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1. Assemblages of Acari in shallow burials: mites as markers of the burial environment, of the stage of decay and of body-cadaver regions

Author:
Jas K. Rai; Brian J. Pickles; M. Alejandra Perotti
Source:
Experimental & applied acarology 2021 v.85 no.2-4 pp. 247-276
ISSN:
0168-8162
Subject:
Lorryia reticulata; Macrocheles; Parasitus; Scheloribates; acarology; cadaver; head; indicator species; mites; soil; species richness; swine; torso
Abstract:
... The burial of a cadaver results in reduced arthropod activity and disruptions in colonisation patterns. Here, the distribution and diversity of mite taxa was studied across decomposition stages of shallowly buried pig carcasses (Sus scrofa domesticus). In total 300 mites (88 species) were collected from three pig shallow graves compared to 129 mites (46 species) from control (bare) soil samples at ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10493-021-00663-x

2. Community structure and dispersal of mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) in nests of the white stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Author:
Daria Bajerlein; Jerzy Błoszyk; Dariusz Gwiazdowicz; Jerzy Ptaszyk; Bruce Halliday
Source:
Biologia 2006 v.61 no.5 pp. 525-530
ISSN:
1336-9563
Subject:
Ciconia ciconia; Macrocheles; adults; chicks; community structure; fauna; feces; hatching; insects; mites; nests; Poland
Abstract:
... The fauna of Mesostigmata in nests of the white stork Ciconia ciconia was studied in the vicinity of Poznań (Poland). A total of 37 mite species was recovered from 11 of the 12 nests examined. The mite fauna was dominated by the family Macrochelidae. Macrocheles merdarius was the most abundant species, comprising 56% of all mites recovered. Most of the abundant mite species were associated with du ...
DOI:
10.2478/s11756-006-0086-9

3. Contrasting diversity dynamics of phoretic mites and beetles associated with vertebrate carrion

Author:
Philip S. Barton; Haylee J. Weaver; Adrian D. Manning
Source:
Experimental & applied acarology 2014 v.63 no.1 pp. 1-13
ISSN:
0168-8162
Subject:
Coleoptera; Eucalyptus; Macrocheles; Parasitus; arthropod communities; dead animals; ecosystems; insects; meat carcasses; mites; reproductive traits; species diversity; vertebrates
Abstract:
... Carrion is an ephemeral and nutrient-rich resource that attracts a diverse array of arthropods as it decomposes. Carrion-associated mites often disperse between animal carcasses using phoresy, the transport of one species by another. Yet few studies have contrasted the dynamics of mite assemblages with other insect taxa present at carrion. We examined and compared the changes in abundance, species ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10493-013-9758-7
PubMed:
24292438

4. Contribution to the Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 1930 fauna of the Carpathian Basin and the Balkan Peninsula (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Author:
Anita Ács; Jenő Kontschán
Source:
Opuscula zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis 2014 v.45 no.2 pp. 109-118
ISSN:
2063-1588
Subject:
Macrocheles; basins; fauna; mites; Croatia; Hungary; Romania; Serbia
Abstract:
... From different localities of the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian Basin altogether 19 macrochelid mite species are listed belonging to the genera Geholaspis Berlese, 1918 (three species), Glyptholaspis Filipponi et Pegazzano, 1960 (one species), Longicheles Valle, 1953 (four species), Macrholaspis Oudemans, 1931 (one species), Macrocheles Latreille, 1829 (five species), Neopodocinum Oudemans, 1 ...

5. Current parasite resistance trades off with future defenses and flight performance

Author:
Collin J. Horn; Lien T. Luong
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2019 v.73 no.6 pp. 77
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Drosophila; Macrocheles; carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide production; cell respiration; ectoparasites; energy; escape behavior; flight; grooming (animal behavior); habitats; mites; volcanic ash
Abstract:
... Many animals use behavioral defenses such as grooming to avoid or mitigate the negative effects of infection by ectoparasites. Grooming can be energetically costly and may trade off with other host activities. We hypothesize that self-grooming comes at a cost and, therefore, compromises future parasite resistance and other energetically expensive activities, namely flight. We measured the rates of ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-019-2697-5

6. Description of Alpheus cedrici sp. n., a strikingly coloured snapping shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) from Ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean

Author:
Arthur Anker; Sammy De Grave
Source:
ZooKeys 2012 v.183 pp. 1-15
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
Decapoda; Macrocheles; coasts; color; new species; shrimp; Ascension; Atlantic Ocean
Abstract:
... Alpheus cedrici sp. n. is described based on two specimens collected under rocks while scuba diving off the coast of Ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean. The new species belongs to the Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835) species complex and appears to be most closely related to the eastern–central Atlantic Alpheus macrocheles, the western Atlantic Alpheus amblyonyx Chace, 1972, and the east ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.183.3073
PubMed:
22573945
PubMed Central:
PMC3332024

7. Detection of Spiroplasma from the mite Macrocheles sp. (Acari; Macrochelidae) ectoparasitic to the fly Drosophila hydei (Diptera; Drosophilidae): a possible route of horizontal transmission?

