****Reply to naombc@yahoo.com

Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 14:26:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Naomi Creel <naombc@yahoo.com>
Subject: a question about a mite
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
 

hello-
I work with the Dermatology Department at Madiagan
Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA. We had an
interesting case: a patient who had a typical mite
rash and a dead hamster with red mites.  It is well
documented in the dermatology literature that the red
bird mite (D. gallinae) can cause a rash in humans.
Could this mite also infest a hamster?  I have
attached a photo of the mite and hamster.  Is it
possible to identify the mite from the photo? or
narrow the possibilities? Also, I have read a little
about the tropical rat mite (O. bacoti) also affecting
humans, could this mite be that?
  Anyone who could help with information would be
appreciated.  I am interested in presenting this case
to other dermatologists. Thank you.
 

Naomi Creel <naombc@yahoo.com>
 
 

CC: Lincoln.smtp("naombc@yahoo.com")

>****Reply to naombc@yahoo.com
>
... It is well
>documented in the dermatology literature that the red
>bird mite (D. gallinae) can cause a rash in humans.
>Could this mite also infest a hamster?  I have
>attached a photo of the mite and hamster.  Is it
>possible to identify the mite from the photo? or
>narrow the possibilities? Also, I have read a little
>about the tropical rat mite (O. bacoti) also affecting
>humans, could this mite be that?

Some years ago, we had a case of O. bacoti infesting a captive colony of
wild Microtus species.  The rodents were largely wiped out, and some biting
of the lab workers was reported. - Barry OConnor

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
So many mites, so little time!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Barry M. OConnor
Professor & Curator             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
 
 
 

CC: Lincoln.smtp("naombc@yahoo.com")

At 13:42 04/06/00 +1200, you wrote:
****Reply to naombc@yahoo.com

Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 14:26:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Naomi Creel <naombc@yahoo.com>
Subject: a question about a mite
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk

hello-
I work with the Dermatology Department at Madiagan
Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA. We had an
interesting case: a patient who had a typical mite
rash and a dead hamster with red mites.  It is well
documented in the dermatology literature that the red
bird mite (D. gallinae) can cause a rash in humans.
Could this mite also infest a hamster?  I have
attached a photo of the mite and hamster.  Is it
possible to identify the mite from the photo? or
narrow the possibilities? Also, I have read a little
about the tropical rat mite (O. bacoti) also affecting
humans, could this mite be that?
   Anyone who could help with information would be
appreciated.  I am interested in presenting this case
to other dermatologists. Thank you.
 

Naomi Creel <naombc@yahoo.com>
 
 

Dear Naomi Creel:

Good Morning.
 

You can find this little fellow at: YUNKER, C. 1973. Parasites of
Laboratory Animals. Iowa State University, Press Ames. p. 426.   ;-))
Answering your questions:

YES IT CAN, AND DO IT!

I didn't see the mite's photo ;-((

YES!! it could! ;-)

Please see these medicals aspects:
These mites feed themselves with blood and cause debility, anemy, and
hamster's dead. O. bacoti, can transmit the agents of murine typhus,
(Rickettsia typhus), rickyysialpox  (R. akari), Q fiver, (Coxiella burneti)
and pestis (Francisella pestis),but  it isn't the most important vector of
those.
It is the most common vector of Litomosoides carinii.

There are possibilities of infection in "lab mouses, hamsters" of those
above or others.

When no  mouse in the house ;-)  they can attack men and causing very
painful  allergic dermatitis!

Thanking in advance for giving me this opportunity to help,
Your's Sincerely,
Isaac
 

            Dr. Isaac Aisenberg Ferenhof M.D / D.V.M.
 >>>>ferenhof@infolink.com.br<<<<
 >>>>ferenhof@intermega.com.br<<<<
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
 

CC: Lincoln.smtp("naombc@yahoo.com")

Dear Slava ;-)
It is a great honor to reply your question.
Please have the kindness to read:

YUNKER, C. 1973. Parasits of Laboratory Animals. Iowa State Univ. Press
Ames.pp:14,426.

In our studies we found that "hamsters mites" are from "Mesostigmata's" and
"Macronyssidae"  family. By the way, they are: Echinolaeps achidinus,
Ornithonyssus bacoti ( the hamster's friend ;-))  ) Liponyssoides sanguineus.

