Dear acarologists,

     Here are the symposium topics and their organizers for the 11th
International Acarology Congress for your information:
1.   Bio-ecology, diversity and phylogeny of mites in natural tropical habitats -
Edith-Estrada-Venegas (Mexico).
2.   Mites important in tropical crops - Gilberto de Moraes (Brazil)
3.   Mites of soil and litter: patterns, processes and relations -
     Andrea Ruf (Germany)
4.   Mites associated with birds - Heather Proctor (Australia)
5.   Aquatic Acari: ecology, morphology and behaviour - H. Proctor
     and Ian Smith
6.   Acari: evolution, biology and ethology - Jacek Radwan (Poland)
7.   Acarology and digital systematics - Charnie Craemer (SA)
8.   Phytophagous, parasitic and stored product mites and
     quarantine issues - Denise Navia (Brazil)
9.   Molecular and Evolutionary Biology - Maria Navajas (France)
10.  Population biology of Acari - Akio Takafuji
11.  Diapause: its variation and ecological significance -
     AkioTakafuji
12.  Wolbachia in Acari - Tetsuo Gotoh (Japan)
13.  Biological control: commercial use of natural enemies - Hiroshi
     Amano (Japan)
14.  The effects of pesticides on predacious mites – Noubar
     Bostanian and Mike Hardman.
15.  Mites, viral diseases they vector and control approaches – Carl
     Childers.
16.  Lyme-Borreliosis and its vectors in the world  - Andr‚
     Aeschlimann
      As this may be a record number of symposia (?) I wish to inform you that
no further requests to organize symposia will be accepted, except for four more
tick symposia. Will those tick specialists who are interested in organizing a
tick symposium please contact Prof. E.D. Green at: edward@medunsa.ac.za.
Thanking you in advance. Prof Green has suggested the following topics to choose
from (you can suggest your own):
     -Tick control into the 21st century
     -Ticks of medical importance
     -Ticks of veterinary importance
     -The biology, physiology and effects of how ticks feed
     -Ticks dispersal and epidemiology
     -The physiology and ecology of ticks
     -Tick morphology and ultrastructure
     -The reproduction and survival of ticks
     -Acarological challenges for resource-poor communities
     Dear colleagues although most organizers have already put in
much work in their different symposia your comments will still be
welcomed.
     Kind regards

     Eddie A. Ueckermann (Chairman - Program Committee)

I would appreciate it if anyone could provide me
(GJMORAES@carpa.ciagri.usp.br) the e-mail address of Dr. M.S. Dhoria,
Punjab University, Ludhiana, India.

Thank you. Gilberto

Dear members of the acarology list,

My wife and I live in Hawaii. For the last month or so, there has been a
Java sparrow nest under our house. It was removed yesterday by a
professional who teated the area where it was with CB-38. Our house will be
fumigated next Tuesday (Feb. 27) with Vikane.

What are the symptoms of having bird mites? I (more so than my wife) feel
that I am being bitten by fleas but I can't see the "biters." We both have
little red spots on our skin like pin-point blood spots. The biting is
worse at certain times of the day; it's especially bad in the early hours
of the morning while in bed.

Do these sound like the symptoms of bird mites? I went to my family doctor,
but he was not convinced that I had bird mites because he said that bird
mites are visible and what I have are not. The pest controller who removed
the nest, however, said that they are not visible. The mites bite me in the
groin and anal area. The doctor said that bird mites generally don't do
that. The doctor prescribed Eurax (applied twice a day to itchy skin).

I also find little black dots (sometimes they are long and thin, about 1 mm
long) both on my body (e.g. around the knuckles or on the inside of the
elbow joint) and on my toilet paper after wiping. Are these related to the
mites? Are they larvae?

Where do bird mites lay their eggs normally? in the nest? on the birds?
where on the body of the birds? Have they ever been known to lay their eggs
in the ani of humans? How about in human beds?

Are these mites contagious? Do we need to be concerned about passing on
this problem to other people?

