Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of Acarology: held in Prague August 31 – September 6, 1971

Front Matter....Pages 1-16
Opening Address....Pages 17-18
Opening Address....Pages 19-19
Acarology and Its Practical Importance....Pages 21-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Sensory Receptors in Ticks and Mites....Pages 35-39
Specimen Preparation for, and the Advantages of, Examining Acarine Morphology with the Scanning Electron Microscope....Pages 41-45
Ultrastructure of the Egg Envelopes of a Uropodid Mite....Pages 47-51
Scanning Electron Microscope Investigations on Ticks, with Special Regard to the Sensillae, Haller’s Organ and the Apical Palpal Segment....Pages 53-53
Scanning Electron Microscopy of Oribatid Mites....Pages 55-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Soil Mites (Oribatids) Climbing Trees....Pages 59-65
Jltrastructural Observations on the Alimentary Canal in Oribatidae (Acari)....Pages 67-70
Distribution of Oribatids Near Barrow, Alaska....Pages 71-74
The Systematics and Geographical Distribution of Mites of the Superfamily Belboidea Dub., 1958 (Acariformes; Oribatei)....Pages 75-77
The Phenology of Platynothrus Peltifer (C.L.K.)....Pages 79-83
An Ordination of Oribatid Mite Fauna under Differing Forest Covers....Pages 85-90
The Evolutionary Ecology Trends and Tempo of Evolution in Palearctic Oribatei....Pages 91-93
The Oribatid Mite Fauna of Oak Forests of the Trans-Carpathians (East Carpathians) and Other Areas of the European Part of the USSR....Pages 95-96
The Bionomics of Humerobates Rostrolamellatus Grandjean (Cryptostigmata-Ceratozetidae) on Fruit Trees....Pages 97-104
Autecological-Zoogeographical Analysis of Moss Mites (Acari, Oribatei) Based on the Fauna in the Environs of Poznań....Pages 105-107
Biological and Ecological Observations on Oribatid Mites....Pages 109-114
The Postembryonic Development of Pelopidae....Pages 115-118
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
The Occurrence of Oribatula Tadrosi (Popp), (Acarina, Oribatulidae) on Pear Trees in the U.A.R.....Pages 119-123
The Cenosis of Oribatid Mites as an Aid in Bio-Indication (Acarina, Oribatoidea)....Pages 125-128
Some Aspects of the Energetics of Soil Mites....Pages 129-134
The Structure of an Adult Population of Steganacarus Magnus (Nic.) (Cryptostigmata)....Pages 135-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
The Dorsal Shields of the Thyasidae....Pages 141-145
The Groups of Water Mites (Hydrachnellae) in Ponds after Peat-Digging....Pages 147-149
A New Method for Trapping water-mites in the Benthos of a Lake....Pages 151-157
The water-mites (Hydrachnellae, Acari) of a Stony Stream....Pages 159-167
On Halacarid Migration into Freshwaters....Pages 169-171
On the Occurrence of Water Mites (Hydrachnellae) in the Submerged Vegetation of a Carp Pond....Pages 173-176
Peculiarities of the Fauna of Hydracarina from Lake Baikal....Pages 177-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Physiological Functions of Plants as Affected by Damage Caused by Tetranychus Atlanticus Mcgregor....Pages 183-186
On the Biology of Brevipalpus Californicus Banks....Pages 187-191
Phosphorus Compounds as a Cause of an Increase in Numbers of the Flat Mite....Pages 193-196
Notes on the Bionomics of Calepitrimerus Vitis (Nal.) (Acarina: Eriophyidae)....Pages 197-199
The Present Status of Our Knowledge of Indian Plant Feeding Mites....Pages 201-204
The Effect of Temperature on Hatching of the Winter Eggs of Fruit Tree Red Spider Mite, Panonychus Ulmi (Koch)....Pages 205-209
Feeding Response of the Two-Spotted Spider Mite to Some Plant Components....Pages 211-215
Some Problems in the Control of Cotton Mites in Turkey....Pages 217-219
A Contribution to the Study of Aceria Oleae (Nalepa, 1900). (Acarina: Eriophyidae)....Pages 221-224
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Studies on the Feeding of four Species of Phytoseiid Mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae)....Pages 225-227
