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 247
... opisthosoma lacking all cupules ( lyrifissures ) , and with setation reduced to maximally 7 pairs of setae , of which 3-4 pairs displaced ventrolaterally to resemble ventral setae ; caudally , opisthosoma terminating with adhesive ...
... opisthosoma lacking all cupules ( lyrifissures ) , and with setation reduced to maximally 7 pairs of setae , of which 3-4 pairs displaced ventrolaterally to resemble ventral setae ; caudally , opisthosoma terminating with adhesive ...
Page 320
... Opisthosoma usually with a longitudinal series of 4 dorsal plates ( tergites ) , often overlapping . Tarsi of legs II - III with stalked , smooth , padlike empo- dium usually flanked by paired claws , or rarely without empodium but with ...
... Opisthosoma usually with a longitudinal series of 4 dorsal plates ( tergites ) , often overlapping . Tarsi of legs II - III with stalked , smooth , padlike empo- dium usually flanked by paired claws , or rarely without empodium but with ...
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... opisthosoma rarely bilobed , male with or without bilobed opisthosoma . On skin or in ears of many mammal orders PSOROPTIDAE 37a . Legs III - IV of female and III of male strongly modified for clasping hairs ( Fig . 16.53A ) , rarely ...
... opisthosoma rarely bilobed , male with or without bilobed opisthosoma . On skin or in ears of many mammal orders PSOROPTIDAE 37a . Legs III - IV of female and III of male strongly modified for clasping hairs ( Fig . 16.53A ) , rarely ...
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