From: Lennart Cederholm <Lennart.Cederholm@zool.lu.se>
To: z.zhang@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: New book
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 14:10:17 +0200

Dear Dr. Zhang,
I got your adress from Dr Lars Lundqvist, Lund, Sweden who has
published a new book on acari: "Taxonomic revision of the genus
Dinogamasus Kramer (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae)". It is
published in the series Entomologica scandinavica Supplement as No.
54. Price: U.S. $40 plus postage. Bank checks, personal check and
postal giro are accepted; Eurochecks are not accepted by
Swedishbanks.

Orders could be sent to: Scandinavian Entomology, Ltd. to either of
the following adresses:
Mail: Västervång 28, S- 247 34 S. Sandby, Sweden
e-mail:  Lennart.Cederholm@zool.lu.se
Fax: +46/46 579 69.

I would be very grateful I this information could be spread among the

acarologists. Many thanks in advance
Yours sincerely

Lennart Cederholm, editor of "Ent. scand. Suppl"., "Stobaeana" and
"Faunaoch Flora"
c/o Museum of Zoology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Mail address:
Scandinavian Entomology, Ltd.
Västervång 28, S-247 34 S. Sandby, Sweden
Phone & fax +46/(0)46-579 69;
e-mail: Lennart.Cederholm@zool.lu.se
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From: "Dr. M. A. Houck" <y1mah@TTACS.TTU.EDU>
To: owner-acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 10:53:28 -0500

Dear acarologists,

I have two requests for all of you to consider:

1.)  There are only two mite symposia scheduled for the International
Congress of Entomology in Brazil in August (20-26th)  2000.  One of these
is on dispersal in the Acari.  We have had a cancellation in that schedule
and if you would like to be considered for this opportunity please contact
me ASAP.  A tentative schedule will go out to you all this week.

2.)  I have agreed to publish the Newsletter for the ASA this year.  The
newsletter will be in the mail this Wednesday and it is sizable (15 pages)
but I am interested in receiving information for the next issue and would
like to receive from you any information that is appropriate for the
newsletter.  Though we have not had the mechanism before for short
discussions of important issues, the internet now provides ready access to
your thoughts and we can communicate them to others who do not have access
to the net and also provide  written documentation of issues.  For example,
if someone would like to summarize the past dialog on Hoyer's medium, that
would be a great service for the newsletter.  If there is sufficient
interest, we can start a NEWS and VIEWS section on current topics.

I will do my best to be responsible for monitoring such E-mail topics in
the future, but would appreciate help in this regard.  Our membership is
international and diffuse, so all is fair game as long as it interests you,
it will probably interest  others.

Thank you,
Marilyn

     I am new to the list, so I apologize if I missed a recent
     discussion of this topic.
 
     I am interested in the immunological resistance to ticks among
     mammalian hosts.  My literature searches have yielded only a few
     articles, the latest being Wikel's "Host immunity to ticks" in the
     1996 Annual Review of Entomology.  Can anyone direct me to other
     literature, especially later than 1996?
 
     Thanks very much, and if there is interest, I will post a summary
     of responses.
 
 
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      11501 American Holly Drive
      Laurel, MD     20708-4017               email: JOHN_B_FRENCH@USGS.GOV
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    Dear listers,

    I'm doing strange observations on a group of tiny mites and I
    have found
    that they are able to produce fine drops of idrophobic substance
    ("saliva"
    ?) when they are immersed in oil. I have tried some types of oil
    but
    "immersion oil for microscopy (ordinary use) nd =3D 1.516 at
    23=B0C produced=
    by
    Olympus optical Co., LTD" is the only one in which it happens.

    My knowledge about the composition of this oil was that it is
    produced from
    cedar. So, I tested condensate cedar oil but the mite died soon
    (after 30
    minutes) without any dropplets visible.

    My question is:

    What is the exact composition of the immersion oil?

    Thanks for all help.
 
