Testing the enemy release hypothesis in a native insect species with an expanding range

JJ Mlynarek - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) predicts that the spread of (invasive) species will be
facilitated by release from their enemies as they occupy new areas. However, the ERH is …

Host species exploitation and discrimination by animal parasites

MR Forbes, A Morrill… - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Parasite species often show differential fitness on different host species. We developed an
equation-based model to explore conditions favouring host species exploitation and …

Mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) parasitizing mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in an Atlantic Forest area in southern Brazil with a new mite genus country record

EB Dos Santos, MA Favretto… - … and Applied Acarology, 2016 - Springer
In this study, a total of 4146 culicids collected in an Atlantic Forest area in Paraná state,
southern Brazil were examined for the presence of mites. Forty larval Parasitengone mites …

A critical review of all known published records for water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidiae) and mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) parasitic associations from 1975 to present

TW Simmons, ML Hutchinson - Journal of medical entomology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
All published records of water mite–mosquito parasitic associations since Gary R. Mullen's
comprehensive review in the 1970s of the literature were critiqued to provide an up-to-date …

First Record of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Second Record of Aedes japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) Parasitized by Water Mites (Acari: Hydrachnidiae) …

AB Manges, TW Simmons… - Journal of medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The primary aim of this study was to determine if the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus
(Skuse))(Diptera: Culicidae), that vectors a number of arboviruses, is parasitized by water …

Making Sense of a Mite-Y Problem: Phylogenetic Inference and Morphological Characterization of North American Water Mites in the Subgenus Micruracarus (Acari …

R Shoop - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Although they are widespread and include more than 6,000 species, water mites are
understudied and many groupings below the genus level are believed not to be …