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Organized Meeting: Current Advances in Acarology

Sunday, November 15, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
212 AB (Convention Center)
Organizers:
H. Joel Hutcheson
Ronald Ochoa
Moderators:
H. Joel Hutcheson
Ronald Ochoa


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:00 AM
Recent advances in endoparasitic avian nasal mite research (Rhinonyssidae, Turbinoptidae, and Ereynetidae) in Canada
Wayne Knee, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes
8:15 AM
The Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) conundrum: a biocontrol agent with a mistaken identity?
Fred Beaulieu, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Jenny Beard, Queensland Museum
8:30 AM
Environment, neighbors, and season: the importance of host circumstances for phoretic mite diversity
Kaitlin U. Campbell, Miami University ; Thomas O. Crist, Miami University
9:00 AM
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9:15 AM
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9:30 AM
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9:45 AM
Macrochelid mite fauna from Pakistan
Muhammad Qayyoum, Univerisity of Agriculture ; Bilal Khan, University of Agriculture
9:45 AM
Field observations of questing and dispersal of nymphal Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Acari: Ixodidae)
José Portugal III, Mississippi State University ; Jerome Goddard, Mississippi State University
9:45 AM
Phylogenetic evaluation of Oligonychus perseae and Oligonychus punicae (Acari: Tetranychidae) populations from different hosts
Ma.Teresa Santillán-Galicia, Colegio de Postgraduados ; Stephanie Guzman, Colegio de Postgraduados ; Ariel Guzmán, Colegio de Postgraduados
9:45 AM
Suppression or differential induction? Indirect defence of tomato plants attacked by Tetranychus evansi
Felipe Lemos, University of Amsterdam ; Angelo Pallini, Federal University of Viçosa ; Eraldo Rodrigues Lima, Federal University of Viçosa ; Arne Janssen, Universiteit van Amsterdam
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
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10:12 AM
Use of the ion torrent PGM for studying the microbiome and metagenome of ticks
Zachary Holmes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Brian Shirey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Brian Raphael, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Amanda Jo Williams-Newkirk, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Maria L. Zambrano, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Gregory A. Dasch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:24 AM
Resolving some taxonomic conflicts within the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae)
Paula Lado, Georgia Southern University ; Danielle Hibbs, Georgia Southern University ; Santiago Nava, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria ; Lance Durden, Georgia Southern University ; Lorenza Beati, Georgia Southern University
10:36 AM
Do chiggers prefer female hosts? A case study of Hirsutiella zachvatkini, supported by intraspecific variation of molecular traits
Hanna Moniuszko, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences ; Grzegorz Zalesny, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences ; Joanna Makol, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
10:48 AM
Microbiome of the phytophagous mite Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
Oscar Ospina, University of Puerto Rico ; José Carlos V. Rodrigues, University of Puerto Rico ; Steven Massey, University of Puerto Rico
11:00 AM
Investigations on blood-feeding and host responses caused by the northern fowl mite, Ornithonyssus sylviarum
Amy C. Murillo, University of California ; Bradley Mullens, University of California
11:12 AM
Concluding Remarks
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