Ecology and Evolution of the Acari: Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists 1–5 July 1996, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

655 Pages·1999·85.62 MB·English

by  Peter Weygoldt (auth.)

Ecology and Evolution of the Acari
SERIES ENTOMOLOGICA
VOLUME 55
Ecology and Evolution
of the Acari
Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium of the
European Association of Acarologists
1-5 July 1996, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Edited by
J. Bruin, L.P.S. van der Geest and M.W. Sabelis
University ofA msterdam, Section Population Biology,
The Netherlands
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This volume contains the Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium of the European Association of
Acarologists (EURAAC). This Symposium was held on 1-5 July 1996, at the University of
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Organizing Committee
- Prof. Dr. M.W. Sabelis (Chairman)
Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam
- Dr. L.P.S. van der Geest (Treasurer)
Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam
- Dr. A. Veerman
Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam
- Dr. C. Davids
Section Aquatic Ecotoxicology, University of Amsterdam
- Ms. C.M. Korzilius (Congress Administration)
Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam
Editorial Committee of the Proceedings
- Dr. J. Bruin
- Dr. L.P.S. van der Geest
- Prof. Dr. M.W. Sabelis
Acknowledgements
The Organizing Committee acknowledges the support of the following institutions and
organizations for their contribution, cooperation and support:
- Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Stichting
- Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
- University of Amsterdam
- City of Amsterdam
- Koppert B.V.
- Chapman & Hall
- Elsevier Science Publishers
Contents
Preface xi
EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND SPECIATION
PETER WEYGOLDT - Evolution and systematics of the Chelicerata*
HARALD WITTE and DIRK DORING - Canalized pathways of change and constraints III
the evolution of reproductive modes of microarthropods* 15
Roy A. NORTON - Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata
(Acari: Acariformes)* 45
EVERT E. LINDQUIST - Evolution of phytophagy in trombidiform mites* 73
JACEK DABERT and SERGE V. MIRONOV - Origin and evolution of feather mites
(Astigmata)* 89
SERGE V. MIRONOV and JACEK DABERT - Phylogeny and co-speciation in feather
mites of the subfamily A venzoariinae (Analgoidea: A venzoariidae)* 105
BRUCE P. SMITH - Loss of larval parasitism in parasitengonine mites* 125
ANDREAS WOHLTMANN - Life-history evolution in Parasitengonae (Acari:
Prostigmata): constraints on number and size of offspring 137
WOJCIECH WITALINSKI - Sperm competition in the Acari* 149
G.N. OLDFIELD - Distribution of asymmetrical and symmetrical sperm storage in the
Eriophyoidea and its phylogenetic implications 157
MARIA NAVAJAS - Host plant associations in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae
(Acari: Tetranychidae): insights from molecular phylogeography* 163
ANASTASIA TSAGKARAKOU, MARIA NAVAJAS, FRAN<;OIS ROUSSET and NICOLE
PASTEUR - Genetic differentiation in Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)
from greenhouses in France* 1 75
JAMES D. FRY - The role of adaptation to host plants in the evolution of
reproductive isolation: Negative evidence from Tetranychus urticae* 187
DALE D. EDWARDS, REGAN BOGARDUS and NICHOLAUS WILHITE - Geographic
differences in host specialization between the symbiotic water mites Unionicola
formosa and U. foili (Acari: Unionicolidae)* 195
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
MAURICE W. SABELIS, ARNE JANSSEN, JAN BRUIN, FRANK M. BAKKER, BAS
DRUKKER, PETRU SCUTAREANU and PAUL C.J. VAN RIJN - Interactions between
arthropod predators and plants: A conspiracy against herbivorous arthropods? 207
ARNE JANSSEN, ANGELO PALLINI, MADELAINE VENZON and MAURICE W. SABELlS-
Behaviour and indirect interactions in food webs of plant-inhabiting arthropods* 231
MARCEL DICKE, JUNJI T AKABA YA SHI, MAARTEN A. POSTHUMUS, CONNY SCHOTTE
and OLGA E. KRIPS - Behavioural ecology of plant-phytoseiid interactions
mediated by herbivore-induced plant volatiles* 251
J.S. GRAY - The ecology of Lyme horreliosis vector ticks* 269
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG - Biology and ecology of trombidiid mites (Acari:
Trombidioidea)* 277
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G.W. KRANTZ - Reflections on the biology, morphology and ecology of the
Macrochelidae* 291
M.A. HOUCK - Phoresy by Hemisarcoptes (Acari: Hemisarcoptidae) on Chi/ocorus
(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Influence of subelytral ultrastructure* 303
HORST H. SCHWARZ and STELLA KOULIANOS - When to leave the brood chamber?
