(n.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.
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Acarina
Definition:
(n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.
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(1) from Parasitidae family (Acarina, Mesostigmata) were studied in light and electron microscopy.
(2) Responses of the summer form of the adult female two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acarina: Tetranychoidea) placed in near-ultraviolet and green light are photopositive.
(3) For the first time in Argentina, it has been shown that oribatids from the genus Ceratozetes Berlese, 1908 (Acarina:Ceratozetidae) have the potential to act as intermediate hosts of Moniezia expansa from sheep.
(4) The metabolism of radiolabeled insecticides in insects and acarina is studied largely by coupling radiotracer techniques with analytical methods, such as TLC, paper and column chromatography, gel-permeation chromatography, and enzymatic assays.
(5) Borrelia burgdorferi was found so far in 30 species of Arthropoda, 13 species of mites (Acarina), 15 species of flies(Diptera), two species of fleas (Siphonaptera).
(6) Tick samples (Acarina, Ixodidae) were collected for two years on bovidae from the whole Oran area which were brought weekly at the Oran open market (Algeria).
(7) The density of total microarthropods and major groups, namely Acarina and Collembola, suffered a statistically significant and persistent decline in the aldrin 30 EC (0.25%)- and endosulfan 35 EC (0.33%)-treated soil of wheat fields.
(8) Only endosulfan was toxic to a common soil Acarina species, Lancetoppia sp.
(9) Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda) and Tyrophagus castellani (Acarina) were accidentally recovered from experimental animals.
(10) Because no reference on trombiculid mites (Acarina: Trombiculidae) in Cheju Island where tsutsugamushi disease is highly endemic had been available, studies on trombiculid mites in Cheju Island were implemented during the period of August 1991-April 1992, and the results obtained are summarized as follows: (1) The species and numbers of the field rodents collected were 143 Apodemus agrarius chejuensis (92.3%), 11 Crocidura lasiura (7.1%) and 1 Micromys minutus (0.6%).
(11) To determine whether the pattern of engorgement of Ixodes hexagonus Leach (Acarina: Ixodidae) in Central Europe may influence host specificity, the host relationships of the sub-adult stages of this tick were examined and the time of detachment compared with the activity patterns of various candidate vertebrate hosts.
(12) The compounds demonstrated efficacy against several economically important species of insects and acarina.
(13) The average number of acarina in 0.5 g of fine dust did not differ statistically among the three groups; however, mite number per square meter floor differed between patients with positive skin test and negative skin test.
(14) The volatile materials emitted by Trichothecium roseum (Fungi Imperfecti) at a very low concentration are strong attractants for Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank, 1781) (Acarina, Acardae).
(15) Zygoribatula lata Hammer, 1961 (Acarina:Oribatulidae) was confirmed as a potential intermediate host of M. expansa.
(16) Large quantities of host-specific mite antigens (P. simicola) were difficult to obtain, so free-living mite species such as Dermatophagoides farina, Acarina sheldonii, and Tyrophagus putrificiensis were also utilized.
(17) Outbred guinea pigs became infected with the mite Trixacarus caviae (Acarina, Sarcoptidae) when introduced into an infected colony.