Laelapidae family:  Laelaps nuttali

With kind regards,
Your's Sincerely,
Isaac

Dear Entomologist

1. This week we will display on our homepage all the abstracts received by
the Scientific Committee. We will inform the address where you can check if
yours was well received.

2. Due to unexpected requests for parallel meetings during the ICE, we were
forced to change one of the locations of our congress. Hotel Carima isn't
anymore official place or official hotel of the Congress, as we needed more
room space. We moved to a brand new Event and Entertainment Center, at the
same site of Bourbon and Mabu, the other officials hotels.
Participants that had reservations at the Carima will be transferred to
same or better category hotels, at the same price announced for Carima.
Pls, wait the contact from Oliveira Travel, the Official Agency.
 Participants that would stay at Carima anyway will have his (her) right
respected, but the Congress will not provide free transportation to/from
this hotel.

3. Any of you facing problems with air ticket reservation should contact
immediately the Official Agency (Oliveira Travel -
oliveiratravel@pjeventos.com.br) to make the necessary arrangements. Pls
inform you complete name, flight number date and time of arrival at
Brazilian airports on your mail.

Yours

Decio Luiz Gazzoni
President, XXI ICE

Dear all in the list:

I would like to consult your knowledge about tick control for prevention of transmission of diseases to humans. I have some information about the control of Ixodes scapularis, but none about the control of Dermacentor or Amblyomma  for prevention of rickettsiosis, for example.
Other doubt I would like to solve, is the identification of tick species of medical importance in Central and  South America.
I would greatly appreciate any help I can receive in this sense.
Thanking in advance,
Lic. Judith Mendiola
Institute Pedro Kourí
Ciudad Habana
Cuba
E-mail: mendiola@ipk.sld.cu

>Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 09:34:43 -0700 (PDT)
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From:  EURAAC <euraac2000@unisi.it>
To: Lincoln.smtp("acarology@nhm.ac.uk")
Date:  8 June 2000 10:08pm
Subject:  4th EURAAC is in progress

Dear colleague,
we are pleased to inform you that EURAAC Symposium is in progress; we have
received several abstracts and we hope to receive more.
We are arranging a program and there is time to accept other registrations
and abstracts.
We hope that the scientific contributions, the discussion on them, and the
exchange of stimulating ideas with colleagues will constitute a good reason
to meet again.

Dear colleague take account about the invited spekers lectures:

- Salvatore Ragusa (Palermo, Italy)
 "A survey on the Italian Acarologist (non definitive title)"

Session: Phylogeny and evolution
- Richard H. Thomas (London, United Kingdom)
 "Molecular biology and development of the oribatid, Archegozetes
longisetosus"

- Brian Fenton (Dundee, United Kingdom)
 "Speciation and biogeography of eriophyid mites".

Session: Systematics, morphology and physiology
- Reinhard Gerecke (Tübingen, Germany)
 "The diversity of water mites (Acari: Parasitengona: Hydrachnidia) in
running  water and spring habitats - present state of our knowledge and
needs for future  research".

- Gerd Alberti (Greifswald, Germany)
 "Reproductive systems of gamasid mites reconsidered (Acari,
Anactinotrichida)".

Session: Applied Acarology
- Frantisek Dusbabek (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic)
 "Adaptation of mites and ticks to parasitism. Medical and veterinary
aspects".

- Serge Kreiter (Montpellier, France)
 "Future prospects in agricultural acarology".

- Danuta Kropczynska (Warsaw, Poland)
 (Non available title)

Session: Evolutionary ecology and life-strategy
- M.W. Sabelis (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
 "Life history evolution in plant inhabiting mites: ecological
determinants and phylogenetic constraints"
 

Moreover we have found a few hours for a round table intitled "How to see
then future of Acarology" (Chair: Serge Kreiter) which would be an occasion
of constructive discussion on our research.

Please, could you give this information to the colleagues we cannot contact
by e-mail and that could be interested in EURAAC Symposium.
So, if you are still interested we will be really happy to receive news
from you.