Routes of dispersal in mites associated with burying beetles* 323
NORMAN J. FASHING - Functional morphology as an aid in determining trophic
behaviour: The placement of astigmatic mites in food webs of water-filled tree
hole communities* 333
WILLEM J. BOOT, JOHAN N.M. CALIS, JooP BEETSMA, DONG MINH HAl, NGUYEN
KIM LAN, TRAN VAN TOAN, LE QUANG TRUNG and NGUYEN HUNG MINH -
Natural selection of Varroa jacobsoni explains the differential reproductive
strategies in colonies of Apis cerana and Apis melli/era* 349
JENS ROLFF and BORIS SCHRODER - Regaining the water: a simulation model
approach for A rrenurus larvae (Hydrachnellae) parasitizing damselflies
(Coenagrion puella: Odonata) 359
PETER SCHAUSBERGER - Juvenile survival and development in Euseius finlandicus,
Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding
on con- and heterospecific immatures* 367
ANGELO PALLINI, ARNE JANSSEN and MAURICE W. SABELIS - Do western flower
thrips avoid plants infested with spider mites? Interactions between potential
competitors 375
MICHAEL STEVENS and HARTMUT GREVEN - Food and feeding behaviour of
deutonymphs and adults of the water mite Hydrachna skorikowi (Acari:
Hydrachnellae), with notes on the structure of their mouthparts 381
O.E. KRIPS, P.W. KLEIJN, P.E.L. WILLEMS, GJ.Z. GOLS and M. DICKE - Leaf hairs
influence searching efficiency and predation rate of the predatory mite
Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)* 389
ANNA WITUL and MALGORZATA KIELKIEWICZ - Life-history parameters of two
closely related forms of the Tetranychus urticae-complex on different host plants 399
PAUL CJ. VAN RIJN and LYNELL K. TANIGOSHI - The contribution of extrafloral
nectar to survival and reproduction of the predatory mite Jphiseius degenerans on
Ricinus communis* 405
WIT CHMIELEWSKI - Pollen as a medium for rearing plant-feeding acarid mites
(Acari: Acaridae) 419
WIT CHMIELEWSKI - Bionomics of Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Carpoglyphidae) on
honey 423
M. CASTAGNOLI, S. SIMONI and N. BILIOTTI - Mass-rearing of Amblyseius cali/omicus
(Acari: Phytoseiidae) on two alternative food sources 425
FRANK SIEMER - The influence of various kinds of food on the distribution and life
cycle of Metarhombognathus armatus (Halacaridae: Rhombognathinae) 433
BIODIVERSITY
Mites in Water
JENS BOCKING - Population biology of a phytophagous mite of marine and estuarine
rocky shores (Astigmata, Hyadesiidae) 441
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PETER MARTIN - Diel and seasonal drift of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in two
streams of the North German Lowland 451
A. 01 SABATINO and B. CICOLANI - Water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaridae)
from the hyporheic habitat of the Mugnone stream (Tuscany, Italy) 459
WITOLD KOWALIK, EUGENIUSZ BIESIADKA and ROBERT STRYJECKI - Water mites of
typical habitats in four Polish national parks situated in different landscapes 467
DANIELE BENFATTI and REINHARD GERECKE - Remarks on the morphology, life
cycle, distribution and taxonomy of water mites of the subfamily
Acherontacarinae in the Western Palaearctic 473
PAULI BAGGE - Water mites of small boreal forest lakes (Central Finland) 483
TOM GOLDSCHMIDT, GERD ALBERTI and ELISABETH I. MEYER - Presence of
acetabula-like structures on the coxae of the neotropical water mite genus
Neotyrrellia (Tyrrelliinae, Limnesiidae, Pro stigmata) 491
Mites in soil
H. SCHATZ - Oribatid mites of the Galapagos Islands: Faunistics, ecology and
speciation* 499
HARTMUT H. KOEHLER - Gamasina in a succession of thirteen years 531
ULRIKE TOTSCHNIG and HEINRICH SCHATZ - Oribatid mites of a riverine forest in the
Central Alps (Austria) 541
PIOTR SKUBALA - Comparison of adult oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from three
mountain forests in Poland: I. Abundance, biomass and species richness 547
DAVID J. MARSHALL and PETER CONVEY - Compact aggregation and life history
strategy in a continental Antarctic mite 557
A.I. CABALLERO, J.C. ITURRONDOBEITIA and M.1. SALONA - A biometrical study of
Berniniella serratirostris (Acari: Oribatei) and some related species 569
GERD WEIGMANN - Morphological variability in populations of a thelytokous mite,
Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (Oribatida), with notes on synonymy 581
GERD ALBERTI, ANDRZEJ KLIMEK and STANISLAW SENICZAK - Fine structure of the
humeral organ of juvenile Edwardzetes edwardsii (Ceratozetidae, Oribatida) 587
G. ALBERTI, A. GEGNER and W. WITALINSKI - Observations on the fine structure of
the vagina of pergamasid mites (Pergamasidae, Parasitina, Gamasida) 593
