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Two novel adaptations for dispersal in the mite family Histiostomatidae (Astigmata)

Trends in Acarology, 2010

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Biology of the genus Hericia (Algophagidae: Astigmata), with the description of a new species from the eastern United States

Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2008

New observations concerning the biology of the genus Hericia are provided, as well as a discussio... more New observations concerning the biology of the genus Hericia are provided, as well as a discussion of past observations from the literature. A new species, Hericia janehenleyi, is described and illustrated from adults, phoretic deutonymphs and non-phoretic deutonymphs collected from fermenting sap flux on oak trees (Quercus spp.) in eastern Virginia, U.S.A. Deutonymphs are phoretic on the sap flux inhabiting beetle Glischrochilus obtusus (Say) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae).

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Lamingtonacarus, a New Genus of Algophagidae (Acari: Astigmata) From Water-Filled Treeholes In Queensland, Australia

by Barry Oconnor, Roger Kitching, and Norman Fashing

Invertebrate Systematics, 2000

Page 1. CSIRO PUBLISHING Invertebrate Taxonomy Volume 14, 2000 © CSIRO 2000 An international jour... more

A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF CUES USED BY MESOSTIGMATIC MITES TO LOCATE THEIR PASSALID BEETLE HOSTS

Four species of mesostigmatic mites associated with the passalid beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus ... more Four species of mesostigmatic mites associated with the passalid beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) (Coleoptera : Passalidae) were tested to define the cues used for host location. When placed in a free- choice disk olfactometer, mites were attracted to vials containing passalid beetles with which they had no physical contact. Mites were also attracted to vials from which a passalid beetle

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A novel aggregation site for silphine carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae)

Morphological variation in a Bryobia species (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae) from the Guassa Plateau, Menz Highlands, Ethiopia

<i>Hericia sanukiensis</i>, a new species of Algophagidae (Astigmata) inhabiting sap

Systematic and Acarology Acarology Special Publications, 2006

A new species, Hericia sanukiensis, is described and illustrated from adults, phoretic deutonymph... more A new species, Hericia sanukiensis, is described and illustrated from adults, phoretic deutonymphs and nonphoretic deutonymphs collected from sap flux on oak trees (Quercus acutissima Carruth.) in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Deutonymphs are phoretic on the sap flux inhabiting beetle Librodor japonicus (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae).

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Sarraceniopus — A new genus for Histiostomatid mites inhabiting the pitchers of the Sarraceniaceae (astigmata : Histiostomatidae)

International Journal of Acarology, 1984

A new genus, Sarraceniopus, is established for members of the Histiostomatidae inhabiting the pit... more A new genus, Sarraceniopus, is established for members of the Histiostomatidae inhabiting the pitchers of the plant family Sarraceniaceae, and a new species, S. darlingtoniae, is described from the pitchers of Darlingtonia californica. A phylogenetic analysis is presented for the genera of pitcher plant histiostomatids as well as for the species of the genus Sarraceniopus.

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Behavior of geladas and other endemic wildlife during a desert locust outbreak at Guassa, Ethiopia: ecological and conservation implications

Primates, 2010

Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) outbreaks have occurred repeatedly throughout recorded hist... more Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) outbreaks have occurred repeatedly throughout recorded history in the Horn of Africa region, devastating crops and contributing to famines. In June 2009, a desert locust swarm invaded the Guassa Plateau, Ethiopia, a large and unusually intact Afroalpine tall-grass ecosystem, home to important populations of geladas (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis), thick-billed ravens (Corvus crassirostris), and other Ethiopian or Horn of Africa endemics. During the outbreak and its aftermath, we observed many animals, including geladas, ravens, and a wolf, feeding on locusts in large quantities. These observations suggest surprising flexibility in the normally highly specialized diets of geladas and wolves, including the potential for temporary but intensive insectivory during locust outbreaks. To our knowledge, Guassa is the highest elevation site (3,200-3,600 m) at which desert locusts, which require temperatures &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;20 degrees C for sustained flight, have been reported. Continued monitoring will be necessary to determine whether the June 2009 outbreak was an isolated incident or part of an emerging pattern in the Ethiopian Highlands linked to global warming. The intensive consumption of desert locusts by geladas, wolves, and ravens during the outbreak at Guassa raises concerns about pesticide-based locust control strategies and potential unintended adverse effects on endemic and endangered wildlife.