Sincerely yours,
 

       President
     Fabio Bernini
 

PS. For more information you could contact the Scientific Secretariat
(euraac2000@unisi.it) or visit our website
http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dip/bio_evol/sitoeuraac/siena2000.html
 
 

Fabio Bernini
Department of Evolutionary Biology
University of Siena
via P.A. Mattioli, 4 - 53100 Siena ITALY
e-mail  euraac2000@unisi.it
FAX  +39 0577 232898
URL  http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dip/bio_evol/sitoeuraac/siena2000.html

Dear Entomologist

Pls find at www.embrapa.br/ice/abstract.htm the list of abstracts received
at our secretariat.
They are in alphabetical order of the name of the file. So Jerry London
should look for the file j.london, jerry-london, jerry_london, london, or
london1, usually the same filename as you sent to us.
We estimate that 5% of the files arrived contaminated with viruses. Some we
could identify and asked the sender to send it again after cleaning.
But some viruses halted the system and deleted automatically the email, so
we have no idea who sent it.
So, pls look if your abstract is on the list. If you have any doubt, pls
contact caio@cnpso.embrapa.br

After this first confirmation, we will place information regarding the
session to which the abstract is linked, and finally information regarding
oral and poster presentation.

Remember that June 30rd is the deadline for registering at the ICE with
partially reduced fee. Follow the procedures on our homepage for registration.

Yours
 

Decio Luiz GazzoniPresident, XXI ICE

Colleagues,

John Kethley recently told me of the existence of this website concerning
the American acarologist Maurice Farrier.  There is a biography and guide
to his paper/manuscript collection. Some of you may be interested.

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/collections/html/farrier.html
 

R. Norton
 
 
 
 

Roy A. Norton
SUNY-College of Environmental Science & Forestry
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, New York  USA  13210
Fax: (315) 470 6934
Email: ranorton@mailbox.syr.edu

 Dear Colleagues,

 As an "Acarologist" you get all kinds of questions from the
audience. One is: How big can a tick be? Does anyone know the
"World-record" of what a tick can consume? I have one statement of a
Hyalomma asiaticum taking a blood meal of more than 8 ml (which, by the
way, is close to the volume of my thumb up to the first joint!).

 Best regards
 

 Lars Lundqvist
 Lund University, Sweden
 Lars.Lundqvist@zool.lu.se

************************************************************************

It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover. To know
how to criticize is good, but to know how to create is better.
  -- Henri Poincare

Hi Lars,

With respect to "the largest tick"  there is a brochure from the US National
Tick Collection which feature a photograph of a "female tick" feeding on a
gopher tortoise.  These specimens (the tick, that is) can be up to an inch
long and i/2 inch thick. Perhaps Jim Kierans could supply more information.

I too am interested in these "Gee Whiz" figures as I call them. I am in the
process of compiling a collection of tick superlatives.  The most amazing to
me is the number of ticks on one host. That is: Welch et al reported in 1990
that in a captive 2.5 yr old male reindeer that died in zoo in Edmonton Nov.
1988 had 411,661 Dermacentor albipictus ticks on it (=25 ticks/cm2).  This
fact is from Bill Samuels, a well known moose researcher (I believe).

Best wishes,

Jim Occi

Many many thanks to everyone who helped me with my final year
project - I got a first (Wahey!!) and couldnt have done it without
your help.
Cheers :o)
Rachel (house dust mites project)

List,
Attached is a sketch of a mite that was sent to me from a Dr. whose house
(and bed) these have been infesting.  My attempts at keying them our using
"How to know the Mites and Ticks" is limited by my current lack of a
compound microscope.  These might Dermanyssus or Ornithonyssus, but I
cannot locate a similar appearing drawing.
I realize the limitations of a crude drawing such as this, can someone
suggest additional key characters that I might look for to properly
identify these?  I should be able to find my compoound microscope or use
our college instruments soon.
B. Hebert
Pasadena, CA

Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:30:42 -0400
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
From: klompen.1@osu.edu (Hans Klompen)
Subject: ASA Annual Meeting update

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING SUBMISSION OF INFORMAL
CONFERENCE
(SUBMITTED/CONTRIBUTED) PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS FOR THE 2000
ASA MEETING IN
MONTREAL.