Mites on plants
MALGORZATA KIELKIEWICZ - Ultrastructural cell modification m tomato
(Lycopersicon esculentum) leaf tissue in response to the carmine spider mite
(Tetranychus cinnabarinus) feeding 603
M. CASTAGNOLI, M. LIGUORI and R. NANNELLI - Influence of soil management on
mite populations in a vineyard agroecosystem 617
HARALABOS TSOLAKIS and SALVATORE RAGUSA - Overwintering of phytoseiid
mites (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) on hazelnut (Cory/us avellana) in Sicily
(Italy) 625
G. NUZZACI, A. Dr PALMA, E. DE LILLO and P. ALDINl - Pro somal glands in
Typhlodromus spp. females (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) 637
Other mites and ticks
KRZYSZTOF SOLARZ, PIOTR SZILMAN and EWA SZILMAN - Allergenic mites associated
with bird nests in Poland (Astigmata: Pyroglyphidae, Acaridae, Glycyphagidae) 651
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IGOR USPENSKY, INNA IOFFE-USPENSKY, KOSTA Y. MUMCUOGLU and RACHEL
GALUN - Body weight characteristics of some ixodid ticks: Reflecting adaptations
to conditions of their habitats? 657
M. DABERT, J. DABERT and K. SIUDA - Species validity of the soft-tick Argas
polonicus (Acari: Argasidae) based on 16S rDNA sequence analysis 667
Index 673
Chapters marked with * also appeared in the journal Experimental and Applied Acarology, volumes 22 (1998) and
23 (1999).
Preface
For a long time the development of Sabelis as EURAAC-president, the third
Acarology as a field of biological science has symposium took place in 1996, m
been dominated by systematists and applied Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and had
scientists. In the last 15 years, however, Acari "Ecology and Evolution of the Acari" as its
have been more and more recognized as theme. This third symposium was attended by
highly suitable for the testing of theories in 148 acarologists from 29 countries (22
ecological and evolutionary sciences. The European). In total 29 invited papers, 43
growing interest from evolutionary and submitted papers and 53 posters were
molecular biologists and from population and presented. All manuscripts were critically
community ecologists in mites and ticks has a reviewed by at least two referees, and edited
strong impetus on the field of Acarology, and by us, the three undersigned. This has led to
already led to significant progress. This book the acceptance of the 58 chapters of this
contains many chapters that illustrate the book.
recent progress in - mainly evolutionary and This book would not have been possible
ecological aspects of - Acarology. It is our without the financial support by the Royal
ambition that this book will rank among the Dutch Academy of Sciences (Koninklijke
other books that are considered landmarks in Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen)
integrating knowledge from different and the Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Foundation,
disciplines of biological science into new affiliated with the Dutch Entomological
hypotheses on the ecology and evolution of Society. We also thank all those colleagues in
Acari (e.g. Helle and Sabelis, 1985; Schuster Amsterdam who helped in organizing the
and Murphy, 1991; Evans, 1992; Wrensch symposmm: Fred Veerman and Kees Davids,
and Ebbert, 1993; Houck, 1994; Kropczynska the other members of the orgalllzmg
et al., 1995; Lindquist et al., 1996). committee, Fred Veerman for carefully
Since the inaugural meeting of the preparing the Abstract volume, Tine Korzilius
European Association of Acarologists for her cheerful help in organization and
(EURAAC), held in 1987, in Amsterdam, registration of the participants, Minus van
three symposia took place, each with a Baalen for designing the symposium logo, Iza
special theme featured by the presentations of Lesna for guiding poster presentation, Angelo
invited speakers. The first symposium Pallini, Rob de Boer and Paul van Rijn for
focussed on "Life History Strategies in the assisting with slide projection, Maria
Acari" and took place in 1988, in Graz Nomikou, David Claessen, Filipa Vala and
(Austria), under the presidency of Prof. Katja Hora for general assistance at the
Reinhart Schuster. Emphasis at the second registration desk. Finally, we wish to thank all
symposium was on "Physiology and Ecology the referees, who significantly improved the
of the Acari"; it was held in 1992, in Krynica quality of this book by writing critical
(Poland), under the presidency of Prof. commentaries, some several times longer
Danuta Kropczynska. With Prof. Maurice W. than the paper under consideration: P .A.
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