I'd appreciate any info on this topic,

Ken Cook

Our Institute has inheritted the parasitic mite Collection of Dr. F
Zumpt and therefore I can help you with the original description of
Ophionyssus mabuyae. If you have not yet received it, let me know
and I will send you a photocopy of the article.

 Kind regards

 Eddie A. Ueckermann
 

ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute

Private Bag X134

Pretoria

0001 South Africa

Tel: +27-12-329 3269-77 ext. 221

Fax: +27-12-329 3278

E-mail: rieteau@plant2.agric.za

Dear Gian

 Take a look at:

  Micherdzinski, W., 1980
  Eine taxonomische analyse der Familie Macronyssidae
  Oudemans, 1936. I. Subfamilie Ornithonyssinae Lange, 1958
  Polska Akademia Nauk, 264 pp.

  on pg. 218:  Ophionyssus mabuyae Till, 1957

  Till, W.M., 1957 - Mesostigmatic mites living as parasites
  of reptiles in the Ethiopian region.
  J.entomol.Soc.So.Africa, Pretoria, 20:120-143.

 Latest classification of Mesostigmata:

  Contact Dave Walter in Australia.

   D.Walter@mailbox.uq.edu.au
 

      Carlos Flechtmann
      Universidade de Sao Paulo
      ESALQ
      Piracicaba, SP
      Brasil

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Zhi-Qiang Zhang wrote:

> Dear Colleagues:
>
> If you can help this student, please reply directly to gianmarco1@inwind.it
>
> Thanks, Zhi-Qiang
>
> ________
> From:  "Gian Marco Damiani" <gianmarco1@inwind.it>
> To: <ZhangZ@landcare.cri.nz>
> Date:  2/20/01 3:24
> Subject:  Request of informations on Ophionyssus.
>
>
> Dear Dr. Zhi-Qiang Zhang,
>
> my name is Gian Marco Damiani; i am a student of Veterinary Medicine at Pisa University.
>
> For my degree thesis on the most frequent parasites of captive reptiles i need to know some informations.
>
> During my work i found some mites of Ophionyssus genus; in order to identify the species, at present time, i have at mine disposal the "bulletin of the british museum (natural history) zoology Vol.14 N @ 5 London 1966" (found at Parasitological Veterinary department of Pisa University) in which are described three species of Ophionyssus genus: natricis, lacertinus, saurarum.
>
> During following searches in this field, i found on "biomedical and surgical aspects of captive reptile husbandry (Frye,F.L.1981)", another species of Ophionyssus genus: O. mabuyae but of this species i have not yet found the bibliographic reference where this species is described for the first time.
>
> Finally i ask if you can help me to find:
>
> 1)BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF OPHIONYSSUS MABUYAE
>
> 2)THE LATEST CLASSIFICATION OF MESOSTIGMATA
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time and your kind co-operation
>
>
>
>                                                                            Gian Marco Damiani
>
 
 

CC: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>, <gianmarco1@inwind.it>

Dear concerned,

    Dr. Alex Fain (Belgium) is the world authority on these mites.  Write to
him on e-mail of  Dr. Wauthy (wauthy@kbinirsnb.be).

V. Prasad
 

----- Original Message -----
From: Zhi-Qiang Zhang <ZhangZ@landcare.cri.nz>
To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
Cc: <gianmarco1@inwind.it>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 4:06 PM
Subject: fwd: request from an Italian student re: Ophionyssus
 

Dear Colleagues:

If you can help this student, please reply directly to gianmarco1@inwind.it

Thanks, Zhi-Qiang

________
From: "Gian Marco Damiani" <gianmarco1@inwind.it>
To: <ZhangZ@landcare.cri.nz>
Date: 2/20/01 3:24
Subject: Request of informations on Ophionyssus.
 

Dear Dr. Zhi-Qiang Zhang,

my name is Gian Marco Damiani; i am a student of Veterinary Medicine at Pisa
University.