Infanticidal Behavior in the Subsocial Beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Passalidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior, 2007

Infanticide, the killing of young, reproductively immature individuals of the perpetrator's same ... more Infanticide, the killing of young, reproductively immature individuals of the perpetrator's same species, has many interesting implications for reproductive fitness. Here we provide the first experimental description of infanticidal behavior in the passalid beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger). To test our hypothesis that infanticide is triggered by the takeover of burrows by adults that had yet to reproduce in the mating season, we measured the mortality of larvae when housed with adults that were reproducing or had not yet reproduced. A significantly higher mortality was observed in larvae housed with adults that had not reproduced than when housed with their own parent or with unrelated reproducing adults. Infanticidal behavior of O. disjunctus is thought to result from the reproductive advantage obtained by taking over an existing burrow and thereby securing one with high food resource quality.

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The ability of Rhizoglyphus robini Claparède (Astigmata: Acaridae) to subsist solely on a diet of filter paper

International Journal of Acarology, 1993

Rhizoglyphus robini Claparède, commonly known as the bulb mite, has been reported to complete its... more Rhizoglyphus robini Claparède, commonly known as the bulb mite, has been reported to complete its life-cycle utilizing filter paper as a sole dietary source. However, a complete cellulase complex necessary for crystalline cellulose degradation rarely occurs in arthropods. Experiments demonstrate that R. robini probably derives nutrients from the fungal mycelia growing on the filter paper rather than from the filter

Observations on the feeding biology of Algophagus pennsylvanicus (Astigmata: Algophagidae), a mite restricted to water-filled treeholes

International Journal of Acarology, 1992

Page 1. Vol. 18, No. 2 Internat. J. Acarol. 77 OBSERVATIONS ON THE FEEDING BIOLOGY OF ALGOPHAGUS ... more

The immature instars of Algophagus pennsylvanicus Fashing and Wiseman (Astigmata: Algophagidae)

International Journal of Acarology, 1985

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Algophagus pennsylvanicus -A new species of Hyadesidae from water-filled treeholes

International Journal of Acarology, 1980

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Systematics and ecology of Naiadacarus nepenthicola , a new species of acaridae (Acari: Astigmata) inhabiting the pitchers of Nepenthes bicalcarata hook. f. in Brunei Darussalam

International Journal of Acarology, 2002

A new species, Naiadacarus nepenthicola, is described from adults and deutonymphs collected in Be... more A new species, Naiadacarus nepenthicola, is described from adults and deutonymphs collected in Belait District, Brunei Darussalam, from the fluid-filled pitchers of Nepenthes bicalcarata Hook. f.. This constitutes the first record of a member of the family Acaridae inhabiting Nepenthes pitchers. It is quite probably that N. nepenthicola feeds on decomposing leaves that fall into the pitchers as well as on decomposing insects trapped by pitchers. Dispersal is accomplished through phoresy on Campanotus schmitzi Staercke, an ant that nests exclusively in the hollow tendrils of N. bicalcarata pitchers.

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Carpoglyphus nidicolus - a new species of Carpoglyphidae (Acarina: Astigmata) inhabiting the nests of swallows

International Journal of Acarology, 1996

A new species of Carpoglyphidae, Carpoglyphus nidicolous, (Acarina : Astigmata) is established ba... more

Lamingtonacarus, a New Genus of Algophagidae (Acari: Astigmata) From Water-Filled Treeholes In Queensland, Australia

by Norman Fashing and Barry Oconnor

Invertebrate Systematics, 2000

Efficacy of the ventral abdominal secretion of the cockroach Eurycotis floridana (Blattaria: Blattidae) as a defense allomone

by Matthew W Turnbull and Norman Fashing

Journal of insect behavior, 2002

In assays investigating the abdominal sternal secretion of the cockroach Eurycotis floridana, it ... more In assays investigating the abdominal sternal secretion of the cockroach Eurycotis floridana, it was determined that the secretion provides an effective deterrent against potential predators. Analysis of grooming patterns of Peromyscus leucopus mice revealed significant increases in mouth grooming and loss of coordination following exposure to E. floridana secretion. Mouse-cockroach interactions also changed following exposure of the mouse to the spray, as the mouse incited fewer interactions and more frequently struck with its forepaws than with its mouth. Monomorium sp. and Camponotus sp. ants also were repelled by the secretion, and Periplaneta americana were significantly irritated by the application of E. floridana secretion. The secretion is able to deter without physical contact, presumably via noxious volatiles. Eurycotis floridana is capable of accurately aiming the discharge as well as ejecting it several times the length of its body. It also was found that E. floridana exhibits autotoxic responses following contact with the secretion of conspecifics.

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