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45:185–199
Walter DE, Proctor H (1999) Mites: ecology evolution and behaviour. CAB International,
Wallingford
Walter DE, Lindquist EE, Smith IM, Cook DR, Krantz GW (2009) Order Trombidiformes. In:
Krantz GW, Walter DE (eds) A manual of acarology. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock
Walzer A, Schausberger P (1999a) Predation preferences and discrimination between con- and
heterospecific prey by the phytoseiid mites Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus.
BioControl 43:469–478
Walzer A, Schausberger P (1999b) Cannibalism and inter- specific predation in the phytoseiid mites
Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus: predation rates and effects on reproduction
and juvenile development. BioControl 43:457–468
Walzer A, Schausberger P (2009) Non-consumptive effects of predatory mites on thrips and its host
plant. Oikos 118:934–940
Walzer A, Schausberger P (2011) Threat-sensitive anti-intraguild predation behaviour: maternal
strategies to reduce offspring predation risk in mites. Anim Behav 81:177–184
Walzer A, Blumel S, Schausberger P (2001) Population dynamics of interacting predatory mites,
Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus, held on detached bean leaves. Exp Appl
Acarol 25:731–743
Walzer A, Paulus HF, Schausberger P (2004) Ontogenetic shifts in intraguild predation on thrips by
phytoseiid mites: the relevance of body size and diet specialization. Bull Entomol Res
94:577–584
Weintraub P, Palevsky E (2008) Evaluation of the predatory mite, Neoseiulus californicus, for
spider mite control on greenhouse sweet pepper under hot arid field conditions. Exp Appl Acarol
45:29–37
Welbourn WC (1983) Potential use of trombidioid and erythraeoid mites as biological control
agents of insect pests. In: Hoy MA, Cunningham GL, Knutson L (eds) Biological control of
pests by mites. Agricultural Experiment Station, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources,
University of California, Berkeley
Wilcox BA, Murphy DD (1985) Conservation strategy: the effects of fragmentation on extinction.
Am Nat 125(6):879–887
Xiao Y, Fadamiro HY (2010) Functional response and prey-stage preferences of three species of
predacious mites (Acari:Phytoseiidae) on citrus red mite, Panonychus citri (Acari:
Tetranychidae). Biol Control 53:345–352
Xiao Y, Osborne LS, Chen J, McKenzie CL (2013) Functional responses and prey-stage preferences of a predatory gall midge and two predacious mites with two spotted spider mites,
Tetranychus urticae, as host. J Insect Sci 13(8):1–12
Zahedi Golpayegani A, Nadeali T, Saboori A (2012) The effect of prey, Tetranychus urticae Koch
(Acari: Tetranychidae) density on oviposition rate of the predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis
Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae). In: 20th Iranian plant protection Congress, University of
Shiraz, Shiraz, 25–28 August 2012
Zahedi-Golpayegani A, Saboori A, Sabelis MW (2007) Olfactory response of the predator Zetzellia
mali to a prey patch occupied by a conspecic predator. Exp Appl Acarol 43:199–204
Zannou ID, Hanna R, De Moraes GJ, Kreiter S (2005) Cannibalism and interspecific predation in a
phytoseiid predator guild from cassava fields in Africa: evidence from the laboratory. Exp Appl
Acarol 37:27–42
Zeraatkar A, Zahedi Golpayegani A, Saboori A (2013) Kin recognition in three samples of
Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Persian J Acarol 2(2):311–319
Zhang ZQ (1963) Mites of greenhouses identification, biology and control. CABI Publishing,
Wallingford
140
H. Hajiqanbar and A. Farazmand