        All regular and student-competition 10-minute oral papers for this
year's meeting of the Acarological Society of America (ASA) in Montreal
on
Sunday, 3 December must be submitted through the Entomological
Society of
America's (ESA) electronic submissions system. This can be accessed
from
the ESA website at <www.entsoc.org>, then clicking on "Annual
Meeting" and
following the instructions for submitting your paper.  Unfortunately, ESA
did not set up a separate category for ASA Informal Conference paper
submissions and has therefore asked that all such papers be added to
the
Acarology Formal Conference (Formal Conference 1). After the 27 June
deadline for abstract submissions, ESA and ASA representatives will
separate the Formal Conference papers from those destined for the
Informal
Conference.
        We apologize for this unorthodox method of submitting ASA Informal
Conference (submitted/contributed) papers.  Heroic measures were
taken by
ASA officers, particularly Hans Klompen, to ensure that a separate ASA
Informal Conference category would be set up on the ESA electronic
submissions site but, for unknown reasons, it did not happen.  Even with
the additional step of submitting all ASA papers into the ASA Formal
Conference, the abstract submission system is user friendly.  However,
if
any problems arise, Carolyn DeSimon at the ESA National Office has
asked
that you contact her either by telephone (301-731-4535 Ext. 3016) or by
e-mail (<carolyn@entsoc.org>).

CALL FOR 2000 ACAROLOGY STUDENT COMPETITION PAPERS AND
TRAVEL AWARDS

        The ASA will hold its 2000 Outstanding Student Paper Competition
during the Acarology Submitted Papers Session at the annual meeting of
the
ESA in Montreal, Quebec (Dec. 3-7, 2000).  We invite all interested
graduate students working on Acarines to submit a paper to the
Contributed
Papers Session of the Acarology Informal Conference.  Please submit an
abstract to ESA and to Dr. Ellen Dotson by June 27, 2000.  To enter your
contribution using the ESA electronic submission system, submit your
contribution under "Formal Conference Acarology" (see above).
        In addition, the ASA is awarding a $150 of travel funds to an
outstanding graduate student presenting their research at the Acarology
Informal Conference.  The deadline for receipt of completed applications
is
June 27, 2000.  If you would like an application for a Travel Award or
wish
further information regarding either award, please contact Dr. Ellen
Dotson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCID, DPD, Mailstop
F-22, 4770 Buford Highway, Chamblee, GA  30341, USA;  Telephone
770-488-4837; FAX 770-488-4258; E-mail  ebd6@cdc.gov.
 

Dr. Hans Klompen
Ohio State University               | Tel: (614) 292-7180
Museum of Biological Diversity      | FAX: (614) 292-7774
1315 Kinnear Rd.                    | E-mail: klompen.1@osu.edu
Columbus, OH 43212-1192

message 1
________________________
From: "Patrick BESNIER" <laurapat.ben@wanadoo.fr>
To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
Subject: Insect or mite?
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:03:26 +0200

Help me, please!
These arthropods are parasits of Theraphosid spiders. But I do not know =
if they are insects or mites... Here they are:
Arrhynchus maculatus
Exetasis eickstedtae
Ocnaea sp.
Ogcodes borealis
Lasia purpurata

Thank you for my thesis...
Laura Kuste
_________________end of message 1
 

Message 2
______________
From: "josÿ luis rosas acevedo" <jlrosas71@hotmail.com>
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: request information
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:09:29 GMT

The present e.mail is in order to greet you and request you
>information on papers about the composition of the mite cuticle
>I am developing my protocol of thesis, and I require information in this
>respect., it is for this that I appeal to you that you work with
>Tetranychus. If between the literature that you have, there will be any
>article that describes the  cuticular conformation of the acari (proteins,
>lipids, carbohydrates, enzymes, etc) or some related with this topic.
>I f you have some paper, I  would greatly appreciate that you send me a
>photocopy.
>
>Sincerely yours.
>
>MC. JOSE LUIS ROSAS-ACEVEDO
>APDO. POSTAL. 10
>COORDINACI*N POSGRADO
>DOCTORADO BIOTECNOLOG*A
>UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA
>TECOMAN, COLIMA. 28100. MEXICO

Is there any acarologist in the list working in Mexico? Is there any acarologist from  Chetumal Institute? I would greatly appreciate your contact by e-mail.
Thanking in advance,
Lic. Judith Mendiola
Instituto Pedro Kourí
E-mail: mendiola@ipk.sld.cu

Dear Lars,

We have some semi- engorged Amblyomma pomposum females in
the Onderstepoort Tick Collection that measure plus/minus 2,5 X
2,5 X 1,5 cm. Maybe somebody who has worked in Angola will
have some fully engorged specimens.

