A Manual of AcarologyGerald William Krantz, David Evans Walter In the thirty years since the second edition of A Manual of Acarology was published, acarologists have discovered a multitude of new mite taxa, made major modifications in acarine classification, and profoundly altered their understanding of this vast group, inspiring new and innovative approaches to resolving many basic and applied acarological problems. Now, this completely revised and updated reference, the most comprehensive and recent in the discipline, is 04 Activeable to researchers, teachers, students, and plant and animal scientists wishing to explore the complex and often astonishing world of mites. The third edition remains primarily taxonomic in approach, but it also provides detailed information on subjects that include phylogeny, biology, morphology, systematics, ecology, and behavior. The editors discuss collection and rearing techniques in detail, along with specimen preparation and methods of preservation. Taxonomic diagnoses for the 124 presently recognized superfamilies of Acari are included in their appropriate systematic chapters, and feeding habits, host range, and distribution of member families and representative species are discussed under each superfamilial heading. The authors complement their text with keys to families (with the Ixodida keyed to genus), a bibliography comprising more than 4,000 entries, and a detailed index. More than 1,330 labeled line drawings and scanning electron micrographs illustrate the text. Unlike previous editions, the third is the product of a team effort by ten authors whose contributions have been amalgamated into a seamless text. In addition to the editors, the contributors are V. M. Behan-Pelletier, D. R. Cook, M. S. Harvey, J. E. Keirans, E. E. Lindquist, R. A. Norton, B. M. OConnor, and I. M. Smith, all leading experts in their areas of acarology. |
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Page 65
... group because the latter tend to use prey resources of larger size . Fungivores , Microbivores , and Detritivores Several acarine groups use fungi either directly as a food source or indirectly as source habitats for mycetophilous prey ...
... group because the latter tend to use prey resources of larger size . Fungivores , Microbivores , and Detritivores Several acarine groups use fungi either directly as a food source or indirectly as source habitats for mycetophilous prey ...
Page 267
... group of genera , with many species groups exhibiting vicariance in the Southern Hemisphere ( Cook 1974b ; Viets 1987 ; Smit 1996d ) , probably reflecting Gond- wanan origin ( Smith and Cook 1999a ) . For example , most species groups ...
... group of genera , with many species groups exhibiting vicariance in the Southern Hemisphere ( Cook 1974b ; Viets 1987 ; Smit 1996d ) , probably reflecting Gond- wanan origin ( Smith and Cook 1999a ) . For example , most species groups ...
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... groups with highly modified mouth- parts . The labiogenal articulation in a stenarthric subcapitu- lum is A shaped and runs obliquely from a central point in the midline to each posterolateral corner . This produces a tri- angular ...
... groups with highly modified mouth- parts . The labiogenal articulation in a stenarthric subcapitu- lum is A shaped and runs obliquely from a central point in the midline to each posterolateral corner . This produces a tri- angular ...
Contents
Reproduction and Embryogenesis | 54 |
Habits and Habitats | 64 |
Collection Rearing and Preparing Specimens | 83 |
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Acari acariform Acarina Acarol Acarologia aedeagus Alberti anal Aoki apodeme arthropods associated astigmatine Atyeo Australia bearing beetles Behan-Pelletier Berlese Bothridial seta chelicerae cheliceral digit claws Cook coxae coxal plates coxisternal cuticle deutonymph distal dorsal dorsal shield dorsum of female eggs elongate empodium Endeostigmata Entomol eriophyid Erythraeidae Evans Fain feed fused genera genital papillae genus gland gnathosoma Grandjean groups habitats host hysterosoma I-II idiosoma III-IV insects instars Krantz larvae lateral legs Lindquist litter Mahunka male medially Mesostigmata nests North America Norton notogaster OConnor opisthonotal opisthosoma oribatid oribatid mites pairs of genital pairs of setae palp palpi parasites Parasitiformes peritremes phoretic porose areas posterior posteriorly predators pretarsi prodorsal prodorsum Prostigmata region Sarcoptiformes sclerotized segments setae Smith soil solenidia solenidion species sperm spermatophore subcapitulum subfamily Superfamily tarsi tarsus taxa tibia ticks trochanter usually venter of female ventral Viets Walter water mites Zool µm Figs