A Contribution to the Fauna and Biology of Tetranychid Mites of the Crimea (Acariformes, Tetranychoidea)....Pages 229-231
Studies on Eriophyid Mites in Bulgaria....Pages 233-235
Population Dynamics of Some Tetranychids in Subtropical Florida....Pages 237-240
Mites and Their Economic Importance in Iran....Pages 241-245
Origin and Evolution of Gall Mites (Eriophyoidea) in the Light of their Internal Anatomy....Pages 247-249
Preliminary Biological Studies in Tetranychus Neocalidonicus Marc Andre....Pages 251-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Idiosomal Sigillotaxy of Gamasids. Preliminary Observations Towards the Knowledge of the Morphology of These Arachnida....Pages 257-261
Some Considerations on the System and Phylogeny of Gamasid Mites....Pages 263-267
Ontophylogenetic Considerations on the Chaetotaxy of Caeculidae (Acari — Prostigmata)....Pages 269-273
Classification and Phylogeny of Mites....Pages 275-282
An Analysis of the Classical Taxonomic Method With Particular Reference to the Family Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata)....Pages 283-286
“Gangsystematik” of the Parasitiformes and the Family Uropodidae Berlese....Pages 287-292
Observations on the Generic Classification of Tarsonemid Mites (Prostigmata)....Pages 293-297
On the Taxonomy of the Bryobiidae (Acariformes, Tetranychoidea)....Pages 297-298
Solenidial Transposition in Pimeliaphilus (Acari, Pterygosomatidae) and Its Potential Systematic Significance....Pages 299-302
The Specific Stability and the Chaetotactic Variations in Mucronothrus Nasaus Willm. (Oribatei)....Pages 303-309
Preliminary Note to a Tentative Nepophylogeny of Trombiculids....Pages 311-319
Of Techniques and Ortho-Iconography....Pages 321-328
Study of the “Erythraeidae, R.O.M. No.8” of Ewing, 1937....Pages 329-335
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Taxonomy of Oribatid Mites — Retrospect and Prospect....Pages 337-341
Some Aspects of the Morphology of the Gnathosoma of Heterozercon (Acari: Mesostigmata)....Pages 343-343
Imprimatur for Taxonomical Publications....Pages 345-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Chelachecaropsis Bakeri, a New Genus and Species Associated with Stored Food Mites in Egypt (Acarina, Cheyletidae)....Pages 349-352
Demographic Parameters of Tyrophagus Putrescentiae (Schr.) Reared on Various Foods....Pages 353-356
A Study on the Influence of Some Ecological Factors on the Hypopus Formation of Stored Product Mites....Pages 357-363
The Influence of Some Active Substances of Medicinal Herbs on Stored Product Mites (Acaroidea)....Pages 365-369
The Family Acaridae of the Caucasian Fauna....Pages 371-372
The Energy Budget of Tyrophagus Putrescentiae (Schr.) (Acaridae)....Pages 373-378
Fauna of Acarid Mites of the Far East....Pages 379-380
The Hypopus and Its Main Types....Pages 381-383
Orientation of Tyrophagus Putrescentiae (Schrank) Towards Olfactory Stimuli....Pages 385-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Chiggers in the High Altitude Region of the East Hindu-Kush....Pages 393-396
Peculiarities of the Development of Morphological Structure in Genera of the Subfamily Listrophorinae....Pages 397-401
Ectoparasitic Mites (Gamasoidea) on Small Mammals in Northernmost Sweden....Pages 403-409
Classification and Geographical Distribution of Listrophoroidea....Pages 411-414
A Particular Way of Piercing the Nasal Mucous Membrane Used by Mites of the Family Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 1895....Pages 415-415
Gamasid Mites (Gamasoidea, Parasitiformes) of the Caucasus....Pages 417-419
Present Situation in the Studies of Chigger Mites in the USSR....Pages 421-424
Eradication of Myobiid Mites Infesting Laboratory Mice....Pages 425-425
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Nest Mites of Small Mammals in the Western Carpathians....Pages 427-433
Chiggers (Family Trombiculidae) of the North American Deserts....Pages 435-440
To the Zoogeography of Some Mite Species (Gamasoidea) Parasitizing Small Mammals in Europe....Pages 441-443
