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MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Host parasite relationships between acariform mites (Acari:  Acariformes) and vertebrates

Adaptations of acariform mites to parasitism on vertebrates, origin of parasitism in acariform mites

Phylogeny and biodiversity of acariform mites

Communities of ectoparasites associated with small mammals

Methodological aspects of phylogenetic and taxonomic studies

 

 

MAIN TAXONOMIC GROUPS:

*       Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea, Myobioidea, and Pterygosomatoidea

*       Astigmata: Sarcoptoidea, Pyroglyphoidea, and Analgoidea (Dermationidae and Epidermoptidae)

 

 Listrophoroides cucullatus (Atopomelidae)