 

    dr Enrico de Lillo
    Istituto di Entomologia agraria - Universit=E0 Bari - Italy
    tel. +39 080 5443105
    fax +39 080 5442876
    email: delillo@agr.uniba.it
    http://193.204.185.103/de_lillo.htm
 
 

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Dear all:
The investigation on oribatid mites in Argentina (South America) is easier
thanks to fundamental works like Balogh and Balogh's Oribatid Genera of the
World, and Oribatid mites from Neotropical Region, together with many
descriptions by the same authors, Marie Hammer, S. Mahunka, etc. But in the
samples appears many exemplaires of the other orders, and I'm interested in
to know if this material is a novelty or not. So, my question is:
Are there any treatise equivalent to Balogh and Balogh's works (including
specifically Argentina, or at least some region South America) devoted to
prostigmatic, mesostigmatic and astigmatic mites?
Unfortunately the study of these groups in soil have a little development
in my country.
Thanks in advance

Pablo

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* Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata       *
* Funes 3350                                  *
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Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 14:53:48 -0400
From: "Matthew R. Lee" <mlee@genes.bio.puc.cl>
To: "acarology@nhm.ac.uk" <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
Subject: Chilean mites
 

Dear All,
First of all I'd like to thank those of you who responded to my
request for information concerning supralittoral mites, particularly
those who sent me reprints.  I would like to thank Prof. Thibaud in
Paris
for the reprints about Collembola which a very abundant intertidally
here.
   Second I have just got back from a trip to the relict cloud
forests
in Parque National Fray Jorge in northern central Chile (nr. La
Serena)
there I collected some moss samples in the hope of finding some
tardigrades, there were none, there were however a number of acari,
so
would anybody like them. Let me know and we'll organize something.
Regards
Matthew
 

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From: "ZQ Zhang" <zq_z@hotmail.com>
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
CC: readw@medicine.wustl.edu
Subject: Fwd: the aquarium
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 14:18:30 PDT
 

***Please reply to "William L. Read" <readw@medicine.wustl.edu>

 
 
    Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 20:57:53 -0500 (CDT)
    From: "William L. Read" <readw@medicine.wustl.edu>
    X-Sender: readw@medicine
    To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
    Subject: the aquarium
 
 
    Whileusing my microscope to explore the microfauna of my fish
    tank, I
    noted certain areas were pretty heavily populated by mites.
    These mites were microscopic; I would say the size of a scabies
    or dust mite.  They were alive, walking around in the scum.  They
    looked a _lot_ like dust mites, but to me all those really small
    mites look similar.

    My question: are they dust mites - the same species that lives in

    mattresses?  Or a seperate species?

    I recommend checking out scum from the fish tank under the
    microscope. The filter is the best area.  You will be amazed at
    what lives in there.
 
 

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Maurice O'Donnell
National Plant Pest Reference Laboratory
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Lincoln
New Zealand

From: "Maurice O'Donnell" <OdonnellM@maf.govt.nz>  
To: BejakovichD@maf.govt.nz, acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Tydeidae
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 15:10:52 +1200

Hi
Thanks to all the members of the acarology list who replied to my request for
information about Tydeidae taxonomy.  Your help is much appreciated.

Maurice O'Donnell
National Plant Pest Reference Laboratory
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Lincoln
New Zealand
odonnellm@maf.govt.nz
 

Hello all:

Can anyone help me to find the information enclosed in the following references:

- Belozerov, V.N. and Luzev, V.V. 1976. Electrophoretic studies of the proteins
of the hemolymph, midgut excreta and eggs of the active and diapausing adult
females of Dermacentor marginatus. Parasitologia 11: 35-42.
- Dolp, R. and Hamdy, B. 1971. Biochemical and physiological studies of certain
ticks. Protein electrophoretic studies of certain biological fluids of Argas and
Hyalomma. J. Med. Entomol. 6: 636-642.
- Tarnowski, B. 1983. Blood meal digestion and vitellogenesis in the tick
Dermacentor variabilis.(Say). PhD. Dissertation, Memphis State University.
( Only the part related to electrophoresis of proteins before and after feeding)

More recent articles could be very valuable and I would greatly appreciate your
kind attention to a colleague that is involved in writing a MSc thesis  with
very scarce bibliography in the biochemistry of ticks.

My address is Tropical Medicine Institute, P.O.Box 601, Marianao 13, Ciudad
Habana, Cuba. e-mail: mendiola@ipk.sld.cu.

