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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... legs I and of other legs may be equipped with spinelike or spurlike apophyses to aid in capturing prey , or in the case of certain parasitic and phoretic families , they may be modified for clasping hairs or for adhering to the skin of ...
... legs I and of other legs may be equipped with spinelike or spurlike apophyses to aid in capturing prey , or in the case of certain parasitic and phoretic families , they may be modified for clasping hairs or for adhering to the skin of ...
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... legs II - III usually similar to that between legs III - IV . Femur I with seta d short , stout , usually branched . Male aedeagal tube apparently annulated or striated . Free living or associated with insects and animal nests ( Figs ...
... legs II - III usually similar to that between legs III - IV . Femur I with seta d short , stout , usually branched . Male aedeagal tube apparently annulated or striated . Free living or associated with insects and animal nests ( Figs ...
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... Legs IV are enlarged in many fur mites of the family ATOPOMELIDAE ( Fig . 16.55D ) . Although mites in these groups use the enlarged legs merely for holding juvenile or adult females , legs III of some ACARIDAE ( Sancassania ...
... Legs IV are enlarged in many fur mites of the family ATOPOMELIDAE ( Fig . 16.55D ) . Although mites in these groups use the enlarged legs merely for holding juvenile or adult females , legs III of some ACARIDAE ( Sancassania ...
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