For my degree thesis on the most frequent parasites of captive reptiles i
need to know some informations.

During my work i found some mites of Ophionyssus genus; in order to identify
the species, at present time, i have at mine disposal the "bulletin of the
british museum (natural history) zoology Vol.14 N @ 5 London 1966" (found at
Parasitological Veterinary department of Pisa University) in which are
described three species of Ophionyssus genus: natricis, lacertinus,
saurarum.

During following searches in this field, i found on "biomedical and surgical
aspects of captive reptile husbandry (Frye,F.L.1981)", another species of
Ophionyssus genus: O. mabuyae but of this species i have not yet found the
bibliographic reference where this species is described for the first time.

Finally i ask if you can help me to find:

1)BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF OPHIONYSSUS MABUYAE

2)THE LATEST CLASSIFICATION OF MESOSTIGMATA
 
 

Thank you for your time and your kind co-operation
 
 
 

Gian Marco Damiani

Dear colleague,

    Are you sure that you were not bitten by blackflies or other dipterous
insects?  Their biting itchings last longer what you mention.
I am not aware if trombiculid bites last that many days.

V. Prasad
 
 

----- Original Message -----
From: Zhi-Qiang Zhang <ZhangZ@landcare.cri.nz>
To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
Cc: <maroli@iss.it>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 3:20 PM
Subject: fwd: Garrapatas of mountain
 

Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:02:06 +0100
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
From: "M. Maroli" <maroli@iss.it>
Subject: Garrapatas of mountain

Hello, everybody!
Some one can help me?
Last week, I have been in Venezuela  visiting the Rancho Grande in the
Parco Nacionale "Herry Pittier", about 40 Km far from Maracay town. I have
got several bites, I suppose from mites/trombiculides, on chest in spite of
shirt. I did not realised to be bitten. The bites appeared 24 hours after
the visit in the Rhanco and they are very itchy and still present after 5
days.
Are they trombiculides. The native people use to call them "garrapatas" of
mountain. There is specific treatment? How long will persist the itchy?
Thank in advance,
Michele Maroli
 
 
 
 

address
Istituto Superiore di Sanita'
Department of Parasitology
Viale Regina Elena, 299
00161-Rome, Italy
Tel. ++39 06 49902302 - Fax ++39 06 49387065
e-mail: maroli@iss.it
home page ISS: http://www.iss.it

Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:02:06 +0100
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
From: "M. Maroli" <maroli@iss.it>
Subject: Garrapatas of mountain

Hello, everybody!
Some one can help me?
Last week, I have been in Venezuela  visiting the Rancho Grande in the
Parco Nacionale "Herry Pittier", about 40 Km far from Maracay town. I have
got several bites, I suppose from mites/trombiculides, on chest in spite of
shirt. I did not realised to be bitten. The bites appeared 24 hours after
the visit in the Rhanco and they are very itchy and still present after 5
days.
Are they trombiculides. The native people use to call them "garrapatas" of
mountain. There is specific treatment? How long will persist the itchy?
Thank in advance,
Michele Maroli

Dear Colleagues:

If you can help this student, please reply directly to gianmarco1@inwind.it

Thanks, Zhi-Qiang

________
From:  "Gian Marco Damiani" <gianmarco1@inwind.it>
To: <ZhangZ@landcare.cri.nz>
Date:  2/20/01 3:24
Subject:  Request of informations on Ophionyssus.
 

Dear Dr. Zhi-Qiang Zhang,

my name is Gian Marco Damiani; i am a student of Veterinary Medicine at Pisa University.

For my degree thesis on the most frequent parasites of captive reptiles i need to know some informations.

During my work i found some mites of Ophionyssus genus; in order to identify the species, at present time, i have at mine disposal the "bulletin of the british museum (natural history) zoology Vol.14 N @ 5 London 1966" (found at Parasitological Veterinary department of Pisa University) in which are described three species of Ophionyssus genus: natricis, lacertinus, saurarum.