Lic. Judith Mendiola.

Does anyone have the table of contents for this Annals of NYAS: Ann N Y Acad
Sci. 1996 Jul 23;791. I guess an electronic version would be easier for both
of us.

Thanks in advance for your help,

jim occi

Hi all:

I'd very much appreciate help with finding the email address of Gisela Rack.

Cheers,
Heather

From: "Isaac A. Ferenhof" <ferenhof@infolink.com.br>
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: book buying
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 21:12:33 -0300
 

Does anyone know were to find the book bellow, I kind ask help . I want to
purchaise  2 each !

"NYMPHS OF THE GENUS IXODES : ) ACARI : IXODIDAE ) OF THE UNITED STATES:
TAXONOMY, IDENTIFICATION KEY, DISTRIBUTION, HOSTS, & MEDICAL/VETERINARY
IMPORTANCE."
AUTHOR: EDITOR : DARDEN, L. A. EDITOR :KEIRANS, J. E.
PUBLISHING DATE : 10/1996
PUBLISHER : ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
ISBN : 0938522574

 If you find it , please e-mail me  !
Thanking in advance for your kind help, time and effort with this " fellow
"  here .
Your's Sincerely ,
Dr. Isaac Aisenberg Ferenhof , M.D. , D.V.M.

Dear Acarologists,
Could anybody please help me with the e-mail address of Dr. Malcolm
Luxton, National Museum, Wales.
Thank you
Louise Coetzee
----------------------------------------------------------
Louise Coetzee         Tel: + 27 51 4479609
Dept of Acarology      Fax: + 27 51 4476273
National Museum        acarol@nasmus.co.za
P.O. Box 266
Bloemfontein
9300 South Africa

From: "Lic. Judith Mendiola" <mendiola@ipk.sld.cu>
To: "'acarology@nhm.ac.uk'" <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
Subject: Looking for old references
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:09:21 -0400

Hello all:

Can anyone help me to find the information enclosed in the following references:

- Belozerov, V.N. and Luzev, V.V. 1976. Electrophoretic studies of the proteins
of the hemolymph, midgut excreta and eggs of the active and diapausing adult
females of Dermacentor marginatus. Parasitologia 11: 35-42.
- Dolp, R. and Hamdy, B. 1971. Biochemical and physiological studies of certain
ticks. Protein electrophoretic studies of certain biological fluids of Argas and
Hyalomma. J. Med. Entomol. 6: 636-642.
- Tarnowski, B. 1983. Blood meal digestion and vitellogenesis in the tick
Dermacentor variabilis.(Say). PhD. Dissertation, Memphis State University.
( Only the part related to electrophoresis of proteins before and after feeding)

More recent articles could be very valuable and I would greatly appreciate your
kind attention to a colleague that is involved in writing a MSc thesis  with
very scarce bibliography in the biochemistry of ticks.

My address is Tropical Medicine Institute, P.O.Box 601, Marianao 13, Ciudad
Habana, Cuba. e-mail: mendiola@ipk.sld.cu.

Lic. Judith Mendiola.

From: Lars Lundqvist <Lars.Lundqvist@zool.lu.se>
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Tydeidae
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 12:05:26 +0100
 

        Since I was one of those who answered Dr. M. O'Donnell's question
about the Tydeidae, and was invited to "speak out loudly", I will try to
explain myself to a wider audience.
        The history of the controversy is this (in short): The genus name
Tydeus was first used by Koch in 1835. The type species of the genus is
Tydeus kochi Oudemans, 1928 (= Tydeus croceus Koch, 1836) by subsequent
designation by Baker & Wharton, 1952.
        The family Tydeidae was revised in a series of papers by André
(1980, 1981a, 1981b). In his 1980 paper he defined a new genus,
Orthotydeus, in such a way to includ T. kochi. He put the name Tydeus (in
part) as a junior synonym to Orthotydeus, which of course do not conform to
the Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
        Kazmierski (1989) suggested the following synonymies:

Lorryia Oudemans, 1925 (type species: Lorryia superba Oudemans, 1925) syn.:
Tydeus Koch, 1835 sensu André, 1980.