The Distribution of Gamasoid Mites Parasitizing the House Mouse ( Mus Musculus ) in the Ukraine....Pages 445-448
Front Matter....Pages 449-449
On the Ecology of Ixodes Ricinus L. Nymphs (Ixodidae)....Pages 451-457
Experimental Interspecific Hybridization of Ticks of Genus Ornithodoros ....Pages 459-461
Some Distributional Peculiarities of Species Belonging to the Ixodes Persulcatus Group ....Pages 463-465
The Introduction into Denmark of the Kennel Tick [ Rhipicephalus Sanguineus (Latr. 1806)] with Remarks on Its Reactions to Different Humidities....Pages 467-472
Ticks (Ixodoidea) on Migrating Birds in Cyprus, Fall 1967 and Spring 1968, and Epidemiological Considerations....Pages 473-478
Some Characteristic Features of the Life History, Ecology and Behaviour of the Ticks Haemaphysalis Inermis, H. Concinna and H. Punctata ....Pages 479-482
Biology of Haemaphysalis (Alloceraea) Inermis in Moldavia....Pages 483-485
Front Matter....Pages 487-487
Diapause Phenomena in Ticks (Ixodoidea) and Their Regulation....Pages 489-491
Hibernation of the Tick Ixodes Ricinus in the Light of Continuously Measured Microclimate Elements....Pages 493-497
Demodicids (Trombidiformes: Demodicidae) of Medical and Veterinary Importance....Pages 499-505
Emerging Patterns of Tick-Virus Relationships....Pages 507-509
Biological Patterns in the Afghanistan Tick Fauna....Pages 511-514
The Biology and Ecology of the Quill Mite Syringophilus Bipectinatus Heller, 1880....Pages 515-516
Population Dynamics of a Parasitic Mite Demodex Caprae (Trombidiformes: Demodicidae)....Pages 517-521
Epidemiological Analysis of the Incidence of Scabies in One of the Districts of Czechoslovakia....Pages 523-526
On the Morphogenesis of the Attachment Cement of Some Ixodid Ticks....Pages 527-529
Front Matter....Pages 487-487
Adaptations in Demodicids (Trombidiformes: Demodicidae) for Utilization of the Mammalian Skin Complex....Pages 531-535
A Susceptibility of Animals to Psoroptes Invasion....Pages 537-538
Control of Acariases and Piroplasmoses of Farm Animals in the USSR....Pages 539-540
On the Diagnostics of Human Scabies....Pages 541-543
Tick Distribution in Inundated and Non-Inundated Biotopes....Pages 545-546
The Histological Identification of Acarina in Skin Biopsies....Pages 547-549
Ecological Distribution of House-Dust Mites in Europe....Pages 551-556
Spatial Relations of House Dust Mites....Pages 557-559
Front Matter....Pages 561-561
Tick-Borne Encephalitis as a Hazard Factor in Working Environment....Pages 563-567
Infectivity of Ixodes Ricinus L. Ticks in the Mixed Natural Focus of Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) and Uukuniemi (UK) Virus....Pages 569-573
Methodological Principles of Mapping the Occurrence of Ixodid Ticks....Pages 575-577
Ticks in Relation to Maintenance Hosts of Arboviruses in Central Europe....Pages 579-581
Causes and Dynamics of Contacts between Rural Inhabitants and Ixodes Persulcatus in Natural Foci of Tick-Borne Encephalitis....Pages 583-588
Ticks as Vectors of Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Virus in Europe....Pages 589-591
 Dermacentor Marginatus and D. Reticulatus Ticks, Possible Vectors of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Central Europe....Pages 593-595
The Occurrence of the Tick Haemaphysalis Concinna Koch in Relation of Tickborne Encephalitis....Pages 597-599
Front Matter....Pages 601-601
Burrow Tick Ixodes Trianguliceps in Natural Foci of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Broad-Leaved Forests of Eastern Europe....Pages 603-607
Distribution and Seasonal Activity in the Preimago Phases of the Ixodid Ticks in a Focus of Haemorrhagic Fever (Crimean Type)....Pages 609-613
Application of Fluorescent Antibody Method (FAM) in the Isolation of Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever Virus from Ticks, the Vectors of the Disease....Pages 615-618
Potentialities of Accumulation of Omsk Haemorrhagic Fever Virus in the Population of Ixodid Ticks of the Natural Focus During the Epizootic Season....Pages 619-625