During following searches in this field, i found on "biomedical and surgical aspects of captive reptile husbandry (Frye,F.L.1981)", another species of Ophionyssus genus: O. mabuyae but of this species i have not yet found the bibliographic reference where this species is described for the first time.

Finally i ask if you can help me to find:

1)BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF OPHIONYSSUS MABUYAE

2)THE LATEST CLASSIFICATION OF MESOSTIGMATA
 
 

Thank you for your time and your kind co-operation
 
 

                                                                           Gian Marco Damiani
 

Dear Acarologists(especially who are interested in Tydeidae)

I know the genus Lorryia was divided to two or three genus including Tydeus sensu Dr. Andre(1980).
(Andre, H.M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari:Actinedida). IV. Generic description, key and conclusion. Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Belge. Entomol., 116:103-168)

So, I want to know the name Lorryia is still alive and the new name of Lorryia formosa Cooreman.

Thanks in advance,
Sincerely yours,

Jong-Ho Lee
Div. Insect Research
National Plant Quarantine Service
433-1, Anyang-6dong, Manan-gu,
Anyang city, Kyonggi Prov. 430-016
tel. +82-31-441-6982
fax.+82-31-448-6429
email : jhlee3@maf.go.kr
           acarologist@korea.com
 

Michael G Ritchie wrote:

> University of St Andrews, Scotland
> School of Biology
> Temporary Research Assistant/Fellow
>
> A one year post-doctoral position is available to carry out research
with
> Mike Ritchie & Leon Hockham at the University of St Andrews, Scotland,
on
> sexual selection in dance flies. Specifically, the project will
consist of
> a detailed study of behavioural and morphological characters
associated
> with mating success of these swarming insects, this summer. The major
aim
> is to quantify the strength and form of sexual selection in a British
> species with resource based polygyny and a possible tendency for sex
role
> reversal. This is part of a large new project examining the evolution
of
> mating systems in this group of flies.
>
> The position is suitable for someone interested in sexual selection,
> entomology or evolutionary biology (particularly quantifying
selection).
> Experience in the field would help, and a clean driving license is
> essential. Start date 1st April 2001 or as soon as possible
thereafter.
>
> The University of St Andrews has a large research group interested in
> Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Biology including those of Jeff
> Graves, Anne Magurran, Peter Slater and Pat Willmer, in addition to
Mike
> Ritchie's group, providing a stimulating atmosphere.
>
> Research group web site:
> http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~bugs
> Biology at St Andrews:
> http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/
>
> Informal enquiries can be made to Mike Ritchie (mgr@st-and.ac.uk) or
Leon
> Hockham (lrh@st-and.ac.uk).
>
> N.B. WE CANNOT ACCEPT FORMAL APPLICATIONS, WHICH MUST BE MADE THROUGH
THE
> UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.
> We are currently awaiting formal application details, and will forward

> these to anyone requesting them as soon as they are available.
>
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Mike Ritchie                           Phone 0 (44 outside UK) 1334
463495
> Environmental & Evolutionary Biology   Fax   0 (44 outside UK) 1334
463600
> Bute Medical Building
> University of St Andrews               E-mail mgr@st-andrews.ac.uk
> St Andrews, Fife
> Scotland KY16 9TS
>
> Research group website:
>                         http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~bugs
>
> Treasurer of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
> ASAB information:
>                         http://www.societies.ncl.ac.uk/asab/
>
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
 
 
 
 

--
'La vida no es un ensayo, aunque tratemos muchas cosas; no es un cuento,

aunque inventemos muchas cosas; no es un poema, aunque soñemos muchas
cosas.
El ensayo del cuento del poema de la vida es un movimiento perpetuo, eso
es,
un movimiento perpetuo.'

