ICA Directory of Acarologists 2002

Directory of Acarologists of the World 2002
Compiled by Valerie Behan-Pelletier

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FABIAN, Lacramioara Luisa
Institute of Biological Research, 48 Republicii Street, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Phone: 92.425032
Fax: 64.191238
E-mail: icb@mail.dntcj.ro OR fabian@mail.dntcj.ro
URL:
Taxonomic group: Oribatida
Specialization: systematics and ecology

Fabrizio, Ottoboni
via Vittoria Colonna, 50 20149 Italia, Milano, Italy
MILANO
Italy
Phone: 0248010640
Fax:
E-mail: fabry.otto@iol.it
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: allergenic mites & ticks;

Faccini, Joao Luiz H.
Univ. Fed. Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Depto. Parasitologia Animal, Seropedica, RJ, Brazil
Seropedica
Brazil
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail: faccini@ufrrj.br
URL:
Taxonomic group: Parasitic mites and ticks
Specialization: Taxonomy and control of animal parasites; Veterinary acarology

Fahmy, Sonia A.S.
Department of Plant Protection, National Research Centre
Dokki, Cairo 12311
EGYPT
Phone: 950 288
Fax: 700 931
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Biological control
Specialization:

Fain, Alex
Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Département d'Entomologie, 29 rue Vautier, 1000-Bruxelles, Belgique
Bruxelles
Belgium
Phone: 02/627 42 11
Fax: 02/627 41 13
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Acari
Specialization: Systematics, life cycles

Falco, Richard
47 Kendall Drive, Ringwood, NJ 07456, USA
Ringwood NJ
USA
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization:

Fan, Peifang
Shanghai Agricultural College, Shanghai 201101, China
Shanghai
P. R. China
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization:

Fan, Qinghai
Dept. of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
Fuzhou
P. R. China
Phone: (0591) 3743142
Fax:
E-mail: qhfan@pub2.fz.fj.cn
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization:

Fang, Quentin
Dept. Biology, P.O. Box 8042, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8042, USA
Statesboro GA 30460-8042
USA
Phone: (912) 871-1844
Fax: (912) 681-0845
E-mail: qfang@gasou.edu
URL: http://www2.gasou.edu/facstaff/qfang
Taxonomic group: Ixodida (Ticks)
Specialization: Molecular evolution and systematics, population genetics, ticks/pathogens interaction.

FARAH, Hayat M.
Central Veterinary Research Laboratories, P. O. Box 8067 (El Amarat), Khartoum, Sudan
Khartoum
Sudan
Phone: 11-770240
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ticks
Specialization: Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Faraji, Farid
University of Amsterdam, Population Biology, P.O. Box 94084, 1090 GB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: 20 525 7751
Fax: 20 525 7754
E-mail: faraji@science.uva.nl
URL:
Taxonomic group: Phytoseiidae
Specialization: Ecology

Farias, Nara Amélia
Av. Duque de Caxias, 170 C/301 Pelotas, RS, Brasil 96030-000
Pelotas 96030-000
Brazil
Phone: 53 275-7381
Fax: 53 275-7169
E-mail: nafarias@ufpel.tche.br
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodida
Specialization: Biology and epidemiology of Boophilus microplus, Acaricides Resistance, Biology of Babesia spp. in ticks

Farnsworth, William R
Agrisearch Services P/L, PO BOX 1348, INNISFAIL, QUEENSLAND, 4860, AUSTRALIA
INNISFAIL Queensland
Australia
Phone: 0740 617470
Fax: 0740 617470
E-mail: agrsnq@znet.net.au
URL:
Taxonomic group: Pest mites of crops; Boophilus
Specialization: RESEARCH INTO CONTROL OF PEST MITE SPECIES IN CROPS AND CATTLE TICKS (Boophilus) ON CATTLE

Farrag, Ahmed M.I.
Plant Protection Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture
Dokki, Cairo 12311
EGYPT
Phone: 702 209
Fax: 722 609
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Tetranychidae: biology & control
Specialization:

Farrier, Maurice
Emeritus Professor, Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Box 7613, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7613, USA
Raleigh North Carolina 27695-7613
USA
Phone: 919-787-1933
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Mesostigmata
Specialization: systematics of soil-inhabiting Mesostigmata

Fashing, Norman James
Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 USA
Williamsburg VA 23187-8795
USA
Phone: 757 221-2221
Fax: 757 221-6483
E-mail: njfash@wm.edu
URL: http://faculty.wm.edu/njfash/
Taxonomic group: Free living Astigmata
Specialization: Ecology, Systematics, Functional Morphology

Fauvel, Guy
Section d'Acarologie, ENSA-M, INRA, ORSTOM, 2, Place Pierre Viala
Montpellier Cedex 1 F-34060
France
Phone: 612 349
Fax: 521 554
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Tetranychidae-plant relationships, esp. apples, soybeans & corn
Specialization:

Fawzy, Magdy Mohmed Hessin
Plant Protection Research Institute, Fruit Mite Department, Shooting Club St., Dokki, Giza 12611, Egypt
Giza
Egypt
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Astigmata and Phytoseiidae
Specialization: Biology, Taxonomy and Biological Control

Feldman-Muhsam, B.
Department of Medical Entomology, Hebrew University Medical School, Brodi Street 18
Jerusalem 92502
Israel
Phone: 221 281 or 631 158
Fax: 660 331
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodida: systematics, biology, ecology, physiology & symbiotes; Podapolipidae
Specialization:

Feldmann, A. A.
ITAL Nederland, P.O. Box 48
Wageningen NL-6700 AA
The Netherlands
Phone: 91911
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Tetranychus urticae (Tetranychidae): genetic control
Specialization:

Fenda, Peter
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynsk dolina B-1, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovakia
Phone: 7 60296249
Fax: 7 65429064
E-mail: fenda@fns.uniba.sk
URL:
Taxonomic group: Mesostigmata
Specialization: birds' nests, soil, caves

Feng, Yuan-bin
Department of Plant Protection, Guangxi Agricultural College
Nanning Guangxi 530005
P. R. China
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Agricultural mites
Specialization:

Fenton, Leann S.
Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56
Dunedin
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: 479 7976
Fax: 479 7961
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Melittiphis alveaius(Phytoseiidae): morphology, life cycle & population dynamics; acaricides
Specialization:

Ferla, Noeli Juarez
UNIVATES, Caixa Postal 155, 95900-000 Lajeado RS, Brazil
Lajeado
Brazil
Phone:
Fax: (+51) 3714-7001
E-mail: njferla@fates.tche.br
URL:
Taxonomic group: Phytoseiidae
Specialization: Taxonomy, biological control

Fernandes, Stan
Loyola Jesuit Community, Pashan Road
Pune 411 008
India
Phone: 339 084
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Trombiculidae: taxonomy
Specialization:

FERNANDEZ, Nestor
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, UAP 25 de mayo 99, 3103 Libertador San Martin, Entre Rios, Argentina
Entre Rios
Argentina
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail: fernandn@uapar.edu
URL:
Taxonomic group: Oribatida, Varroa, Caeculidae , Saxydromus
Specialization: Systematic, ontogeny, ecology, ultrastructure of sensory organs and spermatophores, etology, population dynamic, ultrastructure of locomotive system, sensorial system, reproductive system. Control, by use of natural and synthesis products

Fernández, Armando
Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí", Calle 13, esq. 200, Siboney, Apartado Postal 601
Marianao 13
Cuba
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Acari as vectors of arboviruses
Specialization:

Fernández, Hugo
Miguel Lillo 205, 4000 S.M. de Tucumán, Argentina
S.M. de Tucumán
Argentina
Phone: 084 381 4322092
Fax:
E-mail: hrf@unt.edu.ar
URL:
Taxonomic group: Parasitengonida, Water mites
Specialization: Systematics