Regarding many ticks on a host: Sir Arnold Theiler, 1st Director of
the Onderstepoort Veterinary Laboratory, collected 6kg (14lb) of
Boophilus decoloratus ticks from a horse over a period of 3 days.
The horse died of subsequent acute anaemia.

Heloise
 

Heloise Heyne                   Tel no. 27 (0)12 5299187
Tick Unit                       Fax no. 27 (0)12 5656573
Protozoology Div.
Onderstepoort Vet. Inst.
ONDERSTEPOORT
0110
SOUTH AFRICA

June 26, 2000

Dear Acarologist:

The XIth International Congress of Acarology will be held in Merida,
Mexico during September 8-13, 2002.  This will be our first international
congress of the 21st century and an appropriate venue to release an
updated Directory of Acarologists of the World, which will both ensure
communication between acarologists and help promote our discipline.

The previous Directory, prepared  by Dr. Cal Welbourn, and published in
1992, was a monumental compilation, including data on nearly 1900
acarologists from 84 countries.  It has proved an invaluable source over
the years; however, as with all Directories, it needs updating.

We on the International Executive Committee (IEC) propose that the
Directory 2002 will be available on the internet, and on computer disc,
that will be free to the acarological community.  Dr. Zhi-Qiang Zhang has
kindly offered to host the Directory on the Acarology homepage
(http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/acarology/) when it is compiled.

The information we ask is the following:

TITLE   FIRST NAME  LAST NAME
ADDRESS  E-MAIL ADDRESS HOME PAGE URL (WWW
ADDRESS)
PHONE   FAX   TAXONOMIC GROUPS STUDIED
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION (i.e., physiology, systematics etc.)

Could you send me the above information (by letter, phone, fax, or
e-mail) and I will ensure it is included in the Directory of Acarologists of
the World 2002.

We intend the Directory 2002 to be inclusive as possible, so please pass
on this request to acarologists I may have overlooked.

On behalf of the IEC, thank you for your participation.

Val Behan-Pelletier
Executive Secretary, IEC

Biodiversity Program
Eastern Cereal & Oilseed Research Centre
K. W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Av., Ottawa, ON  K1A 0C6, Canada
Tel: (613) 759-1799
Fax: (613) 759-1927
E-mail: behanpv@em.agr.ca
URL: http://res.agr.ca/ecorc/
 
 

CC: Lincoln.smtp("behanpv@em.agr.ca")

****Please reply to "GJ Bergthaler" <gjbergthaler@yline.com>

From: "GJ Bergthaler" <gjbergthaler@yline.com>
To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
Subject: question
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:07:30 +0200

Dear readers,

I was asked, if it's true that the house (?) mites Dermatophagoides spp. -
which live in many of our homes - can't survive at an altitude of more
than
2000 m a.s.l. due to the low atmospheric pressure. Thinking by myself
that
it's not the atmospheric pressure but the low temperatures (= low
humidity
in the houses because of heating) and the low density of habitats (=
buildings), I'm asking you what's the reason and where these mites
originally come from? Did they strongly "co-evolute" with human beings
or do
they also live outside buildings?

Thanks a lot,
Gernot!

P.S. Do reply to my private email account, please, since I'm not
subscribed
to the list!