     Augusto Monterroso,
     'Movimento Perpetuo'

Liliana N. Monetti
Lab. Ecoloxia e Bioloxia Animal
EUET Forestal - Universidad de Vigo - Campus Pontevedra
36005 Pontevedra
España
Phone # 34 986 80 1964 - Fax: # 34 986 80 1907
 

The 51th Acarology Summer Program will be held from Monday June 18 to
Friday July 6 at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.  The Summer program
aims at training in morphology and identification of mites, with a
secondary emphasis on life history, ecology, and host- and disease
associations.

Workshops included in this years program are Introductory Acarology (week
1), Agricultural Acarology (weeks 2 and 3), and Medical Veterinary
Acarology (weeks 2 and 3).  A 3-week Soil Acarology is provisionally
scheduled for 2002.

For more information or registration contact Glen Needham
(needham.1@osu.edu) or Hans Klompen (klompen.1@osu.edu) or visit our
web-site (http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~acarolog/sum2k1.htm).

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

Dear Acarologists

 I would also appreciate receiving a copy of this paper.

    Heartiest thanks

      Carlos Flechtmann
      Brasil

On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Zhi-Qiang Zhang wrote:

> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:30:07 -0300
> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
> From: A Guglielmone <aguglielmone@rafaela.inta.gov.ar>
> Subject: Andrias
>
> To everybody,
>
>         I have been unable to find the reference cited below. I would
> appreciate if someone cna help to find it.
>
>
> WALTER, G. 1990. Records of ticks (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) from Paraguay and
> Peru. Andrias, 7: 169-170.
>
> AA Guglielmone
> INTA
> CC 22
> 2300 Rafaela (Santa Fe)
> Argentina
> -------------------------
> AA Guglielmone
> INTA
> CC 22
> 2300 Rafaela (Santa Fe)
> Argentina
>
>
>
 
 

CC: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>

Dear Andreas

 It may be Pentamerismus taxi (Haller)

 There is a good illustration in

 Laffi, F. & I. Ponti, 1997
 Acari danosi alle piante.
 Edizioni L'Informatore Agrario, Verona, Italia, 118 pp.

 Dr. Laffi's addresse:

  Dr. Franco Laffi
  Osservatorio Regionale delle malattie delle piante
  Regione Emilia Romagna
  via Corticella, 133
  40129 Bologna.

 As of keys for identification, contact

  Dr. Philippe LEBRUN
   Lebrun@col.ucl.ac.be

in Belgium - he organized the last Acarology Course in Europe, in
Belgium; or
  Dr. Serge KREITER
   Kreiter@ensam.inra.fr

who was the co organizer of the Cours Internationale d'Acarologie de la
Societe Internationale des Acarologues de Langue Francaise.

     Carlos Flechtmann
     Universidde de Sao Paulo  ESALQ
     Brasil

On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Zhi-Qiang Zhang wrote:

> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:09:41 +0100
> From: "andreas.kahrer" <andreas.kahrer@relay.bfl.at>
> To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
> Subject: tenuipalpidae
>
> Dear collegues!
> >From time to time we find mites of the family Tenuipalpidae on taxus
> baccata.
> The first question is, what species it may be.
> The second question is, if you know an identification key for
> tenuipalpidae.
> Who can give me information?
>
> --
> *********************************************************
> *  Dr.Andreas KAHRER
> *  Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum fuer Landwirtschaft
> *  (Federal Office and Research Center for Agriculture)
> *  Institut fuer Phytomedizin
> *  Abteilung fuer Gemuese- und Zierpflanzenbau
> *  Spargelfeldstrasse 191
> *  A-1226 WIEN
> *  OESTERREICH - AUSTRIA
> *  Tel:    +43/1/732 16/5162
> *  Fax:    +43/1/732 16/5194
> *  E-mail: akahrer@bfl.at
> **********************************************************
>
>
 
 
 
 

CC: net Acarology <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>

Dear, Claudia,
 I do have a copy of the Wang article you have requested on the
acarologynet. If you have not yet received any positive replies
please let me know and I will send you a copy.
 Kind regards. Give my regards to Gilberto.
 Eddie Ueckermann
ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute
Private Bag X134
Pretoria
0001 South Africa
Tel: +27-12-329 3269-77 ext. 221
Fax: +27-12-329 3278
E-mail: rieteau@plant2.agric.za
 
 

CC: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>

Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 15:32:39 -0200
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Publications
From: Claudia Bueno de Campos <cbcampos@carpa.ciagri.usp.br>

Hello, everybody!