Fernández-Caldas, Enrique
CBF LETI, S.A. CALLE SOL, 5 28760 TRES CANTOS, MADRID, SPAIN
Madrid
Spain
Phone: 91 803 59 60
Fax: 91 804 09 19
E-mail: efernandez@leti.com
URL:
Taxonomic group: House dust and storage mites
Specialization: Mass culture of House dust and storage mites

Ferragut, Francisco
Departamento Produccion Vegetal, Universidad Politecnica, Camino de Vera, 14, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Valencia
Spain
Phone: 96 3879334
Fax: 96 3877339
E-mail: fjferragut@prv.upv.es
URL:
Taxonomic group: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae
Specialization: Systematics, Ecology, Biological Control

Ferreira, Maria dos Anjos
Department of Entomology, Estacao Agronómica Nacional, Quinta do Marqués
Oeiras P-2780
PORTUGAL
Phone: 443 1505
Fax: 442 0867
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Predatory mites
Specialization:

FILIMONOVA, Svetlana
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
St. Petersburg
Russia
Phone: (812) 114-0151
Fax: (812) 328-2941
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Acariform mites
Specialization: anatomy, histology, cytology

Filippova, Natalia
Universitetskaya nab. 1. Zoological, Institute of the Russian Acad. Sci, 199034, S.-Petersburg, Russia
St. Petersburg
Russia
Phone: (812)328 07 11
Fax: (812)328 29 41
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodida (Ixodidae, Argasidae)
Specialization: systematics, evolution, morphology, faunistics, intraspecific variability, zoogeography, medical importance

Firstman, Bruce
Department of Biological Sciences, Cal Poly University
Pomona CA 91768
USA
Phone: 988 5033 or 869 4059
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Arachnology: morphology & phylogeny
Specialization:

Fish, Durland
Department of Epidemology and Public Health, 60 College St., P.O. Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA
New Haven CT
USA
Phone: 203 785-3525
Fax: 203 785-3604
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodidae
Specialization: Public Health; Epidemiology; Ecology

Fisher, J. P.
Shell Research Ltd., Sittingbourne Research Centre
Sittingbourne, Kent England ME9 8AG
UK
Phone: 424 444
Fax: 475 652
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Plant & stored products mites: control; medical-veterinary acarology
Specialization:

Fisher, William F.
KBUSLIRL, ARS, USDA 2700 Fredericksburg Rd Kerrville, TX 78028, USA
Kerrville TX
USA
Phone: 830-792-0328
Fax: 830-792-0314
E-mail: bfisher@ktc.com
URL:
Taxonomic group: Psoroptes
Specialization:

Fitzgerald, Jean
Horticulture Research International-East Malling, West Malling, Kent ME19 6BJ, UK
West Malling Kent
UK
Phone: (0) 1732 843833
Fax: (0) 1732 843856
E-mail: jean.fitzgerald@hri.ac.uk
URL: www.hri.ac.uk
Taxonomic group: Phytoseiidae; Tetranychidae; Eriophyidae
Specialization: ecology; predator/prey relationships; pest management

Fivaz, Bruce H.
Tick Research Unit, Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University
Grahamstown 6140
South Africa
Phone: 23719
Fax: 24377
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodidae: immunology & bovine diseases
Specialization:

FLECHTMANN, Carlos H. W.
USP ESALQ Zoologia, Caixa Postal 09, 13418-900 Piracicaba SP, Brazil
Piracicaba
Brazil
Phone: 19 - 34 29 42 60
Fax: 19 - 34 29 43 38
E-mail: chwflech@carpa.ciagri.usp.br
URL:
Taxonomic group: Tetranychidae, Eriophyidae
Specialization: Taxonomy

Fleurat-Lessard, Francis
INRA Research Lab. on Stored-Product Entomology & Acarology 71, Avenue Edouard Bourleaux - P.O. Box 81 F 33883 VILLENAVE D`ORNON Cedex France
VILLENAVE D`ORNON
France
Phone: (0)5 57 12 24 78
Fax: (0)5 57 12 24 75
E-mail: francis.fleurat-lessard@bordeaux.inra.fr
URL: http://www.bordeaux.inra.fr
Taxonomic group: Stored-Product and House-dust Mites
Specialization:

Floyd, R. B.
CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Private Mail Bag 1
Indooroopilly QLD 4068
AUSTRALIA
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodidae: biology
Specialization:

Fonseca, Adivaldo Henrique
Institute of Veterinary Science, Universidade Federal Rural da Rio de Janeiro, Km 47 da Antiga Rio - S. Paulo
Seropedica RJ 23.851
BRAZIL
Phone: 682 1210 ext. 584
Fax: 682 1120
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Veterinary acarology
Specialization:

Ford, John B.
Department of Biological Basic Science, School of Agriculture & Forest Science, University of Wales, Bangor
Caernarvonshire Wales LL57 2UW
UK
Phone: 351 151 ext. 2301
Fax: 370 731
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Tetranychidae: acaricide resistance
Specialization:

Forss, Matthew
Wisconsin 53011, USA
WI
USA
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail: forss@excel.net
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: soil/leaf litter mites and pseudoscorpions (Arachnida)

Fouly, Ahmed
Dept. of Agric. Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Egypt
Mansoura
Egypt
Phone: 0020123123253
Fax: 002023822017
E-mail: fouly5@yahoo.com
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Prof. of Biology of predaceous and phytophagous mites,systematic of mesostigmatic mites, biolocgical control, control of varroa mite

FOURIE, L.J.
Dept. of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
Bloemfontein
South Africa
Phone: 51-401 2371
Fax: 51-401 2371
E-mail: fourielj@dre.nw.uovs.ac.za
URL:
Taxonomic group: Psoroptes ovis
Specialization: Sheep scab

Fournier, Valerie
Department of Entomology, One Shields Avenue, University of California Davis, California USA 95616
Davis CA
USA
Phone: 530-752-4481
Fax: 530-752-1537
E-mail: vfournier@ucdavis.edu
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Biological control, community ecology

Fourrie, J. T.
Department of Zoology & Ecology, University of UOVS, P.O. Box 339
Bloemfontein 9300
South Africa
Phone: 401 2792
Fax: 401 2117
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodida: autecology, epidemiology, medical & veterinary importance
Specialization:

Fox, Irving
Department of Microbiology & Medical Zoology, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, G.P.O. Box 5067
San Juan PR 00936
USA
Phone: 758 2525
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ectoparasites & associated forms
Specialization:

Frances, Stephen P.
Army Malaria Research Unit, MILPO
Ingleburn NSW 2174
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 618 4409
Fax: 618 4596
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Medical acarology: Trombiculidae, mite & tick repellents toxicants
Specialization:

Franklin Chilson, Elizabeth
CPEN, Laboratorio de Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Alameda Cosme Ferreira, 2936, CEP 69011-000, CP 478, Petropolis Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Manaus
Brazil
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Oribatida
Specialization: Ecology, Systematics

FRANZ, Jörg-Thomas
Applied Biology, University of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany
Paderborn
Germany
Phone: 05251 60 21 90
Fax: 05251 60 24 91
E-mail: drjtf@web.de
URL: http://www.joerg-thomasfranz.de OR http://www.milbenforschung.de
Taxonomic group: Astigmata, Prostigmata
Specialization: Astigmatic mites (i.e. house dust mites, storage mites), biology, oecology, morphology, ultrastructure (LM, SEM, TEM, STEM, abundance, steadiness in the working and living areas, avoidance measures,

Franzolim, Marcia Regina
Acarology Laboratory, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Universitary City, P. Box 4365
Sao Paulo SP 05.508
BRAZIL
Phone: 813 6944
Fax: 813 0845
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Acari of houses & stored food: biology & ecology
Specialization:

Frederickson, Richard W.
Department of Biology, St. Joseph's University, 5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
USA
Phone: 660 1825
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Opilioacaridae & Holothyridae: systematics, ecology, behavior & biogeography; Acari in microecosystems, esp. lichens; retired
Specialization:

