Sunday, 14 November 2004: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

251 F (Salt Palace L-2)

Symposium: Current Advances in Acarology

Organizer(s): Douglas E. Norris, dnorris@jhsph.edu
Hans Klompen, klompem.1@osu.edu
1:00 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:10 PM0125Evaluation of host specificity in mites of the genus Cheletophyes (Acari: Cheyletidae) associated with large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopa) using linear and non-linear multivariate statistics
Pavel B. Klimov, pklimov@umich.edu, Andre V. Bochkov, Barry M. OConnor, bmoc@umich.edu
1:22 PM0126Position of the family Myobiidae in the system of Prostigmata (Acari)
Andre V. Bochkov, abochkov@umich.edu, Barry M. OConnor, bmoc@umich.edu, G. Wauthy, gwauthy@umich.edu
1:34 PM0127Morphological adaptions associated with dispersal in the Histiostomatidae (Astigmata)
Norm J. Fashing, njfash@wm.edu, Barry M. OConnor, bmoc@umich.edu
1:46 PM0128Oribatids in the rhizosphere of agroecosystems
D.A. Crossley, soilmite@earthlink.net
1:58 PM0129Molecular markers for studying variation in a predatory mite, Phytosiulus persimilis
Bhanu Konakandla, bkonaka@oznet.ksu.edu, Yoonseong Park, ypark@oznet.ksu.edu, David C. Margolies, dmargoli@oznet.ksu.edu
2:10 PM0130Leptotrombidium (Trombiculidae) and scrub typhus: A taxonomic review and preliminary phylogeny of vector and non-vector species
F. Michael McAloon, Michael.mcaloon@uconn.edu
2:22 PM0131Phylogenetics and coevolution of dermanyssoid mites
Ashley P. G. Dowling, dowlinga@umich.edu
2:34 PMBreak
2:46 PM0132Phylogenetic analysis of hard ticks using the calreticulin (CRT) gene
Quentin Fang, qfang@gasou.edu
2:58 PM0133Population genetics of hard ticks using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP)
Douglas E. Norris, dnorris@jhsph.edu, Aimee J. West
3:10 PM0134Host-targeted control of the tick Ixodes scapularis
Kirby C. Stafford, kirby.stafford@po.state.ct.us
3:22 PM0135Pathogenicity and molecular characteristics of an entomopathogenic fungus isolated from black-legged ticks, Ixodes scapularis (Say)
Lina B. Flor, flor0119@umn.edu
3:34 PM0136Genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. based on sequences of rrf(5S)-rrl(23S) rRNA from various hosts and vectors in northern California
Jeom-Hee Mun, jhmun@nature.berkeley.edu, Robert S. Lane, blane@nature.berkeley.edu
3:46 PM0137Identification of a novel Rickettsia species in the bat tick, Carios kelleyi (Acari: Argasidae)
Amanda D. Loftis, aloftis@cdc.gov, James Gill, 1@iowa.edu, James Keirans, jkeirans@gasou.edu, Marty Schriefer, 11@cdc.gov, Craig Sampson, Marina Eremeeva, m@cdc.gov, G. A. Dasch, ged4@cdc.gov
3:58 PMConcluding Remarks
4:03 PMAcarology Society of America Business Meeting

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