Current Advances in Acarology

Organizer(s)

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  Alexandra Revynthi (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology and Nematology
  University of Florida
  Homestead, Florida
• OC

  Orlando Combita-Heredia (he/him/his)

  The Ohio State University
  Columbus, Ohio

This symposium promotes and disseminates scientific knowledge related to acarology. This symposium is organized by the Acarological Society of America and houses the graduate student competition. Additionally, speakers from different career stages will present research on interactions of acari at multiple levels including: ecological, organismal and suborganismal.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:04 AM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandra Margarita Revynthi (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
• 8:04 AM – 8:16 AM MST

  The Ruellia erinose Mite (Eriophyidae: Acalitus simplex): A pest of the Mexican petunia (Acanthaceae: Ruellia simplex)
  

  Presenting Author: Marcello De Giosa – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Livia Ataide – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Xingbo Wu (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ronald Ochoa – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Samuel Bolton – Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  Co-Author: Alexandra Margarita Revynthi (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
• 8:16 AM – 8:28 AM MST

  Moulting mouthparts, imbibing blood: How does mouthpart musculature change across Ixodes scapularis life stages?
  

  Presenting Author: Kaylin Chong – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Isobel Ronai – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Adrian Richter (he/him/his) – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Alexandre Casadei Ferreira – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Evan P. Economo – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Brian Farrell – Harvard University
• 8:28 AM – 8:40 AM MST

  Phoretic mites associated with ambrosia beetles in Florida avocados and their potential use in IPM
  

  Presenting Author: Marielle de Moraes Berto – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Terri Lynn Price-Baker – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Pasco B. Avery – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Christopher Dunlap – USDA

  Co-Author: Daniel Carrillo – University of Florida
• 8:40 AM – 8:52 AM MST

  The role of kinin neuropeptides in tick midgut: A fluorescently labeled kinin maps the cognate receptor to muscles and triggers peristalsis
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan Hernandez – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Caixing Xiong – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Patricia Pietrantonio – Texas A&M University
• 8:52 AM – 9:04 AM MST

  Potential of essential oils against the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Paola Villamarin – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nurhayat Tabanca – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Maria Canon – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Isamar Sofia Reyes-Arauz (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Marcello De Giosa – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Alexandra Margarita Revynthi (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
• 9:04 AM – 9:14 AM MST

  Break
• 9:14 AM – 9:26 AM MST

  But what do they really eat? Adding DNA metabarcoding to stable isotope analysis to assess microarthropod diet
  

  Presenting Author: Robin Andrews – University of Alaska

  Co-Author: Diana Wolf – University of Alaska
• 9:26 AM – 9:38 AM MST

  Spatial distribution of twospotted spider mites in cucumber high tunnels
  

  Presenting Author: Leslie A. Aviles Lopez – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Laura L. Ingwell (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
• 9:38 AM – 9:50 AM MST

  Identification and mitigation of acarine pests of hemp (Cannabis sativa)
  

  Presenting Author: Maria Canon – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Paola Villamarin – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Livia Ataide – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Marcello De Giosa – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Alexandra Margarita Revynthi (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
• 9:50 AM – 10:02 AM MST

  A survey of soil oribatid diversity and community structure in a Madrean sky island in southeastern Arizona, US
  

  Presenting Author: Sofia Gonzalez Salazar (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Jay E. Taylor – Arizona State University
• 10:02 AM – 10:14 AM MST

  Mitogenomics of the Uropodina
  

  Presenting Author: Jeremy CB Naredo (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Charlotte Benedict – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Isabel Pen – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Hans Klompen – The Ohio State University
• 10:14 AM – 10:24 AM MST

  Break
• 10:24 AM – 10:36 AM MST

  Assessment of Amblyseius swirskii and Neoseiulus cucumeris for managing the invasive pest Megalurothrips usitatus in Phaseolus vulgaris
  

  Presenting Author: Mariana Monteiro de Souza Barros – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Alexandra Margarita Revynthi (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Hugh Smith – University of Florida
• 10:36 AM – 10:48 AM MST

  Residual effect of commonly used fungicides in strawberries on Amblyseius swirskii, Neoseiulus cucumeris, and Neoseiulus californicus (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Allan Busuulwa – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Alexandra Margarita Revynthi (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sriyanka Lahiri (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
• 10:48 AM – 11:00 AM MST

  Diversity and ecology of intertidal soil mites on the coast of Sonora, Mexico
  

  Presenting Author: Daysi Yamileth Lopez Baltazar (they/them/theirs) – Universidad de Sonora
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM MST

  First determination of a Blunervirus vector, a model study with blueberry necrotic ring blotch virus
  

  Presenting Author: Aline Tassi – University of Florida
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Macrocheles muscaedomesticae as vectors for entomopathogenic bacteria in Drosophila
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Durkin – University of Tampa
• 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM MST

  Revision of the Brevipalpus californicus complex
  

  Presenting Author: Ronald Ochoa – USDA-ARS
• 11:45 AM – 11:50 AM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandra Margarita Revynthi (she/her/hers) – University of Florida