Mag. Gernot J. Bergthaler  :o)
Weiserstr. 26/13, A-5020 Salzburg
Festnetz: 0(043-)662-870221
Mobilnetz: 0(043-)676-5415384
Fax (Inst. f. Zoologie): 0(043-)662-8044-5698
http://www.zoologie.sbg.ac.at/bergthaler_home.htm
 
 
 

CC: Lincoln.smtp("gjbergthaler@yline.com")

hi!
we are trying to standardize the determination of acaricidal properties of
textile sold with the tittle "anti-acariens"

Did anybody develop and publish this kind of acaricidal test?
I should be pleased to get some new references or standard norma
friendly

christian.bories@cep.u-psud.fr
EAD 398 Biologie et Controle des Organismes Parasites.
Faculte de Pharmacie
rue J.B. Clement
F-92296 Chatenay-Malabry cedex
FRANCE
 

phone. 33 (0)1 46 83 55 53
fax    33 (0)1 46 83 55 57
 06 85 42 28 73
 
 

Although the phylogenetic work has not been completed within the family, it
is clear from the natural distribution of species in the family
Pyroglyphidae, and the phylogenetic position of the family in the Analgoid
lineage, that the ancestral Pyroglyphid mite was a parasite of a bird.
Early derivative pyroglyphids (subfamily Paralgopsinae) are intra-quill
parasites, and some more derivative mites (subfamily Onychalginae) are skin
ectoparasites of bird hosts.  The remaining Pyroglyphidae form a likely
monophyletic group whose ancestor left the bird host for the nest
environment.  Within that lineage, different mites have colonized human
habitations on several occasions.  This is clear because each of the common
"dust mites" has close relatives which still inhabit bird nests rather than
human habitations.
 So the answer is clear that these mites have not co-evolved with
humans, but have repeatedly colonized habitations from the ancestral bird
nest habitats.  They have also colonized other mammal nest habitats as well
(e.g. the genus Pyroglyphus (s.s.) inhabiting American wood-rat houses).
 All the best - Barry OConnor

>From: "GJ Bergthaler" <gjbergthaler@yline.com>
>To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
>Subject: question
>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:07:30 +0200
>
>Dear readers,
>
>I was asked, if it's true that the house (?) mites Dermatophagoides spp. -
>which live in many of our homes - can't survive at an altitude of more
>than
>2000 m a.s.l. due to the low atmospheric pressure. Thinking by myself
>that
>it's not the atmospheric pressure but the low temperatures (= low
>humidity
>in the houses because of heating) and the low density of habitats (=
>buildings), I'm asking you what's the reason and where these mites
>originally come from? Did they strongly "co-evolute" with human beings
>or do
>they also live outside buildings?
>
>Thanks a lot,
>Gernot!
>
>P.S. Do reply to my private email account, please, since I'm not
>subscribed
>to the list!
>
>Mag. Gernot J. Bergthaler  :o)
>Weiserstr. 26/13, A-5020 Salzburg
>Festnetz: 0(043-)662-870221
>Mobilnetz: 0(043-)676-5415384
>Fax (Inst. f. Zoologie): 0(043-)662-8044-5698
>http://www.zoologie.sbg.ac.at/bergthaler_home.htm
 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
So many mites, so little time!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Barry M. OConnor
Professor & Curator             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'm a Hymenopterist now working on a project to grow Dermatophagoides mites
in culture (I know it's a long stretch from vespids to pyroglyphids).  In an
effort to kill potential parasites and pathogens that may be contaminants in
the culture media, I am considering pretreating the media.  However, I am
also concerned that if, for example, I use a thermal treatment which is too
severe, I may destroy some of the nutritional components of the media.

Can anyone offer any guidance or suggest any publications which might help me
to solve this problem.

Thank you very much for your kind assistance.

vespamg@aol.com

Hello everybody,

I am currently gathering a list of oribatid species living in caves.
However, the ecology of 5 species doesn't seem clear to me.  That is:

-Oppia (Medioppia) parva Lombardini, 1952
-Liacarus granulatus Willmann, 1940
-Chamobates petrinjensis Willmann, 1940
-Phthiracarus echidninus (sic) Berlese, ?
-Notaspis kolenatii Jul. Muller, 1859

If somebody collected or read a paper speaking of one of these species, I
would be very interested in knowing if it was from a cave or not.

With many thanks in advance,

Best regards,

Xavier.

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Xavier DUCARME
Aspirant F.N.R.S.
Université catholique de Louvain
Unité d'Écologie et de Biogéographie
Place Croix du Sud 4/5
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
BELGIQUE
Téléphone : +32 10 47 36 88
E-Mail : Ducarme@ecol.ucl.ac.be
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