acarology discussion list 2002

From: "Anna Bayona" <Anna.Bayona@lorantis.com> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk> Date: 6/28/02 3:30AM Subject: House dust mites Hi everyone! Does anyone know where can I get the following paper: Colloff MJ. The global distribution of major species of dust mites. In Proceeding the 3rd International workshop on indoor allergens and asthma. Cuenca. Spain. June 30-July 2, 1995. UCB Institute of allergy??? Alternatively, I am interested in the worldwide distribution of the various species of dust mites (in particular, HDM). Thank you very much Anna Bayona

From: <estradae@colpos.colpos.mx> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk> Date: 6/27/02 8:54AM Subject: XI ICA recent news *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Dear Acarologists, To make clear our last message regarding some Nationalities which need to carry out Procedures to get a Mexican Visa: Acarologists carrying Indian, Egyptian, Russian, Pakistanian, Irakian, Iranian, Cuban, Kenian, Ukranian, and Chinese nationalities, should send us immediately a copy of your passport, by fax (FAX (52)(55)56224828) or as file attachment. We have to do some procedures at the embassy to facilitate the paperwork for these delegates. Delegates from any other country require only a valid Passport and a tourist card: this card will be provided by the airline you fly or, at any Mexican Embassy, Consulate, or Tourist Office. Please contact us if you have any other question. Cordially, Dr. Juan B. Morales-Malacara XI ICA Secretary. Laboratorio de Acarologia, Fac. Ciencias, UNAM Coyoacan 04510, Distrito Federal, Mexico. FAX: (52)(55)5622-4828 Dra Edith G. Estrada-Venegas Laboratorio de Entomología Forestal/Fauna del Suelo Instituto de Fitosanidad Colegio de Postgraduados Montecillo, Edo. de Mexico 56230 Phone (5) 804-5996 _____

From: <estradae@colpos.colpos.mx> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk> Date: 6/19/02 3:51PM Subject: ICA Important Informattion *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Dear Acarogists: To all members that have not send yet their payments please do it. this in order to be registered officially. Note: Payment options: Registrations cannot be processed until full payment is received Please transfer(direct deposits or ban drafts) the total amount to: Bank name: SCOTIABANK INVERLAT Account name: SL ACAROLOGIA, AC/TCI/XI ICA Account number: 586870 Branch: Mexico, D.F. 001 - Perisur 057 ABA02600554-2 Please include the following code: Swift number: MBCOMXMM If you have problems to do your payments please contact us All participants that have not chosen yet Hotel you can use the information of the web, it is suggested that you pay one night. We highly recommend to register in the Fiesta Americana hotel congress site. On the other hand, we request to some information as your flight schedule i. e. date, flight number and time of arrival to Merida. We have arranged with TCI/TEICO/EPIC staff to Collect Congress Delegates on their arrival to Merida International Airport on September 7th and 8th , and usher them to shuttle buses and drive them to key points/ Congress Hotels in Merida. IMPORTANT NOTE We request to all acarologists who are from: INDIA, EGYPT, RUSSIA, PAKISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, INDIA, CUBA, KENIA, CZECK REPUBLIC, UKRANIA, and CHINA the following: "To get in order all your Mexican Visa procedures, we require a copy of your current Passport. Please send it by fax (FAX: (52)(55)56224828 or as file attachment"). We will appreciate your immediate sending. Also if you know somebody who may not receive this message please let them know, in order contact to all interested people about this important visa requirement. Any support will be highly appreciated to make all the arrangements for everybody. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question. Cordially, Dr. Juan B. Morales-Malacara XI ICA Secretary. Laboratorio de Acarologia, Fac. Ciencias, UNAM Coyoacan 04510, Distrito Federal, Mexico. FAX: (52)(55)5622-4828 Dra Edith Estrada-Venegas Laboratorio de Entomología Forestal/Fauna del Suelo Instituto de Fitosanidad Colegio de Postgraduados Montecillo, Edo. de Mexico 56230 Phone (5) 804-5996 _____

My colleague I have Iranian specimens similar to Lasioseius youcefi Athias-Henriot but by chance we observed that setae R3 are forked/bifid. It is not an anomaly because we found it in another specimen too. It is very easy to overlook, therefore that previous revisers of this species may have missed it. All we ask is if any of you with reference material of this species will be so kind as to check if setae R3 are also bifid in your specimens.