Some one can help me?

I'm looking for a publication: "WANG, Y. M. & J. Xu. 1985. Eight new
species of Phytoseiidae mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Entomotaxonomica, 7
(1): 69-78."
If some one can tell me the E-mail of the Mr. Wang, or send a copy this
paper, I'll be really thankfull for help me.

Thanks for your attention.

Claudia
Training by Dr. Gilberto Jose de Moraes
Depto. Zoology
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
Universidade de Sao Paulo / Brasil
 
 
 

CC: <cbcampos@carpa.ciagri.usp.br>

Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:30:07 -0300
To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
From: A Guglielmone <aguglielmone@rafaela.inta.gov.ar>
Subject: Andrias

To everybody,

        I have been unable to find the reference cited below. I would
appreciate if someone cna help to find it.
 

WALTER, G. 1990. Records of ticks (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) from Paraguay and
Peru. Andrias, 7: 169-170.

AA Guglielmone
INTA
CC 22
2300 Rafaela (Santa Fe)
Argentina
-------------------------
AA Guglielmone
INTA
CC 22
2300 Rafaela (Santa Fe)
Argentina

Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:09:41 +0100
From: "andreas.kahrer" <andreas.kahrer@relay.bfl.at>
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: tenuipalpidae

Dear collegues!
From time to time we find mites of the family Tenuipalpidae on taxus
baccata.
The first question is, what species it may be.
The second question is, if you know an identification key for
tenuipalpidae.
Who can give me information?

--
*********************************************************
*  Dr.Andreas KAHRER
*  Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum fuer Landwirtschaft
*  (Federal Office and Research Center for Agriculture)
*  Institut fuer Phytomedizin
*  Abteilung fuer Gemuese- und Zierpflanzenbau
*  Spargelfeldstrasse 191
*  A-1226 WIEN
*  OESTERREICH - AUSTRIA
*  Tel:    +43/1/732 16/5162
*  Fax:    +43/1/732 16/5194
*  E-mail: akahrer@bfl.at
**********************************************************
 

From:  "Liliana N. Monetti" <lmonetti@uvigo.es>
To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
Date:  2/9/01 1:23
Subject:  Dr. Nachman Address?

Hi everybody!.
Does anyone have the e-mail address of Dr. G. Nachman?. I think he was
working at Denmark some years ago, but I don@t know where he is at the
moment.
Thanks!.

Liliana Monetti

--
'La vida no es un ensayo, aunque tratemos muchas cosas; no es un cuento,

aunque inventemos muchas cosas; no es un poema, aunque soñemos muchas
cosas.
El ensayo del cuento del poema de la vida es un movimiento perpetuo, eso
es,
un movimiento perpetuo.'

     Augusto Monterroso,
     'Movimento Perpetuo'

Liliana N. Monetti
Lab. Ecoloxia e Bioloxia Animal
EUET Forestal - Universidad de Vigo - Campus Pontevedra
36005 Pontevedra
España
Phone # 34 986 80 1964 - Fax: # 34 986 80 1907

Dear Colleagues,

I want to inform you about a new acarology website.

I construct a site about water mite research in Europe. The site includes
information about European water mite acarologists, a bibliography
database, a list with new taxa, lists about museum collections and some
other topics.

At the Moment there are some points still under construction and some
things are still in the planning stage. But an important part is working
and you can have a look, maybe you will have some proposals or notes about
the page.

The URL of the page is: http://www.watermite.de

I hope you will find many interesting things there.