Paralorryia Baker, 1965 (type species: Lorryia cumbrensis Baker, 1944)
syn.: Homeotydeus André, 1980

Tydeus Koch, 1835 (Type species: Tydeus kochi Oudemans, 1928) syn.:
Orthotydeus André, 1980.

        However, there may be other, and perhaps simpler, ways to handle
the problem with the identification of the three genera and their type
species, e.g. giving them sub-generic rank in the genus Tydeus Koch, 1835.
        The family is in bad need of a total revision, based on sound
cladistic methods, and until such a revision is completed, I think it is
wise to retain one, thought defective, system. Trying to mend the system in
small steps at a time may add even more confusion to the present situation,
I'm afraid.
        André's system do not reflect the evolution of modern Tydeidae, see
for instance the contradiction in assigning O. maculatus Momen & Lundqvist,
1996, a species with the characteristic "basket-weave" patter of the genus
Tydulosus, into Orthotydeus instead of reviving and redefining Baker's old
(1965) genus.
        However, and in spite of this, and awaiting a full revision of the
family, I would recommend the principle of precaution and keep the genus
Orthotydeus as defined by André.

        References:

André, H.M. 1980. - A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari:
Actinedida). IV. Generic description, key and conclusion. - Bull. Ann. Soc.
r. belge Ent., 116: 103-168.
André, H.M. 1981 a. - A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari:
Actinedida). II. Organotaxy of the idiosoma and gnathosoma.- Acarologia,
22: 31-46.
André, H.M. 1981 b. - A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari:
Actinedida). III. Organotaxy of the legs. - Acarologia, 22: 165 - 178.
Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952. - An introduction to Acarology. - The
Macmillan Company, New York. 465 pp.
Kazmierski, A. 1989. - Revision of the genera Tydeus Koch sensu André,
Homeotydeus André and Orthotydeus André with description of a new genus and
four new species of Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae). - Mitt. hamb.
zool. Mus. Inst. 86: 289 - 314.
Momen, F.M. & Lundqvist, L. 1996 Taxonomy of non-Tydeus genera of the
family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata): Mites that live in moss, lichens and
on trees in Southern Sweden. - Acarologia 37: 281 - 297.
Oudemans, A.C. 1928. - Acarologische Aantteekeningen XCIV. - Entomol. Ber.
7: 374-382.
 

Lars Lundqvist
Lund University
Dept. Systematic Zoology
Helgonav. 3
S-223 62 Lund
Sweden
Phone: +46 46 222 93 34
Fax:   +46 46 222 45 41
e-mail: Lars.Lundqvist@zool.lu.se
 
 

From: "Barry M. OConnor" <bmoc@umich.edu>  
To: "Isaac A. Ferenhof" <ferenhof@infolink.com.br>, acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Re: book buying
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 10:07:11 -0400
 

The monograph edited by Durden & Keirans is available from the
Entomological Society of America.  You can order it directly from their web
site:  http://www.entsoc.org/books.htm#TOMSAY

At 9:12 PM -0300 5/13/1999, Isaac A. Ferenhof wrote:
>Does anyone know were to find the book bellow, I kind ask help . I want to
>purchaise  2 each !
>
>"NYMPHS OF THE GENUS IXODES : ) ACARI : IXODIDAE ) OF THE UNITED STATES:
>TAXONOMY, IDENTIFICATION KEY, DISTRIBUTION, HOSTS, & MEDICAL/VETERINARY
>IMPORTANCE."
>AUTHOR: EDITOR : DARDEN, L. A. EDITOR :KEIRANS, J. E.
>PUBLISHING DATE : 10/1996
>PUBLISHER : ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
>ISBN : 0938522574
>
> If you find it , please e-mail me  !
>Thanking in advance for your kind help, time and effort with this " fellow
>"  here .
>Your's Sincerely ,
>Dr. Isaac Aisenberg Ferenhof , M.D. , D.V.M.
 