Front Matter....Pages 601-601
Relationship between Ticks and Rickettsiae of the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Group (RMSF) Isolated in Slovakia....Pages 627-630
Attempts to Use Half-Engorged Ticks for the Titration of Rickettsiae....Pages 631-635
Front Matter....Pages 637-637
Chlorobenzilate, an Acaricide of Wide Spectrum Against Citrus Mites....Pages 639-643
Influence of Certain Phytocides and Antibiotics on the Reproduction and Development of Tetranychus Mites....Pages 645-647
Resistance to Acaricides in Fruit Tree Red Spider Mite, Panonychus Ulmi (Koch), in South-East England....Pages 649-652
The Mites Associated with Armored Scale Insects....Pages 653-654
Many-Year Reaction of the Population of Ixodes Persulcatus P. Sch. Ticks to a Single Introduction of Stable Residual Acaricide into Their Habitats....Pages 655-662
Methodology for Assessing Resistance in the European Red Mite....Pages 663-667
Susceptibility of Ixodes Ricinus L. to DDT and Other Acaricides in Western Slovakia....Pages 669-673
Susceptibility of Sancassania Phyllognathi to Some Insecticide Aerosols....Pages 675-678
Effect of Trichlorphon (Dthp)-Based Preparations on Ticks and Mites....Pages 679-683
Preliminary Laboratory Tests with Tick Repellents....Pages 685-686
A New Chemical Group of Cattle Acaricides....Pages 687-691
Prospects for Chemical Control of Boophilus Microplus in Australia....Pages 693-695
Tick Resistant Cattle for the Control of Boophilus Microplus ....Pages 697-700
Front Matter....Pages 701-701
On the Morphological and Physiological Characteristics of the Alimentary Canal of the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus Echinopus (Fumouze Et Rabin)....Pages 703-706
An Electron-Microscope Investigation of the Midgut Epithelium of the Adult Female of Dermacentor Marginatus Sulz....Pages 707-709
The Salivary Glands of Argas Persicus (Oken, 1818)....Pages 711-715
Kinetics of Water Exchange between a Mite, Laelaps Echidnina , and the Surrounding Air....Pages 717-717
Copulation and Spermatophore Formation in Soft and Hard Ticks....Pages 719-722
Front Matter....Pages 701-701
Continuous Insemination in Eutrombicula Splendens (Acarina: Trombiculidae)....Pages 723-725
Water Vapor Sorption from the Atmosphere: Evidence for Active and Passive Components in Larvae of Dermacentor Variabilis (Say)....Pages 727-727
Feeding of Ticks on Sensibilized Animals....Pages 729-732
Sperm Maturation in Ticks: An Example of Capacitation in Invertebrates?....Pages 733-737
Feeding Behavior and Nutritional Requirements of Some Acari....Pages 739-743
An Active Constituent of the Saliva of the Cattle Tick, Boophilus Microplus ....Pages 745-748
 Blattisocius Tarsalis: Behavior in Association with the Moth Epizeuxis Aemula ....Pages 749-751
Front Matter....Pages 753-753
A Study of the Life Cycle of Pseudobryobia Drummondi (Ewing) (Acarina: Tetranychidae)....Pages 755-759
Parasite-Host Relationships in Feather Mites....Pages 761-764
Interrelationships of Mesostigmatic Mites in the Nests of Clethrionomys Glareolus ....Pages 765-770
The Acarinia Zone of Bats under Conditions of Central Europe....Pages 771-774
Influence of Temperature on Population Increase of Four Dung-Living Macrochelid Mites within Optimum Range....Pages 775-779
Population Regulation in Quill Mites (Acarina: Syringophilidae)....Pages 781-781
Density and Host Relations of Ixodes Trianguliceps Bir. in Woodland and Grassland Areas....Pages 783-787
The Protonymph of Pimeliaphilus (Pterygosomatidae) and Its Significance Relative to the Calyptostases in the Parasitengona....Pages 789-795
Preliminary Considerations of a Population Model for Boophilus Microplus in Australia....Pages 797-801
Termination of Diapause in Laboratory-Reared Dermacentor Andersoni Adults....Pages 803-806
Electrograms of Feeding Ticks Recorded Continuously by Telemetry....Pages 807-807
Closing Address....Pages 809-811
Back Matter....Pages 812-837