Emerging Invasive Pest Mites and Mite-Transmitted Diseases

Organizer(s)

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  Daniel Carrillo

  Department of Entomology, Tropical Research and Education Center
  University of Florida
  Homestead, Florida
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  Ronald Ochoa

  USDA- ARS
  USDA
  Beltsville, Maryland

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM ET

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Carrillo – University of Florida
• 1:35 PM – 1:50 PM ET

  Tuckerellidae: a family of unwanted surprises
  

  Presenting Author: Ronald Ochoa – USDA

  Co-author: Hector Escobar – Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

  Co-author: Daniel Junior De Andrade – Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
• 1:50 PM – 2:05 PM ET

  Review of Brevipalpus californicus species complex and its association with the transmission of dichorhaviruses
  

  Presenting Author: Aline D. Tassi – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ronald Ochoa – USDA

  Co-author: Jennifer J. Beard – Queensland Museum

  Co-author: Davina Saccaggi – Citrus Research International

  Co-author: Gabriel Otero Colina – Campus Montecillo

  Co-author: Daniel Carrillo – University of Florida
• 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM ET

  Effect of citrus leprosis C2-H cilevirus on the reproduction and biological control Brevipalpus yothersi
  

  Presenting Author: Jaqueline Della Vechia – University of Florida

  Co-author: Aline D. Tassi – University of Florida

  Co-author: Amy Roda – USDA

  Co-author: Daniel Carrillo – University of Florida
• 2:20 PM – 2:35 PM ET

  Sampling of Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in South Florida hibiscus hedges
  

  Presenting Author: Amy Roda – USDA

  Co-author: C. Teri Allen – USDA

  Co-author: Daniel Carrillo – University of Florida

  Co-author: Gösta Nachman – University of Copenhagen
• 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM ET

  Phenology of Phyllocoptes fructiphilus on rose rosette disease-symptomatic and asymptomatic rose in Georgia
  

  Presenting Author: Shimat V. Joseph – University of Georgia

  Co-author: Alejandra Monterrosa – University of Georgia

  Co-author: Mathews L. Paret – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ronald Ochoa – USDA

  Co-author: Andrew Ulsamer – USDA
• 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM ET

  Break
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) and their zoonoses
  

  Presenting Author: Cal Welbourn – Smithsonian Institution

  Co-author: Ricardo Bassini-Silva – Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

  Co-author: Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius – Insttuto Butantan
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET

  The lychee erinose mite in Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Carrillo – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jaqueline Della Vechia – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Livia Ataide – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ronald Ochoa – USDA

  Co-Author: Alexandra Margarita Revynthi – University of Florida
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM ET

  A probabilistic model predicting host range expansion and host specificity in mites parasitic on mammals
  

  Presenting Author: Pavel B. Klimov – Purdue University

  Co-author: Qixin He – Purdue University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM ET

  Potential of phoretic mites as vectors of microbial agents for the control of wood-boring insects
  

  Presenting Author: Marielle de Moraes Berto – University of Florida
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET

  Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) distribution in high-Andean peatlands of the Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reserve of Arequipa, Peru
  

  Presenting Author: Javier Huanca Maldonado (he/him/his) – Universidad Nacional de San Agustín

  Co-author: Briceth Kimberly Gutiérrez-Cuti – Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa

  Co-author: Carlos Enrique Cadillo-Begazo – Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa

  Co-author: María Fernanda Cordova-Hernandez – Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa

  Co-Author: Ronald Ochoa – USDA
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM ET

  Discussion