344
Magowski WŁ (1995) Fossil heterostigmatid mites in amber – 85 million year-old an arthropod
mite relationships. In: Kropczynska D, Boczek J, Tomczyk A (eds) The Acari: physiological
and ecological aspects of Acari – host relationships. Dabor, Warsaw, pp 53–58
Mąkol J, Felska M (2011) New records of spiders (Araneae) as hosts of terrestrial Parasitengona
mites (Acari: Actinotrichida: Prostigmata). J Arachnol 39:352–354
Mans BJ, de Klerk D, Pienaar R, Castro MH, Latif AA (2012) The mitochondrial genomes of
Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae) and Argas africolumbae (Ixodoidea:
Argasidae): estimation of divergence dates for the major tick lineages and reconstruction of
ancestral blood-feeding characteristics. PLoS One 7(11):e4946
Mans BJ, de Castro MH, Pienaar R, de Klerk D, Gaven P, Genu S, Latif AA (2016) Ancestral
reconstruction of tick lineages. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 7:509–535
Martill DM, Davis PG (1998) Did dinosaurs come up to scratch? Nature 396:528–529
Martyn KP (1988) A new species of the mite genus Spelaeorhynchus (Acarina: Mesostigmata)
parasitic on bats of the family Phyllostomidae. J Nat Hist 22:757–765
Mayr GL (1868) Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Koch, Königsberg
McKellar RC, Kopylov DS, Engel MS (2013) Ichneumonidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in Canadian
Late Cretaceous amber. Foss Rec 16:217–227
Meredith RW, Gatesy J, Murphy WJ, Ryder OA, Springer MS (2009) Molecular decay of the tooth
gene enamelin (ENAM) mirrors the loss of enamel in the fossil record of placental mammals.
PLoS Genet 5(9):e1000634
Nagler C, Haug JT (2015) From fossil parasitoids to vectors: insects as parasites and hosts. Adv
Parasitol 90:137–200
Nava S, Guglielmone AA, Mangold AJ (2009) An overview of systematics and evolution of ticks.
Front Biosci 14:2857–2877
Nel A (2005) Oldest representatives of the Sphecidae: Trypoxylini in the Early Eocene French
amber (Insecta: Hymenoptera). C R Palevol 4:17–24
Nemati A, Riahi E, Gwiazdowicz DJ (2015) Description of a new species of Julolaelaps (Acari,
Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 526:105–116
OConnor BM (1994) Life-history modifications in astigmatid mites. In: Houck MA (ed) Mites.
Chapman and Hall, New York, pp 136–159
Ohl M (2011) Aboard a spider—a complex developmental strategy fossilized in amber.
Naturwissenschaften 98:453–456
Peñalver E, Arillo A, Delclòs X, Peris D, Grimaldi DA, Anderson SR, Nascimbene PC, Pérez-de la
Fuente R (2017) Ticks parasitized feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages. Nat Commun 8:1924. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467- 017- 01550- z
Pence DB, Spalding MG, Bergan JF, Cole RA, Newman S, Gray PN (1997) New records of subcutaneous mites (Acari: Hypoderatidae) in birds, with examples of potential host colonization
events. J Med Entomol 34:411–416
Pepato AR, Klimov PB (2015) Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites – evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment. BMC Evol Biol 15:178. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862- 015- 0458- 2
Pepato AR, Rocha CEF, Dunlop JA (2010) Phylogenetic position of the actinotrichid mites: sensitivity to homology assessment under total evidence. BMC Evol Biol 10:235. https://doi.org/1
0.1186/1471- 2148- 10- 235
Poinar GO Jr (1985a) Fossil evidence of insect parasitism by mites. Int J Acarol 11:37–38
Poinar GO Jr (1985b) Mermithid (Nematoda) parasites of spiders and harvestmen. J Arachnol
13:121–128
Poinar GO Jr (1987) Fossil evidence of spider parasitism by Ichneumonidae. J Arachnol 14:399–400
Poinar GO Jr (1988) Hair in Dominican amber: evidence for Tertiary land mammals in the Antilles.
