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M Alejandra Perotti
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Open AccessWolbachia dominance influences the Culex quinquefasciatus microbiota
Microorganisms present in mosquitoes and their interactions are key factors affecting insect development. Among them, Wolbachia is closely associated with the host and affects several fitness parameters. In this ...
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Open AccessMesostigmata diversity by manure type: a reference study and new datasets from southwestern Iran
Manure-inhabiting Mesostigmata mites are important biological control agents of pest flies. However, the biodiversity of this mite community is mainly known from Europe and America, and especially from cattle ...
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Open AccessNew records of Xenanoetus species (Astigmata: Histiostomatidae) in Western Europe, and their association with pig carcasses
The genus Xenanoetus Mahunka, 1969, only described by the hypopial stage, is characterised by an enlarged gnathosoma, the presence of double claws in legs I, II and III in addition to remarkably broadened femur a...
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Open AccessAssemblages of Acari in shallow burials: mites as markers of the burial environment, of the stage of decay and of body-cadaver regions
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 bu...
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Open AccessCulex quinquefasciatus carrying Wolbachia is less susceptible to entomopathogenic bacteria
In an attempt to evaluate the susceptibility of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus to bacterial agents, a population naturally infected with a Wolbachia pipientis wPipSJ native strain was tested against the acti...
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Open AccessCo-haploty** symbiont and host to unravel invasion pathways of the exotic pest Halyomorpha halys in Italy
The brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål) is a globally invasive species that harbours the primary bacterial symbiont ‘Candidatus Pantoea carbekii’. In this work, P. carbekii was used as another gen...
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Open AccessMicroscopic analysis of the microbiota of three commercial Phytoseiidae species (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Microbes associated with the external and internal anatomy of three commercially available predatory mite species—Phytoseiulus persimilis, Typhlodromips (= Amblyseius) swirskii, and Neoseiulus (= Amblyseius) cucu...
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Open AccessFirst Report of the Ticks Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini et Fanzago, 1878, Haemaphysalis parva (Neumann, 1897) and Dermacentor marginatus (Sulzer, 1776) (Acari, Amblyommidae) from Humans in Lebanon
Knowledge on ticks infesting humans is scarce for the middle East. In this work, tick specimens (Acari: Amblyommidae) infesting humans in Lebanon were identified.
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Open AccessMacrocheles species (Acari: Macrochelidae) associated with human corpses in Europe
The biology of macrochelid mites might offer new venues for the interpretation of the environmental conditions surrounding human death and decomposition. Three human corpses, one from Sweden and two from Spain...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Comparison of bacterial microbiota of the predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and its factitious prey Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridae)
A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML version of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper.
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Open AccessComparative analysis of bones, mites, soil chemistry, nematodes and soil micro-eukaryotes from a suspected homicide to estimate the post-mortem interval
Criminal investigations of suspected murder cases require estimating the post-mortem interval (PMI, or time after death) which is challenging for long PMIs. Here we present the case of human remains found in a...
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Open AccessComparison of bacterial microbiota of the predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and its factitious prey Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridae)
Neoseiulus cucumeris is a predatory mite used for biological control of arthropod pests. Mass-reared predators are fed with factitious prey mites such as Tyrophagus putrescentiae. Although some information on cer...
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Detection and localization of Solitalea-like and Cardinium bacteria in three Acarus siro populations (Astigmata: Acaridae)
Bacteria associated with mites influence their fitness, nutrition and reproduction. Previously, we found Solitalea-like (Sphingobacteriales) and Candidatus Cardinium (Cytophagales) bacteria in the stored product ...
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Open AccessThe ghost sex-life of the paedogenetic beetle Micromalthus debilis
Genetic and sexual systems can be evolutionarily dynamic within and among clades. However, identifying the processes responsible for switches between, for instance, sexual and asexual reproduction, or cyclic a...
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Ixodes ricinus (Ixodidae), an occasional phoront on necrophagous and coprophagous beetles in Europe
For ticks, phoretic behaviour using insects associated with vertebrates might offer an alternative strategy to host-seeking. Here we report for the first time the presence of immature stages of the most widesp...
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Occurrence of Poecilochirus austroasiaticus (Acari: Parasitidae) in forensic autopsies and its application on postmortem interval estimation
Despite the fact that mites were used at the dawn of forensic entomology to elucidate the postmortem interval, their use in current cases remains quite low for procedural reasons such as inadequate taxonomic ...
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Detection and Identification of Species-Specific Bacteria Associated with Synanthropic Mites
Internal bacterial communities of synanthropic mites Acarus siro, Dermatophagoides farinae, Lepidoglyphus destructor, and Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Astigmata) were analyzed by culturing and culture-indepen...
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Indoor Arthropods of Forensic Importance: Insects Associated with Indoor Decomposition and Mites as Indoor Markers
It is not surprising with the great diversity of arthropods that some members have evolved to take advantage of the sheltered habitat that we provide or to take advantage of us and our products. Anthropophilic...
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Phoretic Mites and Carcasses: Acari Transported by Organisms Associated with Animal and Human Decomposition
Ephemeral and fluctuant, the fauna associated with a corpse provides a rich diversity of species. Several groups of arthropods are known to visit a carcass of a vertebrate at its various stages of decay; howev...
