| ectoparasitic mites (acari) of sympatric brazilian free-tailed bats and big brown bats in alabama. | seven species of mites were recovered from 133 brazilian free-tailed bats, tadarida brasiliensis, and 94 big brown bats, eptesicus fuscus, from february through november 1990 in colonies that shared roosting space in east-central alabama. the macronyssid chiroptonyssus robustipes (ewing) was the most common mite on t. brasiliensis (964 mites, 87% of bats infested) and on e. fuscus (109 mites, 29% of bats infested). however, c. rubustipes normally is a specific parasite of t. brasiliensis. the ma ... | 1992 | 1625301 |
| ectoparasites of a population of urban gray squirrels in northern florida. | ectoparasites infesting a population of urban gray squirrels (sciurus carolinensis gmelin) in northern florida were collected monthly during 1974. eleven species were identified: one flea (orchopeas howardi (baker], three suckling lice (enderleinellus longiceps kellogg & ferris, hoplopleura sciuricola ferris, and neohaematopinus sciuri jancke), one tick (dermacentor variabilis say), two mesostigmatid (gamasid) mites (androlaelaps casalis (berlese) and a. fahrenholzi (berlese], and four chiggers ... | 1991 | 1875375 |
| parasitic and phoretic arthropods of sylvatic and commensal white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus) in central tennessee, with notes on lyme disease. | sixteen species of parasitic or phoretic arthropods were collected from 56 white-footed mice, peromyscus leucopus, live-trapped in central tennessee from april through november 1987. arthropod infestation was compared for mice taken from sylvatic (woodland) versus commensal (household) habitats. three species were recorded from hosts in both habitats: the sucking louse hoplopleura hesperomydis, the flea epitedia wenmanni, and the laelapid mite androlaelaps casalis. twelve of the 13 remaining art ... | 1991 | 2010854 |
| [acari of food storage facilities. an ecologic and immuno-allergic study]. | the authors studied the commonest species of storage mites, living in granaries and in house dust. they found nine species of mites belonging to different systematic groups and were identified: acarus siro, tyrophagus putrescentiae, glycyphagus domesticus, lepidoglyphus destructor, chortoglyphus arcuatus, androlaelaps casalis, cheyletus fortis, cheyletus tenuipilis, thyreophagus entomophagus. skin tests were performed on 14 patients with house dust allergy, using extracts of three storage mites, ... | 1985 | 3837918 |
| dermatitis in humans associated with the mites pyemotes tritici, dermanyssus gallinae, ornithonyssus bacoti and androlaelaps casalis in israel. | multiple erythematous papules accompanied by severe pruritus were observed in humans bitten by the mites (acari) pyemotes tritici (newport) (pyemotidae), dermanyssus gallinae (de geer) (dermanyssidae), ornithonyssus bacoti hirst (macronyssidae) and androlaelaps casalis (berlese) (laelapidae). eight case histories are presented and the impact of these species on human health is discussed. | 2002 | 12510897 |
| population dynamics of stored-product mites. | population fluctuation patterns were determined during 1959-70 in wheat bulks in 2 granaries typical of those used on manitoba farms for 7 kinds of mites. the patterns were bradly similar in the 2 granaries. outbreaks of all mites except tarsonemus granarius and aëroglyphus robustus were unaffected by the prolonged storage of grain; those of acarus siro and cheyletus eruditus occurred in unusually high numbers periodically every 2-5 years, whereas glycyphagus destructor and androlaelaps casalis ... | 1973 | 28308234 |
| laboratory tests for controlling poultry red mites (dermanyssus gallinae) with predatory mites in small 'laying hen' cages. | to assess their potential to control poultry red mites (dermanyssus gallinae), we tested selected predaceous mites (androlaelaps casalis and stratiolaelaps scimitus) that occur naturally in wild bird nests or sometimes spontaneously invade poultry houses. this was done under laboratory conditions in cages, each with 2-3 laying hens, initially 300 poultry red mites and later the release of 1,000 predators. these small-scale tests were designed to prevent mite escape from the cages and they were c ... | 2012 | 22773110 |
| [characteristics of zonal distribution of the gamasid mites connected with small mammals and their nests in western siberia]. | analysis of long-term data on the fauna, landscape distribution, and structure of communities of the gamasid mites (acari:parasitiformes:mesostigmata) connected with small mammals and their nests in the plain part of western siberia is carried out. by now, presence of 249 gamasid mite species is established in the territory under study, including 193 free-living and 56 parasitic species. gamasid mites are represented by the maximal number of species on small mammals and in thers nests in norther ... | 2010 | 21061589 |
| candidate predators for biological control of the poultry red mite dermanyssus gallinae. | the poultry red mite, dermanyssus gallinae, is currently a significant pest in the poultry industry in europe. biological control by the introduction of predatory mites is one of the various options for controlling poultry red mites. here, we present the first results of an attempt to identify potential predators by surveying the mite fauna of european starling (sturnus vulgaris) nests, by assessing their ability to feed on poultry red mites and by testing for their inability to extract blood fr ... | 2009 | 19184469 |
| ectoparasites and other epifaunistic arthropods of sympatric cotton mice and golden mice: comparisons and implications for vector-borne zoonotic diseases. | ectoparasite and epifaunistic arthropod biodiversity and infestation parameters were compared between 2 sympatric small rodent species, the cotton mouse (peromyscus gossypinus (le conte)) and golden mouse (ochrotomys nuttalli (harlan)), in southern georgia from 1992 to 2003. because the cotton mouse is known to be a reservoir of more vector-borne zoonotic pathogens than the golden mouse, we hypothesized that it would be parasitized by more ectoparasites that are known to be vectors of these path ... | 2004 | 15715219 |
| ectoparasites and gastrointestinal helminths of southern flying squirrels in southeast georgia. | southern flying squirrels (glaucomys volans) from southeastern georgia were examined for ectoparasites and gastrointestinal helminths. ten species of ectoparasites were recovered, including 3 species of sucking lice (hoplopleura trispinosa, microphthirus uncinatus, and neohaematopinus sciuropteri), 1 species of flea (orchopeas howardi), 2 species of ticks (amblyomma maculatum and ixodes scapularis), 3 species of mesostigmatid mites (androlaelaps casalis, a. fahrenholzi, and haemogamasus ambulans ... | 2000 | 11128479 |
| survey and host fitness effects of red-cockaded woodpecker blood parasites and nest cavity arthropods. | blood parasites and nest cavity arthropods associated with the red-cockaded woodpecker (picoides borealis) were surveyed and the impact of blood-feeding arthropods on woodpecker fitness traits was assessed. five woodpeckers (8%) were infected with unidentified microfilariae, and 1 woodpecker (2%) was infected with 2 species of haemoproteid (haemoproteus velans and haemoproteus borgesi). this is the first record of haemoproteids in this species and the first observation of h. borgesi in north ame ... | 2000 | 10864247 |
| [nest ectoparasites (gamasid mites) as vectors for rickettsia under experimental conditions]. | the author gives a review of occurrence of rickettsiae (coxiella burnetii, r. slovaca, r. sibirica, r. prowazekii, r. mooseri, r. akari) in gamasid mites, investigated in laboratory or in nature. the results of our experiments and from literature also are summarized in tables. the experimental infection with c. burnetii was investigated by natural route of infection in the following species of mites: haemogamasus nidi, h. hirsutus, androlaelaps casalis. we found c. burnetii in smears, stained wi ... | 1989 | 2485310 |