Experientia 44:88–89
Poinar GO Jr (1995) First fossil soft tick, Ornithodoros antiquus n. sp. (Acari: Argasidae) in
Dominican amber with evidence of their mammalian host. Exp Dermatol 51:584–587
Poinar GO Jr (1998) Fossils explained 22: palaeontology of amber. Geol Today 1998:154–160
Poinar GO Jr (2000) Heydenius araneus n.sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), a parasite of a fossil
spider, with an examination of helminths from extant spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Invert Biol
119:388–393
J. A. Dunlop
Magowski WŁ (1995) Fossil heterostigmatid mites in amber – 85 million year-old an arthropod
mite relationships. In: Kropczynska D, Boczek J, Tomczyk A (eds) The Acari: physiological
and ecological aspects of Acari – host relationships. Dabor, Warsaw, pp 53–58
Mąkol J, Felska M (2011) New records of spiders (Araneae) as hosts of terrestrial Parasitengona
mites (Acari: Actinotrichida: Prostigmata). J Arachnol 39:352–354
Mans BJ, de Klerk D, Pienaar R, Castro MH, Latif AA (2012) The mitochondrial genomes of
Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae) and Argas africolumbae (Ixodoidea:
Argasidae): estimation of divergence dates for the major tick lineages and reconstruction of
ancestral blood-feeding characteristics. PLoS One 7(11):e4946
Mans BJ, de Castro MH, Pienaar R, de Klerk D, Gaven P, Genu S, Latif AA (2016) Ancestral
reconstruction of tick lineages. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 7:509–535
Martill DM, Davis PG (1998) Did dinosaurs come up to scratch? Nature 396:528–529
Martyn KP (1988) A new species of the mite genus Spelaeorhynchus (Acarina: Mesostigmata)
parasitic on bats of the family Phyllostomidae. J Nat Hist 22:757–765
Mayr GL (1868) Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Koch, Königsberg
McKellar RC, Kopylov DS, Engel MS (2013) Ichneumonidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in Canadian
Late Cretaceous amber. Foss Rec 16:217–227
Meredith RW, Gatesy J, Murphy WJ, Ryder OA, Springer MS (2009) Molecular decay of the tooth
gene enamelin (ENAM) mirrors the loss of enamel in the fossil record of placental mammals.
PLoS Genet 5(9):e1000634
Nagler C, Haug JT (2015) From fossil parasitoids to vectors: insects as parasites and hosts. Adv
Parasitol 90:137–200
Nava S, Guglielmone AA, Mangold AJ (2009) An overview of systematics and evolution of ticks.
Front Biosci 14:2857–2877
Nel A (2005) Oldest representatives of the Sphecidae: Trypoxylini in the Early Eocene French
amber (Insecta: Hymenoptera). C R Palevol 4:17–24
Nemati A, Riahi E, Gwiazdowicz DJ (2015) Description of a new species of Julolaelaps (Acari,
Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 526:105–116
OConnor BM (1994) Life-history modifications in astigmatid mites. In: Houck MA (ed) Mites.
Chapman and Hall, New York, pp 136–159
Ohl M (2011) Aboard a spider—a complex developmental strategy fossilized in amber.
Naturwissenschaften 98:453–456
Peñalver E, Arillo A, Delclòs X, Peris D, Grimaldi DA, Anderson SR, Nascimbene PC, Pérez-de la
Fuente R (2017) Ticks parasitized feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages. Nat Commun 8:1924. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467- 017- 01550- z
Pence DB, Spalding MG, Bergan JF, Cole RA, Newman S, Gray PN (1997) New records of subcutaneous mites (Acari: Hypoderatidae) in birds, with examples of potential host colonization
events. J Med Entomol 34:411–416
Pepato AR, Klimov PB (2015) Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites – evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment. BMC Evol Biol 15:178. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862- 015- 0458- 2
Pepato AR, Rocha CEF, Dunlop JA (2010) Phylogenetic position of the actinotrichid mites: sensitivity to homology assessment under total evidence. BMC Evol Biol 10:235. https://doi.org/1
0.1186/1471- 2148- 10- 235
Poinar GO Jr (1985a) Fossil evidence of insect parasitism by mites. Int J Acarol 11:37–38
Poinar GO Jr (1985b) Mermithid (Nematoda) parasites of spiders and harvestmen. J Arachnol
13:121–128
Poinar GO Jr (1987) Fossil evidence of spider parasitism by Ichneumonidae. J Arachnol 14:399–400
Poinar GO Jr (1988) Hair in Dominican amber: evidence for Tertiary land mammals in the Antilles.
Experientia 44:88–89
Poinar GO Jr (1995) First fossil soft tick, Ornithodoros antiquus n. sp. (Acari: Argasidae) in
Dominican amber with evidence of their mammalian host. Exp Dermatol 51:584–587
Poinar GO Jr (1998) Fossils explained 22: palaeontology of amber. Geol Today 1998:154–160
Poinar GO Jr (2000) Heydenius araneus n.sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), a parasite of a fossil
spider, with an examination of helminths from extant spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Invert Biol
119:388–393
J. A. Dunlop