Author:
Ryu Osaka; Masayoshi Watada; Daisuke Kageyama; Masashi Nomura
Source:
Symbiosis 2013 v.60 no.2 pp. 79-84
ISSN:
0334-5114
Subject:
Drosophila hydei; Macrocheles; Spiroplasma poulsonii; endosymbionts; genes; insects; mites; nucleotide sequences; polymerase chain reaction
Abstract:
... Some members of the genus Spiroplasma are vertically transmitted endosymbionts of insects. Among them, Spiroplasma sp. Dhd, a member of the Spiroplasma poulsonii clade, is highly prevalent among worldwide populations of Drosophila hydei. Here we found that 53 out of 3,763 wild-caught D. hydei (1.4 %) were ectoparasitized by the mite that belong to the genus Macrocheles. Many of the ectoparasitized ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13199-013-0241-3

8. Diversity of macrochelid mites in natural and cultivated areas of São Paulo state, Brazil, with description of a new species of Holostaspella (Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) and a key to the caelata group

Author:
Vinícius Borges; Letícia Henrique Azevedo; Raphael De Campos Castilho; Gilberto José De Moraes
Source:
Systematic and applied acarology 2021 v.26 no.9 pp. 1751-1768
ISSN:
1362-1971
Subject:
Macrocheles; Saccharum; Stomoxys calcitrans; acarology; cattle; fertilizers; forests; immatures; new species; parasites; pastures; sugarcane; vinasse; Brazil
Abstract:
... The stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), is one of the main pests of livestock in Brazil, especially in areas where cattle is raised next to sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) fields in which vinasse is used as a fertilizer. Knowledge about the predatory mites associated with this parasite in the field may be helpful in designing programs to control it biologically. Mites of the family Macrochelidae are ...
DOI:
10.11158/saa.26.9.9

9. Ecology of fear: environment-dependent parasite avoidance among ovipositing Drosophila

Author:
Monika K. Mierzejewski; Collin J. Horn; Lien T. Luong
Source:
Parasitology 2019 v.146 no.12 pp. 1564-1570
ISSN:
1469-8161
Subject:
Drosophila; Macrocheles; cacti and succulents; decision making; ectoparasites; eggs; environmental factors; fearfulness; fruit flies; habitat preferences; habitats; host plants; mites; oviposition; plant tissues
Abstract:
... Habitat avoidance is an anti-parasite behaviour exhibited by at-risk hosts that can minimize exposure to parasites. Because environments are often heterogeneous, host decision-making with regards to habitat use may be affected by the presence of parasites and habitat quality simultaneously. In this study we examine how the ovipositing behaviour of a cactiphilic fruit fly, Drosophila nigrospiracula ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182019000854

10. Ectoparasite Resistance Is Correlated with Reduced Host Egg Hatch Rate in the Drosophila-Macrocheles System

Author:
Rashed, Arash; Hamilton, Brooke; Polak, Michal
Source:
Environmental entomology 2008 v.37 no.5 pp. 1099-1104
ISSN:
0046-225X
Subject:
pupae; parasitism; arid zones; ectoparasites; heat tolerance; ova; pleiotropy; host-parasite relationships; insect genetics; heat stress; egg fertility; genotype; natural selection; Drosophila; eclosion; Macrocheles; ontogeny; mites; Arizona; Sonoran Desert
Abstract:
... We test for fitness costs of resistance in a natural host-parasite system, involving Drosophila nigrospiracula and ectoparasitic mites, Macrocheles subbadius. We contrasted rates of mortality at embryonic and pupal stages of host ontogeny between replicate-resistant and -susceptible (control) lines at different temperatures (24, 28, and 34°C). Evidence for a cost of resistance was shown as a 17% o ...
DOI:
10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[1099:ERICWR]2.0.CO;2
PubMed:
19036187

