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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... parasitiform mites ( Woodring and Galbraith 1976 ) and usually have a single pair of large caeca . The smaller ventriculus of most parasitiform mites may give rise to two or more large and often very long caecal pairs . Ticks are ...
... parasitiform mites ( Woodring and Galbraith 1976 ) and usually have a single pair of large caeca . The smaller ventriculus of most parasitiform mites may give rise to two or more large and often very long caecal pairs . Ticks are ...
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... parasitiform order Holothyrida have 1 : 1 field sex ratios , but nothing is known of their genetic sys- tem ( Walter and Proctor 1998 ) . Mite chromosomes are typi- small ( < 0.003 mm ) , lack defined centromeres , and cally very are ...
... parasitiform order Holothyrida have 1 : 1 field sex ratios , but nothing is known of their genetic sys- tem ( Walter and Proctor 1998 ) . Mite chromosomes are typi- small ( < 0.003 mm ) , lack defined centromeres , and cally very are ...
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... parasitiform predators and putative mycophages ( OCon- nor 1984a ; Lindquist 1995 ) . Although grazing on higher plants by parasitiform , trombidiform , and astigmatine mites is at most a sporadic phenomenon , it is a way of life for ...
... parasitiform predators and putative mycophages ( OCon- nor 1984a ; Lindquist 1995 ) . Although grazing on higher plants by parasitiform , trombidiform , and astigmatine mites is at most a sporadic phenomenon , it is a way of life for ...
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