allergenic mites associated with bird nests in Poland (Astigmata: Pyroglyphidae, Acaridae, Glycyphagidae)....Pages 651-656 Body weight characteristics of some ixodid ticks: Reflecting adaptations to conditions of their habitats?....Pages 657-665 Species validity of the soft-tick Argas polonicus (Acari: Argasidae) based on 16S rDNA sequence analysis....Pages 667-671 Back Matter....Pages 673-677

Acarology is on the move! 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. This book contains many chapters that illustrate the recent progress in the field.