11. Ectoparasite‐induced increase in Drosophila host metabolic rate

Author:
Taylor Brophy; Lien T. Luong
Source:
Physiological entomology 2021 v.46 no.1 pp. 1-7
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Drosophila; Macrocheles; carbon dioxide; cell respiration; ectoparasites; energy; entomology; life history; locomotion; metabolism; mites; respiratory rate
Abstract:
... Parasites exert numerous effects upon their hosts, including physiological and metabolic changes that can in turn influence various aspects of host life history. Using flow‐through respirometry, we investigated how infection intensity of an ectoparasitic mite (Macrocheles subbadius) affects the respiratory rate (CO₂ production) of its host Drosophila nigrospiracula. Mean fly respiratory rate incre ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12334

12. Ectoparasitic Effects on Host Survival and Reproduction: The Drosophila‐‐ Macrocheles Association

Author:
Michal Polak
Source:
Ecology 1996 v.77 no.5 pp. 1379-1389
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
Drosophila; Macrocheles; abdomen; cacti and succulents; diet; ectoparasites; eggs; fecundity; females; hemolymph; imagos; insects; integument; laboratory experimentation; malnutrition; mites; oocytes; oviposition; progeny; sexual maturity; starvation; survival rate; Sonoran Desert
Abstract:
... Numerous insects, including Drosophila nigrospiracula, that inhabit necrotic cacti of the Sonoran desert are host to Macrocheles subbadius, a cosmopolitan mesostigmatid mite. This paper shows that the mite pierces Drosophila integument and ingests haemolymph while attached to the abdomen of its host. Among field—caught flies, there was a strong negative relationship between mite load and wet mass ...
DOI:
10.2307/2265535

13. Ectoparasitic mites and their Drosophila hosts

Author:
Alejandra Perez-Leanos; Mariana Ramirez Loustalot-Laclette; Nestor Nazario-Yepiz; Therese Ann Markow
Source:
Fly 2017 v.11 no.1 pp. 10-18
ISSN:
1933-6942
Subject:
Drosophila; Macrocheles; Nematoda; bias; ectoparasites; fungivores; hosts; mites; parasitism; California; Mexico; Sonoran Desert
Abstract:
... Only two parasite interactions are known for Drosophila to date: Allantonematid nematodes associated with mycophagous Drosophilids and the ectoparasitic mite Macrocheles subbadius with the Sonoran Desert endemic Drosophila nigrospiracula. Unlike the nematode-Drosophila association, breadth of mite parasitism on Drosophila species is unknown. As M. subbadius is a generalist, parasitism of additiona ...
DOI:
10.1080/19336934.2016.1222998
PubMed:
27540774
PubMed Central:
PMC5354228

14. Environment-dependent trade-offs between ectoparasite resistance and larval competitive ability in the Drosophila-Macrocheles system

Author:
Luong, L.T.; Polak, M.
Source:
Heredity 2007 v.99 no.6 pp. 632-640
ISSN:
0018-067X
Subject:
insect growth; life history; correlated responses; ectoparasites; Macrocheles; host-parasite relationships; genetic correlation; air temperature; population density; larvae; ecological competition; imagos; pest resistance; Drosophila; artificial selection
Abstract:
... Costs of resistance are expected to contribute to the maintenance of genetic variation for resistance in natural host populations. In the present study, we experimentally test for genetic trade-offs between parasite resistance and larval competitive ability expressed under varying levels of crowding and temperature. Artificial selection for increased behavioral resistance was applied against an ec ...
DOI:
10.1038/sj.hdy.6801040
PubMed:
17700633

15. Extending the ecology of fear: Parasite-mediated sexual selection drives host response to parasites

Author:
Collin J. Horn; Monika K. Mierzejewski; Maesha E. Elahi; Lien T. Luong
Source:
Physiology & behavior 2020 v.224 pp. 113041
ISSN:
0031-9384
Subject:
Drosophila; Macrocheles; ectoparasites; fearfulness; males; metabolism; mites; risk; sexual selection
Abstract:
... The ‘ecology of fear’ describes the negative effects natural enemies have on potential victims even when those victims are not consumed or infected. Although recent work has demonstrated parasites have non-consumptive effects (NCE) on potential hosts, how these effects vary within host populations is not well understood. We investigated how NCE vary based on host risk of infection and relative cos ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113041

16. Free living nematodes as alternative prey for soil predatory mites: An interdisciplinary case study of conservation biological control

