The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies

ISBN-13: 9789401053747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 554 str.

Reinhart Schuster

Opis

During the Inaugural Meeting of the European Association of Acarol- ogists (EURAAC), held in Amsterdam in 1987, it was decided that the holding of a Symposium at regular intervals should be a major objective. With this in view, it was agreed that Professor Reinhart Schuster, the senior editor, be invited to accept the Presidency of the Association and, arising from that Office, to organize the first Symposium in Austria in 1988. There was strong support for a main theme focused on a particular aspect of acarology. From these discussions there emerged the proposal that emphasis be placed on aspects of reproduction, development and life-history strategies of the Acari. These were topics in the forefront of the discipline with exciting developments of interest not only to acarologists but to a wider audience because of the light they cast on fundamental processes in physiology, ecology and evolutionary biology. The object then was to invite a small number of key workers to present extended papers related to the main theme. There were seven of these all of which appear in the book. The remaining 51 contributions were offered papers a number of which fit within the framework of the Symposium theme.

Spis treści

One Life-history Strategies.- 1 The life strategies of mites.- 2 Life-history evolution of spider mites.- 3 Life-cycle strategies in unpredictably varying environments: genetic adaptations in a colonizing mite.- 4 The evolutionary transformation of osmotic regulation in the life cycle of freshwater mites (Hydrachnidia).- 5 Development and life-history strategies in mussel mites (Hydrachnellae: Unionicolidae).- Two Reproduction.- 6 Spermatology in the Acari: systematic and functional implications.- 7 The distribution, mechanisms and evolutionary significance of parthenogenesis in oribatid mites.- 8 Indirect sperm transfer in prostigmatic mites from a phylogenetic viewpoint.- 9 Spermatophore deposition in relation to atmospheric humidity among terrestrial Parasitengonae (Prostigmata).- 10 The role of Adlerocystis sp. in the reproduction of argasid ticks.- 11 A scanning electron-microscopy study of spermatogenesis in Pergamasus barbarus Berl. (Gamasida.- 12 Precise sex-ratio control in the pseudo-arrhenotokous phytoseiid mite, Typhlodromus occidentalis Nesbitt.- 13 Sex ratio, fitness and capacity for population increase in Pyemotes tritici (L.-F. and M.) (Pyemotidae).- 14 Preliminary observations of ovoviviparity in the gallforming mite, Aceria caulobius (Nal.) (Eriophyidea: Eriophyidae).- 15 Laboratory observations on duration of copulation and egg production of three phytoseiid species fed on pollen.- 16 Precopulatory mate guarding in the spider mite, Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisd.) (Tetranychidae).- Three Diapause, Development and Trophic Relations.- 17 Physiological aspects of diapause in plant-inhabiting mites.- 18 Repeated induction and termination of diapause in the predacious mite, Amblyseius potentillae (Garman) (Phytoseiidae).- 19 Inheritance of photoperiodic responses controlling diapause in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch.- 20 Some observations on diapause in winter eggs of Panonychus ulmi (Koch) (Tetranychidae).- 21 Reproduction, embryonic and postembryonic development of Trichouropoda obscurasimilis Hirschmann and Zirngiebl-Nicol 1961 (Anactinotrichida: Uropodina).- 22 Resource allocation and utilization contrasts in Hypoaspis aculeifer (Can.) and Alliphis halleri (G. and R. Can.) (Mesostigmata) with emphasis on food source.- 23 The influence of different host plants on the reproductive potential of Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) and Tyrophagus neiswanderi Johnston and Bruce (Acaridae).- 24 The relationship between house-dust mites and fungi.- 25 How plants maintain body-guards: plant exudate as a food source for phytoseiid mites.- Four Systematic, Morphology, Physiology and Behaviour.- 26 Distribution of characters and phylogenetic age — systematic problems in the higher taxa of the Oribatida.- 27 A new approach to the systematics of the genus Steganacarus (Oribatida).- 28 The morphology of the immature stages of Phthiracaroidea (Oribatida).- 29 A new interpretation of the epimeral theory of Grandjean.- 30 A comparison of the sclerotized parts of the reproductive organs of house-dust mites of the genus Dermatophagoides using scanning electron microscopy.- 31 Reproductive systems in Acaridida — some peculiar features.- 32 A respiratory apparatus in eggs of certain mites.- 33 Fine structure and functions of the mouthparts involved in the feeding mechanisms in Cenopalpus pulcher (Canestrini and Fanzago) (Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae).- 34 The alveolar salivary glands of the active phases of trombiculid mites (Trombiculidae).- 35 Pigmentation in water mites of the genera Limnochares Latr. and Hydrodroma Koch (Hydrachnidia).- 36 Biomass studies of water mites of the genera Limnochares Latr. and Hydrodroma Koch (Hydrachnidia).- 37 The saltatory capacity of an oribatid mite.- 38 Thanatosis or feigning death in mites of the family Scutacaridae.- Five Field Studies and Applied Aspects.- 39 The effects of spider-mite feeding on plant performance in relation to biological control.- 40 Dispersion indices and constant precision sampling programmes for Panonychus ulmi (Koch) and Amblyseius andersoni (Chant) in Spanish apple orchards.- 41 Herbicides and the reproduction of Tetranychus urticae Koch.- 42 Phytoseiid mites associated with vines in Sicilian vineyards.- 43 Studies on mites associated with lucerne in Greece.- 44 Vertical distribution and life stages of oribatid communities on beech trees.- 45 Histiostoma murchiei Hughes and Jackson (Anoetidae) as a parasite in the cocoons of some Danish earthworms.- 46 Rearing deutonymphs of Iphidosoma fimetarium (J. Müller), a mesostigmatic mite associated with carabid beetles.- 47 Mites of the House mouse, Mus musculus L., in the north-eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula in Spain.- 48 Records of Ixodoidea from the Trentino-Alto Adige region in northern Italy.- 49 Seasonal and spatial variation in food intake by the oribatid mites of beech woodland soil.- 50 The effects of ploughing and rotary cultivation on soil mites with particular reference to the Mesostigmata.- 51 The influence of soil cultivation methods on the edaphic fauna, and especially the Gamasina (Mesostigmata), in two southern German vineyards with different cultural treatments.- 52 The density of Tarsonemida in cropped arable soil in relation to fertilizer and crop-protection treatments.- 53 Soil mites and acidification: a comparative study of four forest stands near Heidelberg.- 54 Reactions of mite populations to the influence of environmental chemicals in a beech-wood floor.- 55 Population studies on the house-dust mite. Euroglyphus maynei (Cooreman 1950) (Pyroglyphidae).- 56 Management of mite development in the home.- 57 An indirect effect of cleaning on house-dust mites. (Dermatophagoides spp.) in carpets.- 58 Astigmatic and prostigmatic mites of grain stores, mills and sawmills in Finland.- Index to plant genera and species.- Index to animal genera and species.- Author index.