Proceedings of the 3<Superscript>rd<Superscript> International Congress of Acarology held in Prague August 31 - September 6, 1971

Front Matter....Pages 1-16 Opening Address....Pages 17-18 Opening Address....Pages 19-19 Acarology and Its Practical Importance....Pages 21-32 Front Matter....Pages 33-33 Sensory Receptors in Ticks and Mites....Pages 35-39 Specimen Preparation for, and the Advantages of, Examining Acarine Morphology with the Scanning Electron Microscope....Pages 41-45 Ultrastructure of the Egg Envelopes of a Uropodid Mite....Pages 47-51 Scanning Electron Microscope Investigations on Ticks, with Special Regard to the Sensillae, Haller’s Organ and the Apical Palpal Segment....Pages 53-53 Scanning Electron Microscopy of Oribatid Mites....Pages 55-56 Front Matter....Pages 57-57 Soil Mites (Oribatids) Climbing Trees....Pages 59-65 Jltrastructural Observations on the Alimentary Canal in Oribatidae (Acari)....Pages 67-70 Distribution of Oribatids Near Barrow, Alaska....Pages 71-74 The Systematics and Geographical Distribution of Mites of the Superfamily Belboidea Dub., 1958 (Acariformes; Oribatei)....Pages 75-77 The Phenology of Platynothrus Peltifer (C.L.K.)....Pages 79-83 An Ordination of Oribatid Mite Fauna under Differing Forest Covers....Pages 85-90 The Evolutionary Ecology Trends and Tempo of Evolution in Palearctic Oribatei....Pages 91-93 The Oribatid Mite Fauna of Oak Forests of the Trans-Carpathians (East Carpathians) and Other Areas of the European Part of the USSR....Pages 95-96 The Bionomics of Humerobates Rostrolamellatus Grandjean (Cryptostigmata-Ceratozetidae) on Fruit Trees....Pages 97-104 Autecological-Zoogeographical Analysis of Moss Mites (Acari, Oribatei) Based on the Fauna in the Environs of Poznań....Pages 105-107 Biological and Ecological Observations on Oribatid Mites....Pages 109-114 The Postembryonic Development of Pelopidae....Pages 115-118 Front Matter....Pages 57-57 The Occurrence of Oribatula Tadrosi (Popp), (Acarina, Oribatulidae) on Pear Trees in the U.A.R.....Pages 119-123 The Cenosis of Oribatid Mites as an Aid in Bio-Indication (Acarina, Oribatoidea)....Pages 125-128 Some Aspects of the Energetics of Soil Mites....Pages 129-134 The Structure of an Adult Population of Steganacarus Magnus (Nic.) (Cryptostigmata)....Pages 135-137 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 The Dorsal Shields of the Thyasidae....Pages 141-145 The Groups of Water Mites (Hydrachnellae) in Ponds after Peat-Digging....Pages 147-149 A New Method for Trapping water-mites in the Benthos of a Lake....Pages 151-157 The water-mites (Hydrachnellae, Acari) of a Stony Stream....Pages 159-167 On Halacarid Migration into Freshwaters....Pages 169-171 On the Occurrence of Water Mites (Hydrachnellae) in the Submerged Vegetation of a Carp Pond....Pages 173-176 Peculiarities of the Fauna of Hydracarina from Lake Baikal....Pages 177-180 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Physiological Functions of Plants as Affected by Damage Caused by Tetranychus Atlanticus Mcgregor....Pages 183-186 On the Biology of Brevipalpus Californicus Banks....Pages 187-191 Phosphorus Compounds as a Cause of an Increase in Numbers of the Flat Mite....Pages 193-196 Notes on the Bionomics of Calepitrimerus Vitis (Nal.) (Acarina: Eriophyidae)....Pages 197-199 The Present Status of Our Knowledge of Indian Plant Feeding Mites....Pages 201-204 The Effect of Temperature on Hatching of the Winter Eggs of Fruit Tree Red Spider Mite, Panonychus Ulmi (Koch)....Pages 205-209 Feeding Response of the Two-Spotted Spider Mite to Some Plant Components....Pages 211-215 Some Problems in the Control of Cotton Mites in Turkey....Pages 217-219 A Contribution to the Study of Aceria Oleae (Nalepa, 1900). (Acarina: Eriophyidae)....Pages 221-224 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Studies on the Feeding of four Species of Phytoseiid Mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae)....Pages 225-227 A