Looking for future biological control agents: the comparative function of the deutosternal groove in mesostigmatid mites. [PDF]
Exp Appl Acarol, 2023 The physics of fluid laminar flow through an idealised deutosternum assembly is used for the first time to review predatory feeding designs over 72 different-sized example species from 16 mesostigmatid families in order to inform the finding of new ...
Bowman CE.
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Structure and molecular evolution of the barcode fragment of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) in Macrocheles (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 In the present study, we used all available data to explore the evolutionary relationships, divergence time, and amino acid variation of COI barcode fragment of Macrocheles. Our results revealed the less conserved structure of COI in Macrocheles species compared with arthropods.
Khakestani N +4 more
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Shotgun metagenomics of soil invertebrate communities reflects taxonomy, biomass, and reference genome properties. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Shotgun metagenomics is increasingly applicable to study eukaryotic community composition. Theoretically, metagenomics should inform about species’ biomass, since it omits a taxonomically biased PCR step. Here, we evaluate how well metagenomics records composition and biomass in mock communities, and how its performance is affected by reference genome ...
Schmidt A +6 more
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Cannibalism, predation rate, and intrigued predation of two predatory mites, Protogamasellopsis rhizoglyphusi (Rhodacaridae) and Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Laelapidae) [PDF]
نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران, 2023 The The effects of individual predatory include predatory capacity, cannibalism, starvation, and different interactions of predatory on each other which causes effects on the population of the prey and the population of the predatory.
Mohammadreza Amin, Mohammad Khanjani
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A new species of the genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Iran [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2013 The Genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till, 1966 is currently one of the largest genera of the family Laelapidae Berlese. The known representatives of this genus are active predators of small invertebrates such as other mites, insect eggs and nematodes ...
Mohammadreza Kavianpour +3 more
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Mesostigmata diversity by manure type: a reference study and new datasets from southwestern Iran. [PDF]
Exp Appl Acarol, 2022 Manure-inhabiting Mesostigmata mites are important biological control agents of pest flies. However, the biodiversity of this mite community is mainly known from Europe or America and, especially, from cattle manure. This study examined the diversity and
Farahi S +3 more
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A commercial seaweed extract structured microbial communities associated with tomato and pepper roots and significantly increased crop yield. [PDF]
Microb Biotechnol, 2019 Seaweeds have been used as a source of natural fertilizer for centuries but their effects on soil and crop roots microbiota remain unclear. Here, we find that plant productivity was positively influenced by the addition of seaweed extracts. In addition, seaweed extracts modified the bacterial and fungal communities of rhizospheric soils and roots of ...
Renaut S +4 more
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Tritrophic interactions between a fungal pathogen, a spider predator, and the blacklegged tick. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2018 The biopesticide Met52, containing the fungus Metarhizium brunneum, and the brush‐legged wolf spider Schizocosa ocreata each reduced survival of blacklegged ticks Ixodes scapularis in field microcosms. Met52 reduced spider survival, although this did not result in a positive effect on ticks. Ticks were more likely to quest for hosts when the spider was
Fischhoff IR +3 more
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Description of a new species of Gaeolaelaps (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran. [PDF]
Zookeys, 2016 A new species of Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae), Gaeolaelaps izajiensis sp. n. is described based on the morphological characters of adult females which were collected from soil sample in the Izeh and Ghaletol regions of the Khuzestan province, Iran.
Saeidi Z, Nemati A, Khalili-Moghadam A.
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معرفی کنههای جمعآوریشده از تلههای نوری در شهرستان رشت [PDF]
تحقیقات آفات گیاهی, 2022 در بررسی کنههای جمعآوری شده از روی حشرات به دام افتاده در تلههای نوری در شهرستان رشت (استان گیلان) تعداد 24 گونه متعلق به 22 جنس از 14 خانواده به شرح زیر جمعآوری و شناسایی شدند.
جلیل حاجی زاده +1 more
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