Advances in Acarology

Sunday, December 12, 2010: 9:15 AM-11:45 AM
Sunset (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizers:
Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues
Ronald Ochoa
Ashley PG. Dowling


9:35 AM
Morphological, biogeographic, and systematic investigations of Trachymolgus (Acari: Bdellidae):  The unusual purple tank
Ray Fisher, University of Arkansas ; Ashley PG. Dowling, University of Arkansas
9:50 AM
A preliminary phylogenetic analysis of Cunaxidae
Michael Skvarla, University of Arkansas ; Ashley PG. Dowling, University of Arkansas
10:05 AM
Endemism in soil mites:  Is everything everywhere?
Samuel Bolton, The Ohio State University ; Hans Klompen, The Ohio State University
10:20 AM
10:35 AM
Dispersal of Brevipalpus phoenicis under Florida conditions
Jorge E. Peņa, University of Florida ; Ignacio Baez, USDA-ARS-CMAVE-FAMU-CBC ; Michael K. Hennessey, USDA
10:50 AM
Comparison of the foliar acarine in grapefruit under conventional and organic pest management programs in Texas
Raul T. Villanueva, Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center ; Alberto O. Gonzales-Garcia, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro
11:05 AM
An update on the phylogenetics of the genus Raoiella (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
Ashley P. G. Dowling, University of Kentucky ; Jenny Beard, Queensland Museum ; Ronald Ochoa, USDA-ARS-PSI, Systematic Entomology Laboratory
11:20 AM
Plant associated mites under the low temperature scanning electron microscope
Ronald Ochoa, USDA-ARS-PSI, Systematic Entomology Laboratory ; Gary R. Bauchan, USDA - ARS ; Jenny Beard, Queensland Museum
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