French, Frank E.
Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University
Statesboro GA 30460-8042
USA
Phone: 681 5593
Fax: 681 0845
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Demodex (Demodicidae) & Psoroptes(Psoroptidae): bionomics & pathogenesis
Specialization:

Friedhoff, Karl
Institute of Parasitology, Bünteweg 17
Hannover D-30559
Germany
Phone:
Fax: 953 8870
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Protozoans associated with Ixodida
Specialization:

Fries, Ingemar
Department of Animal Nutrition & Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7072
Uppsala S-750 07
Sweden
Phone: 672 073
Fax: 301 553
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Bee mites
Specialization:

Frish, K.
Department of Parasitology, The Hebrew University, P.O.B. 1172
Jerusalem 91010
Israel
Phone: 455 198
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodida: ecology
Specialization:

Fritzsche, R.
Institut für Phytopathologie
Aschersleben D-06449
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Tetranychidae: biology & ecology
Specialization:

Frost, William
Department of Crop Protection, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Waite Road
Glen Osmond SA 5064
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 372 2269
Fax: 379 4095
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Mites on white clover, esp. Halotydeus destructor(Penthaleidae), Penthaleus majorPenthaleidae), Bryobia praetiosa (Tetranychidae) & Anystidae; cultivar resistance screening; victorian mite distribution
Specialization:

Fu, Yueguan
Plant Protection Res. Inst., Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture, Danzhou, Hainan 571700, China
Danzhou
P. R. China
Phone: (0890) 3300413
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization:

Fuangarworn, Marut
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330 Thailand
Bangkok
Thailand
Phone: 2-185-266
Fax:
E-mail: Marut.F@Student.chula.ac.th
URL:
Taxonomic group: Oribatida
Specialization: taxonomy, ecology

Fuente, José de la
Centro Nacional de Ingeniería, Genética y Biotecnología, Calle 23 y 146, Playa
C. Habana
CUBA
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodida: immunology
Specialization:

Fuentes Gonzales, Omar C.
Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí", Calle 13 seq. 200, Siboney, Apartado Postal 601
Marianao 13
Cuba
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodida of medical importance: control
Specialization:

Fujimoto, Kazuyoshi
Department of Parasitology, Saitama Medical School, Moroyama, Iruma-Gun
Saitama 350-04
JAPAN
Phone: 951 111
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Medical acarology: Ixodidae
Specialization:

Fujisaki, Kozo
Obhihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan 080-8555
Obihiro
Japan
Phone: 0155-49-5646
Fax: 0155-49-5643
E-mail: fujisaki@obihiro.ac.jp
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ticks
Specialization: Tick-borne diseases

Fukuyama, Kenji
Forestry Agency, Private Forest Department, Research and Extention Division, Kasumigaseki 1-2-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8952
Tokyo
Japan
Phone: 03-3502-8111
Fax: 03-3502-2887
E-mail: fukuchan@s.affrc.go.jp
URL:
Taxonomic group: Oribatida, Haplozetidae
Specialization: Taxonomy, Ecology

Funk, Richard C.
Department of Zoology, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920, USA
Charleston IL
USA
Phone: 217 345-7137
Fax: 217 581-2722
E-mail: cfrcf@eiu.edu
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization:

Furlong, John
Embrapa Gado de Leite, Rua Eugênio do Nascimento 610, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil, 36038-330.
Juiz de For a
Brazil
Phone: 32 249 4886
Fax: 32 249 4821
E-mail: john@cnpgl.embrapa.br
URL: www. cnpgl.embrapa.br
Taxonomic group: Acari: Ixodidae
Specialization: Ecology and control of Boophilus microplus

Furuhashi, Kaichi
Shizuoka Prefectural Citrus Experimental Station, Komagoe-Nishi 2-12-10
Shimizu Shizuoka 424
Japan
Phone: 344 854
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Tetranychidae: biology & control
Specialization:

Posted by Zhi-Qiang Zhang on 14 August 2002
on behalf of the Executive Secretary, International Congress of Acarology