Can anyone give me the address of the collection in Munich, Germany where
the Vitzthum collection of mites is housed?  I have found addresses in the
older versions of Acarologists of the World, but can't find a "Zoologische
Staatssamlung" on the web, only various other names for museums in Munich
and Bavaria.  Given the consolidation and change that has been common in
the museum community over the past few decades, it's possible there's a new
name and address for this collection.
        Thanks! - Barry OConnor

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So many mites, so little time!
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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 responded with assistance in locating Vitzthum specimens.
I now have the address for the Zoologische Staatssamlung in Munich.

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So many mites, so little time!
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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

Hello to all!
Does anyone know of good PC-based (preferably Windows) volume-
rendering program for 3D-reconstructions from serial sections? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

Thomas Morwinsky
 

Thomas Morwinsky
Zoologisches Institut der CAU, LS Oekologie
Olshausenstr. 40
D-24098 Kiel
Germany
  Tel:+49 431 880 4147
  Fax:+49 431 880 4368
email:tmorwinsky@zoologie.uni-kiel.de

I am looking for references on techniques for mounting and staining
mites (Caloclyphus-Sancassania).  In particular, digestive and
reproductive morphology, eggs, etc. we are constrained to light
microscopy at the time.

reply to my personal email, unless there is listserve interest.

many thanks
andrew
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Andrew Beckerman (w) +44 (0)1786 467808
Institute of Biological Science (fax) +44 (0)1786 464994
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
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The following is a request sent to the list from a Ph.D. student from
Romania. Please reply to adinac@uaic.ro directly if you can help.
Zhi-Qiang Zhang

Forwarded message:
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 17:37:40 +0200
From: Adina Calugar <adinac@uaic.ro>
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Zerconidae
 

Dear All working with ZERCONIDAE,

> I am study gamasid-mites. I am working especially in Zerconidae. I am
> going to do my Ph.D. about these mites. I am very interested about
> their  biology and ecology but I have only one extensive paper on this
> subject (Vera Halaskova - Zerconidae of Czechoslovakia). I have some
> more information about their biology , ecology from Evans, Moraza,
> Karg, Bregetova
> Another ask: I found a Prozercon species with all
> podonotum setae (all i-setae) barbed. I think it is a new species but I
> am not very sure . Please tell me if you know about a species with this
> characteristics (all i-setae barbed inclusively i5).
> I would greatly appreciate if you want to help me with some
bibliography
> or even advises.

I am also looking for a scholarship in Acarology (for study Zerconidae or
free living Mesostigmata ) to specialize myself. Please, can everyone
help
me?

>
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Adina Calugar
> Biological Research Institute
> B-dul Carol I , 20 A
> Iasi, 6600
> Romania
 

Dear Friends and Colleagues of Dr. Howard Sengbusch,

It is with deep regret that I learned today of Howard's death at age 81.
Dr. Sengbusch was an internationally known tropical parasitologist and Dean
of the School of Arts and Sciences at Buffalo State College.

Howard was also an adjunct professor of biology at Georgia Southern
University and Florida State University.  He was  the first Director of the
Great Lakes Laboratory, established in Buffalo in 1966.

Howard passed away on February 4, 1999, in Tallahassee, Florida where he
lived with his wife Beatrice.

Burial will be at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia as Howard was
a lieutenant in the US Army during WWII and a captain of the US Public
Health Service.

Sincerely,
M. A. Houck

Dear Acarologists,

I am looking for a paper that I believe would have been originally published
in South America.  Would anyone know where I could obtain a copy of the
following:
Elizondo Langagne, A. (1947) Bol. Serv. Hig. rur. Med. Social Comarca
Lagunera, 1: 53.

This reference was cited in Ticks and Disease (Arthur, D.1961) and is about
tick infestations of humans in the "Lake Region of Mexico".

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jim Occi
Cranford, New Jersey
USA

Dear Acarologists:
 This is to inform you that I have moved to California (from Georgia)
to take a public health biologist position with the California Department of
Health Services, Vector-borne Disease Section.  The following is my new
address:

 Renjie Hu, Ph.D.
 California Department of Health Services
 2151 Convention Center Way, Suite 218B
 Ontario, CA 91764
 USA
 Tel: (909) 937-3440
 Fax: (909) 937-3456
 E-mail: rhu@dhs.ca.gov

Renjie