Contribution to the Fauna and Biology of Tetranychid Mites of the Crimea (Acariformes, Tetranychoidea)....Pages 229-231 Studies on Eriophyid Mites in Bulgaria....Pages 233-235 Population Dynamics of Some Tetranychids in Subtropical Florida....Pages 237-240 Mites and Their Economic Importance in Iran....Pages 241-245 Origin and Evolution of Gall Mites (Eriophyoidea) in the Light of their Internal Anatomy....Pages 247-249 Preliminary Biological Studies in Tetranychus Neocalidonicus Marc Andre....Pages 251-254 Front Matter....Pages 255-255 Idiosomal Sigillotaxy of Gamasids. Preliminary Observations Towards the Knowledge of the Morphology of These Arachnida....Pages 257-261 Some Considerations on the System and Phylogeny of Gamasid Mites....Pages 263-267 Ontophylogenetic Considerations on the Chaetotaxy of Caeculidae (Acari — Prostigmata)....Pages 269-273 Classification and Phylogeny of Mites....Pages 275-282 An Analysis of the Classical Taxonomic Method With Particular Reference to the Family Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata)....Pages 283-286 “Gangsystematik” of the Parasitiformes and the Family Uropodidae Berlese....Pages 287-292 Observations on the Generic Classification of Tarsonemid Mites (Prostigmata)....Pages 293-297 On the Taxonomy of the Bryobiidae (Acariformes, Tetranychoidea)....Pages 297-298 Solenidial Transposition in Pimeliaphilus (Acari, Pterygosomatidae) and Its Potential Systematic Significance....Pages 299-302 The Specific Stability and the Chaetotactic Variations in Mucronothrus Nasaus Willm. (Oribatei)....Pages 303-309 Preliminary Note to a Tentative Nepophylogeny of Trombiculids....Pages 311-319 Of Techniques and Ortho-Iconography....Pages 321-328 Study of the “Erythraeidae, R.O.M. No.8” of Ewing, 1937....Pages 329-335 Front Matter....Pages 255-255 Taxonomy of Oribatid Mites — Retrospect and Prospect....Pages 337-341 Some Aspects of the Morphology of the Gnathosoma of Heterozercon (Acari: Mesostigmata)....Pages 343-343 Imprimatur for Taxonomical Publications....Pages 345-345 Front Matter....Pages 347-347 Chelachecaropsis Bakeri, a New Genus and Species Associated with Stored Food Mites in Egypt (Acarina, Cheyletidae)....Pages 349-352 Demographic Parameters of Tyrophagus Putrescentiae (Schr.) Reared on Various Foods....Pages 353-356 A Study on the Influence of Some Ecological Factors on the Hypopus Formation of Stored Product Mites....Pages 357-363 The Influence of Some Active Substances of Medicinal Herbs on Stored Product Mites (Acaroidea)....Pages 365-369 The Family Acaridae of the Caucasian Fauna....Pages 371-372 The Energy Budget of Tyrophagus Putrescentiae (Schr.) (Acaridae)....Pages 373-378 Fauna of Acarid Mites of the Far East....Pages 379-380 The Hypopus and Its Main Types....Pages 381-383 Orientation of Tyrophagus Putrescentiae (Schrank) Towards Olfactory Stimuli....Pages 385-389 Front Matter....Pages 391-391 Chiggers in the High Altitude Region of the East Hindu-Kush....Pages 393-396 Peculiarities of the Development of Morphological Structure in Genera of the Subfamily Listrophorinae....Pages 397-401 Ectoparasitic Mites (Gamasoidea) on Small Mammals in Northernmost Sweden....Pages 403-409 Classification and Geographical Distribution of Listrophoroidea....Pages 411-414 A Particular Way of Piercing the Nasal Mucous Membrane Used by Mites of the Family Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 1895....Pages 415-415 Gamasid Mites (Gamasoidea, Parasitiformes) of the Caucasus....Pages 417-419 Present Situation in the Studies of Chigger Mites in the USSR....Pages 421-424 Eradication of Myobiid Mites Infesting Laboratory Mice....Pages 425-425 Front Matter....Pages 391-391 Nest Mites of Small Mammals in the Western Carpathians....Pages 427-433 Chiggers (Family Trombiculidae) of the North American Deserts....Pages 435-440 To the Zoogeography of Some Mite Species (Gamasoidea) Parasitizing Small Mammals in Europe....Pages 441-443 The Distribution of Gamasoid