Barry M. OConnor                phone: (734) 763-4354
Museum of Zoology               FAX: (734) 763-4080
University of Michigan          e-mail: bmoc@umich.edu
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079  USA
 
 

Thanks to all who supplied me with Gisela Rack's museum address; for others
who are interested, it is:

c/o Dr. Hieronymus Dastych, Curator
Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum
Universitaet Hamburg
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
20146 Hamburg, Germany
 

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Dr Heather C Proctor
Department of (Zoology &) Entomology
University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD 4072
Australia

H.Proctor@ento.uq.edu.au

Tele.  +61-07-3365-1564
Fax. +617-3365-1922

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>From: "Gard Otis" <GOTIS@evbhort.uoguelph.ca>
>To: Multiple recipients of Apoidea <apoidea@bioserver.vsb.usu.edu>
>Subject:  APOIDEA: Shipping specimens in alcohol
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>    I was impressed with the innovative "solutions" some of you
>relayed about shipping specimens in alcohol.  Unfortunately,
>all of them that involved alcohol in any way were still illegal by
>international regulations.
>    I have called many people, ranging from officials with Canada
>Post, Transport Canada, and an outfit in Ottawa called Canutech.
>Eventually I was put in touch with a person on the campus here who
>read the same lines in a book of international regulations concerning
>"Dangerous Goods" as the Transport Canada official, so I believe I
>now have the straight answer.
>1).  Canada post allows NO quantities of alcohol solutions, because
>they do not handle shipment of dangerous goods. (Confirmed with Mr.
>John Tomaselli, Canada Post, 613-734-7161).  Removing the liquid and
>shipping the specimens in sealed plastic bags is still illegal
>because the specimens are then considered "solids containing
>flammable liquid" and still fall under the same regulations.  I would
>guess that this is an international convention and that other postal
>services would have the same policy, but I may be wrong on that.
>2).  Specimens in 24-70% alcohol are considered "Packing Group 3" of
>"Dangerous Goods."  If in small glass bottles of <50 ml, they can be
>shipped in a fiberboard (cardboard) carton, with a leakkproof liner
>inside, with the specimen containers well packed in absorbent
>cushioning material (e.g. vermiculite; not styrofoam which is not
>compatible with alcohol packing chips) to prevent movement and
>leakage.  The container then must be taped.  Because these are
>considered "dangerous goods" the packing of the shipment must be done
>or supervised by a trained person.  (We have such a person on our
>campus.)  On the outside of the box, official labels indicating
>Flammable Liquid, Dangerous Goods, and Orientation labels (arrows
>pointing up) must be used.  (If improperly applied or displayed, the
>shipment will be sent back to you to correct the problem.)  The
>package can be shipped with courier companies--I was recommended
>FedEx for international shipments.  If you want to check these regs
>yourself, it was under the code  Y309.  This shipment can also be
>sent as air cargo.  If you are travelling overseas, you should be
>able to provide the shipment a day in advance of your flight and have
>the package placed on your flight, so that it arrives when you do.
>Check with the airline if you choose to do this.
>3).  Alternatives:
>   a) Alcohol of less than 24% is not regulated by courier companies
>(it is still not allowed by Canada Post and presumably other
>Postal Services), so change the alcohol just for the period of
>shipment, then replace with 70% upon arrival.
>    b) Replace the alcohol with concentrated salt solution (but still
>package carefully to prevent leakage), then replace upon arrival with
>70% alcohol
>    c) The suggestion of shipping with 50% antifreeze (ethylene
>glycol) and 50% water is one I have not yet investigated; it may be
>possible, but I suspect that the ethylene glycol will be regulated
>in some manner or other.  I have used up my time on this matter, but
>if anyone wants to take it up with transport regulators to find out
>how it is regulated, please add to this.
>    Why should you comply with these regulations?  Consequences are
>severe.  In Canada, a first violation incurs a fine of $50,000.  The
>second time the fine is $100,000!  In the US the 1st fine is $25,000.
>You cannot buy insurance to cover this--it must be from your personal
>finances I am told.  Moreover, the specimens would probably be
>seized, possibly permanently, as evidence relating to the infraction.
>There are possible prison terms as well for violating these
>regulations.
>    One can ask why alcoholic beverages are considered separately
>from "alcohol solutions," or why perfumes in alcohol are also not
>regulated.  I am guessing that the perfumes will be regulated in due
>time.
>    I am not trying to make people's lives difficult:  I am "just the
>messenger."  Be aware however of the risks involved should you decide
>to just carry some regulated materials in your carry-on bag, or
>checked with your luggage.  At least in Canada, Customs and
>Agriculture officials have been instructed to be more vigilant and to
>check questionable items more carefully.
>    I see no way that this will be deregulated for "minor use" people
>like entomologists.  Maybe a system for routinely using salt or other
>alternatives needs to be agreed upon, so when receiving shipments one
>knows exactly how to handle them.
>    Can someone pass this on to the entomol listserve as well?
>Thanks.
>                                        Gard Otis
>                                        University of Guelph
>                                        Guelph, Ontario  Canada
>

