Session: Advances in Acarology (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room D9, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Organizer :

Ashley PG. Dowling

8:13 AM

Welcoming Remarks

8:18 AM

0024

Apparent biological control of rust mites by Zetzellia mali (Stigmaeidae) on juice grapes in Washington state

Deborah Brooks, Washington State University; David G. James, Washington State University; Victor Reyna, Washington State University

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8:31 AM

0025

Seasonality and management of eriophyid mites in Washington viticulture

Lawrence C. Wright, Washington State University; David G. James, Washington State University; Deborah Brooks, Washington State University; Victor Reyna, Washington State University

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8:44 AM

0026

Ontogeny in Opilioacaridae, with notes on segmental structure in Parasitiformes

Hans Klompen, Ohio State University

8:57 AM

0027

Some ultrastructural observations on the Astigmata

Norman J. Fashing, College of William and Mary

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9:10 AM

0028

Genomic analyses of a predatory mite: Status and prospects

Marjorie A. Hoy, University of Florida

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9:23 AM

0029

Varroa mites and viruses

James Amrine, West Virginia University

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9:36 AM

0030

Tick species diversity in small mammals in the north coast range

Janet E. Foley, University of California Davis

9:49 AM

0031

Multivariate statistical analysis: A non-parasitic phase comparison between Boophilus microplus and Anocentor nitens (Acari:Ixodoidea)

Rafael De la Vega, LABIOFAM

10:02 AM

Break

10:17 AM

0032

The effects of a galling eriophyid mite on leaf-level gas exchange in mature sugar maple canopies in south-central Ontario

Rajit Patankar, University of Toronto

10:30 AM

0033

Aquatic mite [Arrenurus (Megaluracarus)] sensitivity to herbicide contamination

Sandra Yi, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign; Bettina M. Francis, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign; Wesley M. Jarrell, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign; David J. Soucek, Illinois Natural History Survey

10:43 AM

0034

Mite community differences between two forest types, and the role of such studies in conservation and land management

Samantha Colby, Lewis and Clark College; Peter Kennedy, Lewis and Clark College; Andrew Moldenke, Oregon State University

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10:56 AM

0035

What is in an ant's carry-on?: Mites associated with Messor pergandei alates

Kaitlin Uppstrom, The Ohio State University

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11:09 AM

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