Mites Parasitizing the House Mouse ( Mus Musculus ) in the Ukraine....Pages 445-448 Front Matter....Pages 449-449 On the Ecology of Ixodes Ricinus L. Nymphs (Ixodidae)....Pages 451-457 Experimental Interspecific Hybridization of Ticks of Genus Ornithodoros ....Pages 459-461 Some Distributional Peculiarities of Species Belonging to the Ixodes Persulcatus Group ....Pages 463-465 The Introduction into Denmark of the Kennel Tick [ Rhipicephalus Sanguineus (Latr. 1806)] with Remarks on Its Reactions to Different Humidities....Pages 467-472 Ticks (Ixodoidea) on Migrating Birds in Cyprus, Fall 1967 and Spring 1968, and Epidemiological Considerations....Pages 473-478 Some Characteristic Features of the Life History, Ecology and Behaviour of the Ticks Haemaphysalis Inermis, H. Concinna and H. Punctata ....Pages 479-482 Biology of Haemaphysalis (Alloceraea) Inermis in Moldavia....Pages 483-485 Front Matter....Pages 487-487 Diapause Phenomena in Ticks (Ixodoidea) and Their Regulation....Pages 489-491 Hibernation of the Tick Ixodes Ricinus in the Light of Continuously Measured Microclimate Elements....Pages 493-497 Demodicids (Trombidiformes: Demodicidae) of Medical and Veterinary Importance....Pages 499-505 Emerging Patterns of Tick-Virus Relationships....Pages 507-509 Biological Patterns in the Afghanistan Tick Fauna....Pages 511-514 The Biology and Ecology of the Quill Mite Syringophilus Bipectinatus Heller, 1880....Pages 515-516 Population Dynamics of a Parasitic Mite Demodex Caprae (Trombidiformes: Demodicidae)....Pages 517-521 Epidemiological Analysis of the Incidence of Scabies in One of the Districts of Czechoslovakia....Pages 523-526 On the Morphogenesis of the Attachment Cement of Some Ixodid Ticks....Pages 527-529 Front Matter....Pages 487-487 Adaptations in Demodicids (Trombidiformes: Demodicidae) for Utilization of the Mammalian Skin Complex....Pages 531-535 A Susceptibility of Animals to Psoroptes Invasion....Pages 537-538 Control of Acariases and Piroplasmoses of Farm Animals in the USSR....Pages 539-540 On the Diagnostics of Human Scabies....Pages 541-543 Tick Distribution in Inundated and Non-Inundated Biotopes....Pages 545-546 The Histological Identification of Acarina in Skin Biopsies....Pages 547-549 Ecological Distribution of House-Dust Mites in Europe....Pages 551-556 Spatial Relations of House Dust Mites....Pages 557-559 Front Matter....Pages 561-561 Tick-Borne Encephalitis as a Hazard Factor in Working Environment....Pages 563-567 Infectivity of Ixodes Ricinus L. Ticks in the Mixed Natural Focus of Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) and Uukuniemi (UK) Virus....Pages 569-573 Methodological Principles of Mapping the Occurrence of Ixodid Ticks....Pages 575-577 Ticks in Relation to Maintenance Hosts of Arboviruses in Central Europe....Pages 579-581 Causes and Dynamics of Contacts between Rural Inhabitants and Ixodes Persulcatus in Natural Foci of Tick-Borne Encephalitis....Pages 583-588 Ticks as Vectors of Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Virus in Europe....Pages 589-591 Dermacentor Marginatus and D. Reticulatus Ticks, Possible Vectors of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Central Europe....Pages 593-595 The Occurrence of the Tick Haemaphysalis Concinna Koch in Relation of Tickborne Encephalitis....Pages 597-599 Front Matter....Pages 601-601 Burrow Tick Ixodes Trianguliceps in Natural Foci of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Broad-Leaved Forests of Eastern Europe....Pages 603-607 Distribution and Seasonal Activity in the Preimago Phases of the Ixodid Ticks in a Focus of Haemorrhagic Fever (Crimean Type)....Pages 609-613 Application of Fluorescent Antibody Method (FAM) in the Isolation of Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever Virus from Ticks, the Vectors of the Disease....Pages 615-618 Potentialities of Accumulation of Omsk Haemorrhagic Fever Virus in the Population of Ixodid Ticks of the Natural Focus