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    Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 19:11:46 +1000
    To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
    From: Svet <svet@writeme.com>
    Subject: karyotyping
    Mime-Version: 1.0
    Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii"
 

    Hello

    I am doing my honours degree in Australia under Dr. D.E. Walters,

    focusing on sex ratios of the predatory Mesostigmata especially
    of
    <italic>Lasioseius sp.

    </italic>

    I am attempting to determine whether this species has a
    parahaploid
    genetic system by karyotyping eggs that are between 0 - 6 hours
    old. I am
    using the  aceto orcein squash method. Unfortunately no-one in
    the
    Entomology and Zoology Dept. at the University of Queensland have
    done
    this before and I am having very little success
 

    Would anyone have a detailed laboratory manual on the
    <bold>aceto-orcein
    squash</bold> <bold>method </bold>they would be willing to email
    me?
 

    Thankyou very much,
 

    Svetlana Micic
 

    Department of Zoology & ENTOMOLOGY

    Hartley-Teakle Building

    The University of Queensland

    St Lucia, QLD 4072 Australia

Dear Colleagues:

I was informed that the following book was publihsed:

"PHTOSEIIDAE OF CENTRAL AMERICA" By Denmark et al. (1999), 125 pp,
ISBN:
0-930337-17-4, published by Indira Publishing House, P.O. Box 250456,
West
Bloomfield, Michigan 48325-0456, USA, Phone: 248-661-2529, fax:
248-661-4066
or 517-223-7814, price: $ 87.00 (including postage/handling).

Best wishes,

Zhi-Qiang Zhang
 

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From: Tingkui.Qin@aqis.gov.au
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Biology of Brevipalpus cuneatus
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 09:27:30 +1000
 
Dear colleagues,

I'd like to get information on the biology and/or life history of
Brevipalpus cuneatus (Tenuipalpidae). Are there published papers on this
subject? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Tingkui

*************************************
Dr Ting-Kui QIN
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
Plant Quarantine Policy Branch
GPO Box 858
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6272 3719
Fax: +61 2 6272 3307
Email address: tingkui.qin@aqis.gov.au
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Dear colleagues,

I am looking for information on the rearing of  Oligota sp.
(Staphylinidae). We find them frequently as predators of spider mites in
Kenya and would like to rear them for development and prey consumption
studies.

I also need help on the identification of Oligota sp. from sub-saharan
Africa. Does anybody know who could help?

Thanks in advance.

Markus Knapp
__________________
Dr. Markus Knapp
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
P.O. Box 30772
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 2 861680-4
Fax: +254 2 860110/861307
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At 2:54 PM +0000 5/27/1999, EDDIE UECKERMANN wrote:
>Dear colleagues,
>       A friend of mine, Prof. E. D. Green, working on the morphology of
>ticks want to make contact (e-mail) with Dr. G. T. Baker of the
>Mississippi State University. Can any one help him or even you Dr.
>Baker. Send it to me.
 

Gerry Baker's e-mail is:  gbaker@entomology.msstate.edu  - Barry

Barry M. OConnor                phone: (734) 763-4354
Museum of Zoology               FAX: (734) 763-4080
University of Michigan          e-mail: bmoc@umich.edu
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079  USA 

I am trying to find the contact details of C. Davids in Amsterdam.  I'm
sorry I have no more information except that he/she was probably involved
in the last EURAAC meeting.  An email address would be great but postal
address would do.

Thankyou

Jane Growns
Research Fellow
Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre
PO Box 921
Albury NSW 2640
AUSTRALIA