Author:
L.H. Azevedo; L.G. Leite; J.G. Chacon-Orozco; M.F.P. Moreira; M.P. Ferreira; L.M.G. Cano; V. Borges; D. Rueda-Ramírez; G.J de Moraes; E. Palevsky
Source:
Biological control 2019 pp. -
ISSN:
1049-9644
Subject:
Macrocheles; Musca domestica; Nematoda; biological control; biological control agents; case studies; containers; diet; eggs; fecundity; free-living nematodes; imagos; long term experiments; predation; predatory mites; soil
Abstract:
... Species of soil predatory mites feed on a diverse diet making them excellent biocontrol candidates for conservation biocontrol programs. Free-living nematodes (FLN) are commonly found in soils and serve as prey for many soil predatory mites, but as far as we know, have never been used as alternative prey to enhance the efficacy of soil predatory mites for conservation biological control. Our goal ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.02.007

17. Gamasina Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) Associated with Animal Remains in the Mediterranean Region of Navarra (Northern Spain)

Author:
Sandra Pérez-Martínez; María Lourdes Moraza; Marta Inés Saloña-Bordas
Source:
Insects 2019 v.10 no.1 pp. -
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Laelapidae; Macrocheles; Poecilochirus; dead animals; forensic sciences; geographical distribution; habitats; humans; insects; mites; ontogeny; population dynamics; spring; swine; traps; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean region; Spain
Abstract:
... Mites should not be overlooked as a forensic tool, as many are commonly associated with decomposing animal matter and are closely associated with specific insect carriers and habitats. It is necessary to increase our understanding of the diversity of mites that are found in human and animal remains, their geographical distribution, and their population dynamics. This work is the first study of the ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects10010005
PubMed:
30621255
PubMed Central:
PMC6359140

18. Impact of alternating manure removal schedules on pest flies (Diptera: Muscidae) and associated predators (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Staphylinidae; Acarina: Macrochelidae) in caged-layer poultry manure in southern California

Author:
Mullens, B.A.; Hinkle, N.C.; Szijj, C.E.
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 1996 v.89 no.6 pp. 1406-1417
ISSN:
0022-0493
Subject:
Carcinops; Macrocheles; cultural control; biological control agents; poultry housing; Musca; Staphylinidae; poultry manure; predators; animal manure management; Fannia; nontarget organisms; adverse effects; insect control; California
Abstract:
... Pest fly larvae and adults (Musca, Fannia spp.) and key predator arthropods (Macrocheles mites, Carcinops adults and Histeridae larvae, Staphylinidae larvae) were monitored for 2 yr on 3 southern California caged-layer poultry facilities. In each manure cleanout cycle, all manure rows were removed initially in normal removal houses (Normal), while half of the manure was left undisturbed in alterna ...
DOI:
10.1093/jee/89.6.1406

19. Macrocheles kekensis sp. n., a new macrochelid mite associated with a centoniin beetle from Hungary (Acari, Mesostigmata)

Author:
Jenő Kontschán
Source:
ZooKeys 2018 v.768 pp. 97-104
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
Hoplia; Macrocheles; mites; new species; Hungary
Abstract:
... A new species, Macrocheles kekensis sp. n., is described based from three specimens associated with a cetoniin beetle (Hoplia hungarica Burmeister, 1844). The new species differs from the other known European macrochelid species in having 29 pairs of dorsal setae, j1 and z1 short and robust, other dorsal setae long and pilose, and the absence of apodemes between the genital and ventrianal shields. ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.768.24460

20. Mesostigmados (Acari: Mesostigmata) asociados con Dendroctonus rhizophagus de Chihuahua, México

Author:
M. Patricia Chaires-Grijalva; Edith G. Estrada-Venegas; Armando Equihua-Martínez; John C. Moser; Guillermo Sánchez-Martínez; Ignacio M. Vázquez-Rojas; Gabriel Otero-Colina; Jesús Romero-Nápoles
Source:
Revista mexicana de biodiversidad 2013 v.84 no.4 pp. 1235-1242
ISSN:
1870-3453
Subject:
Androlaelaps; Dendroctonus; Macrocheles; Pinus; Proctolaelaps; insects; mites; predators; roots; temperature; Mexico
Abstract:
... We report 7 species of mesostigmatid mites associated to Dendroctonus rhizophagus. Samples were taken in the state of Chihuahua (June and July 2008–2011). The roots of Pinus arizonica were observed under the microscope to obtain mites associated to D. rhizophagus and their galleries. Collection from Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP) and Instituto Poli ...
DOI:
10.7550/rmb.35723