The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The life strategies of mites....Pages 3-22
Life-history evolution of spider mites....Pages 23-49
Life-cycle strategies in unpredictably varying environments: genetic adaptations in a colonizing mite....Pages 51-55
The evolutionary transformation of osmotic regulation in the life cycle of freshwater mites (Hydrachnidia)....Pages 57-64
 Development and life-history strategies in mussel mites (Hydrachnellae: Unionicolidae)....Pages 65-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Spermatology in the Acari: systematic and functional implications....Pages 77-105
The distribution, mechanisms and evolutionary significance of parthenogenesis in oribatid mites....Pages 107-136
Indirect sperm transfer in prostigmatic mites from a phylogenetic viewpoint....Pages 137-176
Spermatophore deposition in relation to atmospheric humidity among terrestrial Parasitengonae (Prostigmata)....Pages 177-178
 The role of Adlerocystis sp. in the reproduction of argasid ticks ....Pages 179-190
 A scanning electron-microscopy study of spermatogenesis in Pergamasus barbarus Berl. (Gamasida) ....Pages 191-192
 Precise sex-ratio control in the pseudo-arrhenotokous phytoseiid mite Typhlodromus occidentalis Nesbitt ....Pages 193-207
 Sex ratio, fitness and capacity for population increase in Pyemotes tritici (L.-F. &M.) (Pyemotidae) ....Pages 209-221
 Preliminary observations of ovoviviparity in the gall-forming mite , Aceria caulobius (Nal.) (Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) ....Pages 223-229
Laboratory observations on duration of copulation and egg production of three Phytoseiid species fed on pollen....Pages 231-239
 Precopulatory mate guarding in the spider mite , Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisd.) (Tetranychidae) ....Pages 241-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Physiological aspects of diapause in plant-inhabiting mites....Pages 245-265
 Repeated induction and termination of diapause in the predacious mite , Amblyseius potentillae (Garman) (Phytoseiidae) ....Pages 267-275
 Inheritance of photoperiodic responses controlling diapause in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch ....Pages 277-278
 Some observations on diapause in winter eggs of Panonychus ulmi (Koch) (Tetranychidae) ....Pages 279-285
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
 Reproduction, embryonic and postembryonic development of Trichouropoda obscurasimilis Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1961 (Anactinotrichida: Uropidina) ....Pages 287-299
 Resource allocation and utilization contrasts in Hypoaspis aculeifer (Can.) and Alliphis halleri (G. & R. Can.) (Mesostigmata) with emphasis on food source ....Pages 301-311
The influence of different host plants on the reproductive potential of Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) and Tyrophagus neiswanderi Johnston and Bruce (Acaridae)....Pages 313-317
The relationship between house-dust mites and fungi....Pages 319-324
How plants maintain body-guards: plant exudate as a food source for phytoseiid mites....Pages 325-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Distribution of characters and phylogenetic age — systematic problems in the higher taxa of the Oribatida....Pages 329-333
 A new approach to the systematics of the genus Steganacarus (Oribatida)....Pages 335-342
The morphology of the immature stages of Phthiracaroidea (Oribatida)....Pages 343-351
A new interpretation of the epimeral theory of Grandjean....Pages 353-354
 A comparison of the sclerotized parts of the reproductive organs of house-dust mites of the genus Dermatophagoides using scanning electron microscopy ....Pages 355-362
Reproductive systems in Acaridida — some peculiar features....Pages 363-363
A respiratory apparatus in eggs of certain mites....Pages 365-365
 Fine structure and functions of the mouthparts involved in the feeding mechanisms in Cenopalpus pulcher (Canestrini and Fanzago) (Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae) ....Pages 367-376
The alveolar salivary glands of the active phases of trombiculid mites (Trombiculidae)....Pages 377-378
 Pigmentation in water mites of the general Limnochares Latr. and Hydrodoma Koch (Hydrachnidia) ....Pages 379-391
 Biomass studies of water mites of the genera Limnochares Latreille and Hydrodroma Koch (Hydrachnidia) ....Pages 393-396
The saltatory capacity of an oribatid mite....Pages 397-398
Thanatosis or feigning death in mites of the family Scutacaridae....Pages 399-401
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
The effects of spider-mite feeding on plant performance in relation to biological control....Pages 405-411
Dispersion indices and constant precision sampling programmes for Panonychus ulmi (Koch) and Amblyseius andersoni (Chant) in Spanish apple orchards....Pages 413-413
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
 Herbicides and the reproduction of Tetranychus urticae Koch ....Pages 415-416
Phytoseiid mites associated with vines in Sicilian vineyards....Pages 417-423
Studies on mites associated with lucerne in Greece....Pages 425-435
Vertical distribution and life stages of oribatid communities on beech trees....Pages 437-440
Histiostoma murchiei Hughes and Jackson (Anoetidae) as a parasite in the cocoons of some Danish earthworms ....Pages 441-445
 Rearing deutonymphs of Iphidosoma fimetarium (J. Müller), a mesostigmatic mite associated with carabid beetles ....Pages 447-452
 Mites of the house mouse , Mus musculus L., in the north-eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula in Spain ....Pages 453-454
Records of Ixodoidea from the Trentino-Alto Adige region in northern Italy....Pages 455-457
Seasonal and spatial variation in food intake by the oribatid mites of beech woodland soil....Pages 459-471
The effects of ploughing and rotary cultivation on soil mites with particular reference to the Mesostigmata....Pages 473-481
The influence of soil cultivation methods on the edaphic fauna, and especially the Gamasina (Mesostigmata), in two southern German vineyards with different cultural treatments....Pages 483-484
The density of Tarsonemida in cropped arable soil in relation to fertilizer and crop-protection treatments....Pages 485-489
Soil mites and acidification: a comparative study of four forest stands near Heidelberg....Pages 491-493
Reactions of mite populations to the influence of environmental chemicals in a beech-wood floor....Pages 495-496
 Population studies on the house-dust mite, Euroglyphus maynei (Cooreman 1950) (Pyroglyphidae) ....Pages 497-506
Management of mite development in the home....Pages 507-516
 An indirect effect of cleaning on house-dust mites (Dermatophagoides spp.) in carpets ....Pages 517-518
Astigmatic and prostigmatic mites of grain stores, mills and sawmills in Finland....Pages 519-520
Back Matter....Pages 521-554