From: Marcin Liana <lian@zuk.iz.uj.edu.pl> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk> Date: 6/14/02 6:15PM Subject: Paper request Dear colleagues I would greatly appreciate receiving a copy of the following papers: 1. Heinman and Hughes (1969) The cytological basis for reproductive variability in the Anoetidae. Chromosoma 28: 346-356. 2. Hughes and Jackson (1958) A review of the Anoetidae. (only a part about Histiostoma) Thank you in advance for your kind considerations. Best regards ******************************************** Marcin Liana Department of Comparative Anatomy Institute of Zoology Jagiellonian University Ingardena 6, 30-060 Krakow Poland ********************************************

From: "Dr. Alireza Saboori" <saboori@chamran.ut.ac.ir> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk> Date: 6/14/02 12:15AM Subject: paper request Dear colleagues I would greatly appreciate receiving a copy of the following paper: Chaudhri, W.M. (1971) Four new species of the mites of the genus Cenopalpus from Pakistan (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae). Pak. J. Zool., 3, 71-77. Thank you in advance for your kind considerations. Best regards Sincerely yours Alireza Saboori, Ph.D. Department of Plant Protection College of Agriculture Tehran University Karaj-Iran Fax: 0098-261-2238529 & 2224511 alternative e-mail address: saboori2000@yahoo.com

From: "Suzanne Leibel" <s.leibel@qmul.ac.uk> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk> Date: 6/7/02 1:22AM Subject: Cocciopolipus phylogeny..... Dear All, I am looking at the phylogenetic relationship between a host and parasite - ladybirds and their sexually transmitted mites, Cocciopolipus spp, but I am not sure what genes to use. If anyone has any suggestions as to which genes to use to construct a robust mite phylogeny to examine both inter- and intra-specific relationships I would be very grateful. Thanks, Suzanne Leibel __ Suzanne Leibel School of Biological Sciences Queen Mary, University of London London E1 4NS Phone: 020 7882 7585 Fax: 020 8983 0973

From: "Zhi-Qiang Zhang" <ZhangZ@LandcareResearch.co.nz> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk> Date: 6/5/02 12:44PM Subject: DIRECTORY OF ACAROLOGISTS OF THE WORLD 2002 Attention Acarologist 1. Directory UPDATED-2002 is the latest draft release (as of 03/31/2002) of the Directory of Acarologists of the World being prepared for the XIth International Congress of Acarology, Merida, Mexico, September 8-13, 2002. This draft includes data on 1266 acarologists, but is not as comprehensive as it could be. If you have sent me your data, can you check this draft to ensure that I have copied it correctly. Especially, check email addresses. If you have not sent me your data, please do so - I will be accepting additional data for the Directory and corrections until June 2002. 2. Directory UPDATED-1992 is the database version of: Welbourn C. 1992. Acarologists of the World: A Directory. This monumental compilation included data on nearly 1900 acarologists from 84 countries. The database version of this volume has had duplicate information with Directory UPDATED-2002 removed, but still contains information that is incomplete or incorrect or no longer relevant. The IEC appreciates any help possible in correcting data in this Directory also, as it will be combined with the above Directory in June 2002. The International Executive Committee (IEC) thanks Dr. Zhi-Qiang Zhang for hosting this draft on the Acarology homepage (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/acarology/). Please send all new Directory information, or corrections to me by mail, email or fax. Thank you Val Behan-Pelletier Executive Secretary, IEC Biodiversity Section, ECORC Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6 Tel: 613-759-1799 Fax: 613-759-1927 Email: behanpv@em.agr.ca

From: Peter Schausberger <schausbp@edv1.boku.ac.at> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk> Date: 6/4/02 1:33AM Subject: P. persimilis Dear all, Within the scope of a PhD-project we screen Phytoseiulus persimilis from different origins for Wolbachia. We, therefore, would highly appreciate to obtain samples of P. persimilis from lab cultures, mass rearings and - most wanted - from naturally occurring field populations. Please contact us at schausbp@edv1.boku.ac.at and/or menigl@edv1.boku.ac.at if you are willing to contribute to our project by sending a P.persimilis sample. Thanks a lot in advance Monika Enigl and Peter Schausberger Institute of Plant Protection University of Agricultural Sciences Peter Jordanstrasse 82 A-1190Vienna, Austria Tel + 43 1 47654 3361 Fax + 43 1 47654 3359

From: Marcin Liana <lian@zuk.iz.uj.edu.pl> To: <acarology@nhm.ac.uk> Date: 6/4/02 4:31AM Subject: Histiostoma Dear Acarologist I'm working with astigmatic mites and I need any information about Histiostoma. If You have a papers about these mites please send me a photocopy. Best regards Marcin Liana ******************************************** Marcin Liana Department of Comparative Anatomy Instytute of Zoology Jagiellonian University Ingardena 6, 30-060 Krakow Poland e-mail: lian@zuk.iz.uj.edu.pl ********************************************