Thanks for your attention, best wishes

         Sebastian Scheidegger
 
 
 
 

_____________________________________________________________________

         Dipl. Biol. Sebastian Scheidegger

         FU Berlin - Institut für Zoologie
         Königin-Luise-Str. 1-3                     Tel.:  +49 (30)
838-53851 *NEW*
         14195 Berlin - Germany                  Fax.: +49 (30) 838-53916 *NEW*
         E-Mail: seschei@gmx.de

         Web-Site: http://www.biologie.fu-berlin.de/ag13/
                         http://www.watermite.de

_____________________________________________________________________

Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 15:08:25 -0800
To: acarology@nhm.ac.uk
From: "Peter B. McEvoy" <mcevoyp@bcc.orst.edu>
Subject: Position Announcement: Biological Control Entomologist

Biological Control Entomologist

Biological Control Entomologist, Assistant Professor, Tenure-track,
Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis.  Position
available 1 July 2001: 12-month, 80% research, 20% teaching.  Requires
Ph.D. in Entomology or a closely related field with graduate or
postdoctoral experience in biological control.  The appointee will conduct
research on predator-prey, parasitoid-host, or three-trophic-level
interactions that advances knowledge of their role in natural and managed
ecosystems; develop and implement biological control programs benefiting
Oregonians; teach at undergraduate and graduate levels in pest management,
biological control, or related areas; cooperate with appropriate clientele
in research and development of biologically based methods of arthropod pest
management.  Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae,
brief statement of research/teaching interests and experiences, reprints of
no more than 5 relevant publications; and names and addresses of three
referees by March 30, 2001 to: Dr. Peter B. McEvoy, Search Committee Chair,
2046 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-2907,
mcevoyp@bcc.orst.edu.  Information about the Entomology Department and a
position description can be found at website:

  http://www.ent.orst.edu/

OSU is an AA/EO employer with a policy of being responsive to dual career
needs.

Dr. Peter B. McEvoy
Professor of Ecology and Biological Control
Rm 2046 Cordley Hall
Department of Entomology
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-2907

Phone (541) 737-5507
Fax (541) 737 3643
Email mcevoyp@bcc.orst.edu

CC: <mcevoyp@bcc.orst.edu>

Dear Colleagues,

We are looking for information about the different types (in vivo, vitro)
of tick repellency assays: MO bioassay, tick climbing bioassay, filter
tests, etc., and like to know the most efficient and standardised method.
Are there special tests needed to test and commercialise new tick repellents?

Thanks in advance,

Maxime Madder

______________________________________________________
Dr. Maxime Madder
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Dep. of Animal Health
Unit Theileriosis
Nationalestraat 155
B-2000 Antwerp
Belgium
tel 00 32 3 247.63.97
fax 00 32 3 247.62.68
mmadder@itg.be
______________________________________________________

Announcement of fellowship ($ 1,000.00) by International Journal of Acarology (see IJA vol. 27, no. 1, p. 87, March 1, 2001):

    DAVID R. COOK FELLOWSHIP - The International Journal of Acarology is offering a research fellowship of $, 1000.00 in the year 2002 to a qualified candidate (preferably from an under developed or developing country).  The amount is available for field collecting and conducting taxonomic research on water mites.  It can also be used to attend a meeting to present the results of water mite research or publication of a monographic work.  The fellowship is named in honor of Dr. David R. Cook's lifelong work on the taxonomy of water mites and many contributions to acarology.  Interested persons should send a letter of application, a resume, and a recent photo to Vikram Prasad (e-mail: v.prasad@ix.netcom.com), Managing Editor, International Journal of Acarology, P.O. Box 250456, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48325-0456, USA before September 30, 2001.  Selection of applicant will be made after the closing date.  The research based on the grant is to be published in IJA or by Indira Publishing House.

V. Prasad

From:  Ritva Niemi <ritniemi@utu.fi>
To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk>
Date:  2/1/01 12:52
Subject:  N. Ayyildiz and M. Ozkan

Does anyone know email address to Dr. N. AYYILDIZ and Dr. M. OZKAN in
Turkey?

Thank you for your advices,

Ritva Niemi