Erythraeoidea

Current research

• Erythraeoidea of New Zealand, funded  by the Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology, New Zealand, 
• Revision of some Erythraeidae in the Oudemans collection.
• Erythraeid mites associated with aphids.
• Erythraeoidea of China.

Selected publications from 1995

• Zhang, Z.-Q.  2003. Taxonomic status of Veithia Oudemans, 1941 and redescriptions of two species described by Oudemans (Acari: Smarididae). Zootaxa 145: 1-8 Abstract
• Zhang, Z.-Q. 2001.  On the type specimens of Smaris grandjeani grandjeani (Oudemans, 1941) (Acari:  Smarididae) from Panama . Systematic & Applied Acarology Special Publications  10: 17-23. Full text in pdf
• Zhang, Z.-Q. 2001.  On Leptus siemsseni Oudemans (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Fujian, China. Systematic & Applied Acarology Special Publications  9: 23-24. Full text in pdf
• Zhang, Z.-Q., Y.-X. Zhang & J.-Z. Lin. 2000. Discovery of the genus Abalakeus (Acari: Erythraeidae)  in China and description of a new species from bamboo forests in Fujian, China. Systematic & Applied Acarology Special Publications 4: 69-80. Full text in pdf.
• Goldarazena, A., R. Jornada & Z.-Q. Zhang. 1999. Notes on  Abrolophus neobrevicollis Z. and G. and Grandjeanella multisetosa Z. and G. (Acari: Erythraeidae) with seasonal abundance in Meditettanean Spain. International Journal of Acarology 25: 29-36.
• Goldarazena, A. & Z.-Q. Zhang. 1998. New Erythraeus larvae (Acari: Erythraeidae) ectoparasitic on Aphidoidea (Homoptera) and Anthocoridae (Heteroptera). Systematic & Applied Acarology 3:  149-158. Full text in pdf.
• Zhang, Z.-Q. & L.-R. Liang. 1997. An Illustrated Guide to Mites of Agricultural Importance. 15 Erythraeidae. Tongji University Press, Shanghai. pp. 149-162.
• Zhang, Z.-Q. & A. Goldarazena. 1996. Abrolophus and Grandjeanella larvae (Acari: Erythraeidae) ectoparasitic on thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Systematic & Applied Acarology 1: 127-144.
• Zhang, Z.-Q. 1995. A new species of Smaris (Acari: Smarididae) associated with the Israeli pine bast scale, Matsucoccus josephi (Homoptera: Margarodidae) in Cyprus. Israel Journal of Zoology 41: 69-74.
• Zhang, Z.-Q. 1995. The genus Neophanolophus (Acari: Smarididae) and description of a new species parasitic on an Erythroneura leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in India. Oriental Insects 29: 371-379.