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The First
International
Symposium of SAAS
Guiyang, China, 11-16 October 1998
The First International Symposium of Systematic
and Applied Acarology Society was successfully
held jointly with the 7th National Conference of Acarology
of China
in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China, Oct. 11-16,
1998. More that 50
acarologists participated the meetings.
A
symposium with
6 invited speakers coordinated by Dr Z.-Q. Zhang and Dr
R.-J. Hu was conducted
on 15 October 1998
On the evening of October 13, the Executive
Committee of SAAS held its first meeting. It was
presided by Dr. Zhi-Qiang
ZHANG of UK, the president of SAAS, and was attended
by the members
of the committee, Prof. Zhimo ZHAO, Dr. Renjie
HU, and Dr. Xiao-Yue
HONG.
Prof. Longshu LI was organizing another international
conference in
Beijing; Prof. Y.S. CHOW, Prof. Lairong LIANG, Dr.
Cheng-Feng MO, and Dr.
Ting-Kui QIN were absent for various reasons. Some leading
Chinese acarologists
including Profs. Huifu WANG, Weinan WU, Tinghuan WEN,
Daochao JIN, Zhimin
ZHU and Hongfu ZHOU were invited to attend the meeting.
Several issues
including the publication and distribution of the SAAS
journals and the
election of the society officials were discussed. More
details are in Acarology
Bulletin 3(4) 1998.
The First International Symposium of The
Systematic and Applied
Acarology Society
15 October 1998, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
Programme Coordinators: Dr Z.Q.
Zhang (UK) &
Dr R.-J. Hu (USA)
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Biology of velvet mites. By Dr. Zhi-Qiang
Zhang
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A review of the taxonomy of the superfamily
Raphignathoidea. By
Dr Qinghai Fan
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Host plant testing and different temperature rearing of
the tea pink mite:
Acaphylla
theae (Watt) (Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae). By
Dr Xiaoyue Hong
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Pulmonary non-specific mite infeatation in China. By
Prof Tinghuan Wen
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Host-specificity and host selection of gamasid mites
(Acari: Gamasina).
By
Dr. Xianguo Guo.
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Ecology and control of Ixodes scapularis-transmitted
human babesiosis
in the USA. By Renjie HU
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