During the Epizootic Season....Pages 619-625 Front Matter....Pages 601-601 Relationship between Ticks and Rickettsiae of the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Group (RMSF) Isolated in Slovakia....Pages 627-630 Attempts to Use Half-Engorged Ticks for the Titration of Rickettsiae....Pages 631-635 Front Matter....Pages 637-637 Chlorobenzilate, an Acaricide of Wide Spectrum Against Citrus Mites....Pages 639-643 Influence of Certain Phytocides and Antibiotics on the Reproduction and Development of Tetranychus Mites....Pages 645-647 Resistance to Acaricides in Fruit Tree Red Spider Mite, Panonychus Ulmi (Koch), in South-East England....Pages 649-652 The Mites Associated with Armored Scale Insects....Pages 653-654 Many-Year Reaction of the Population of Ixodes Persulcatus P. Sch. Ticks to a Single Introduction of Stable Residual Acaricide into Their Habitats....Pages 655-662 Methodology for Assessing Resistance in the European Red Mite....Pages 663-667 Susceptibility of Ixodes Ricinus L. to DDT and Other Acaricides in Western Slovakia....Pages 669-673 Susceptibility of Sancassania Phyllognathi to Some Insecticide Aerosols....Pages 675-678 Effect of Trichlorphon (Dthp)-Based Preparations on Ticks and Mites....Pages 679-683 Preliminary Laboratory Tests with Tick Repellents....Pages 685-686 A New Chemical Group of Cattle Acaricides....Pages 687-691 Prospects for Chemical Control of Boophilus Microplus in Australia....Pages 693-695 Tick Resistant Cattle for the Control of Boophilus Microplus ....Pages 697-700 Front Matter....Pages 701-701 On the Morphological and Physiological Characteristics of the Alimentary Canal of the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus Echinopus (Fumouze Et Rabin)....Pages 703-706 An Electron-Microscope Investigation of the Midgut Epithelium of the Adult Female of Dermacentor Marginatus Sulz....Pages 707-709 The Salivary Glands of Argas Persicus (Oken, 1818)....Pages 711-715 Kinetics of Water Exchange between a Mite, Laelaps Echidnina , and the Surrounding Air....Pages 717-717 Copulation and Spermatophore Formation in Soft and Hard Ticks....Pages 719-722 Front Matter....Pages 701-701 Continuous Insemination in Eutrombicula Splendens (Acarina: Trombiculidae)....Pages 723-725 Water Vapor Sorption from the Atmosphere: Evidence for Active and Passive Components in Larvae of Dermacentor Variabilis (Say)....Pages 727-727 Feeding of Ticks on Sensibilized Animals....Pages 729-732 Sperm Maturation in Ticks: An Example of Capacitation in Invertebrates?....Pages 733-737 Feeding Behavior and Nutritional Requirements of Some Acari....Pages 739-743 An Active Constituent of the Saliva of the Cattle Tick, Boophilus Microplus ....Pages 745-748 Blattisocius Tarsalis: Behavior in Association with the Moth Epizeuxis Aemula ....Pages 749-751 Front Matter....Pages 753-753 A Study of the Life Cycle of Pseudobryobia Drummondi (Ewing) (Acarina: Tetranychidae)....Pages 755-759 Parasite-Host Relationships in Feather Mites....Pages 761-764 Interrelationships of Mesostigmatic Mites in the Nests of Clethrionomys Glareolus ....Pages 765-770 The Acarinia Zone of Bats under Conditions of Central Europe....Pages 771-774 Influence of Temperature on Population Increase of Four Dung-Living Macrochelid Mites within Optimum Range....Pages 775-779 Population Regulation in Quill Mites (Acarina: Syringophilidae)....Pages 781-781 Density and Host Relations of Ixodes Trianguliceps Bir. in Woodland and Grassland Areas....Pages 783-787 The Protonymph of Pimeliaphilus (Pterygosomatidae) and Its Significance Relative to the Calyptostases in the Parasitengona....Pages 789-795 Preliminary Considerations of a Population Model for Boophilus Microplus in Australia....Pages 797-801 Termination of Diapause in Laboratory-Reared Dermacentor Andersoni Adults....Pages 803-806 Electrograms of Feeding Ticks Recorded Continuously by Telemetry....Pages 807-807 Closing Address....Pages 809-811 Back Matter....Pages 812-837