European Water Mite Research - Reinhard Gerecke

Dr. Reinhard Gerecke

	Address:	Biesingerstr. 11

		72070 Tübingen
		Germany
	Phone:	+49 (7071) 49410
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	E-Mail:	reinhard.gerecke@uni-tuebingen.de

Research Topics

1. Systematics, Biogeography and Ecology of Hydrachnidia, mainly from the palaearctic region Actually in course:

revision of the genus Atractides (W palaearctic), and (& P.Touzovskij, Borok, Russia) of Mixobates and Hygrobates (palaearctic)
(& A.Di Sabatino, L'Aquila, Italy) revision of E and W mediterranean Torrenticolidae
(& D.Benfatti, S.Giacomo d.Segnate, Italy) revision of Acherontacarus
(& J.-L.Moreno Alcaraz, Murcia, Spain) studies on mites from saline 'ramblas' in S Spain
(& T.Goldschmidt, Münster, Germany) studies on Hydryphantidae from Latin America
towards an inventory of the spring and running water mite fauna of Madagaskar, research project second half of 2001

2. Ongoing field work:

Long term monitoring in the National Park Berchtesgaden (Upper Bavaria, Germany): A 10 year project on stability and changes in time of spring dwelling invertebrate populations website link

Studies on the aquatic meiofauna of Luxembourg:

(& A.Dohet, Luxembourg) analysis of the saprobiological significance of stream dwelling mites
(& I.Schrankel, Luxembourg, C.Meisch, Luxembourg, and F.Stoch, Trieste) inventory of mites and microcrustacea in interstitial habitats and springs website link

3. Important projects for the next years:

EDV documentation of all published faunistic data concerning the water mite fauna of Central Europe (including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland)
Revision of the European species of Lebertia
Completation of the faunistic inventory of the water mite fauna of Sicily, with additional field work in other parts of the mediterranean area

Publications

Gerecke, R. (1987): Le acque interne di Sicilia e la loro fauna: un patrimonio naturale da salvare. -Animalia, 13 (1/3) (1986): 217-245 (Catania)
Gerecke, R. (1988): Das Kaltwasseraquarium. -In: Zupanc, K. H. (ed.): Praktische Verhaltensbiologie. Pareys Studientexte 61: 22-37, Parey (Berlin, Hamburg)
Gerecke, R. (1988): Limnolegeria longiseta Motas (Acari, Actinedida): Zur Morphologie, systematischen Stellung und Ökologie einer wenig bekannten Wassermilbe, mit Erstbeschreibung der Nymphe. -Arch. Hydrobiol., 112 (4): 611-626 (Stuttgart)
Gerecke, R. & E. Meyer (1989): Barbaxonella spectabilis n. sp., eine neue Wassermilbe (Acari, Actinedida, Aturidae) aus den Monti Iblei (Sizilien). -Lauterbornia, 2: 13-24, (Dinkelscherben)
Gerecke, R. (1990): Utaxatax ventriplax n. sp. - the first palearctic Record of the Water Mite-Genus Utaxatax Habeeb 1964 (Acari, Parasitengona, Anisitsiellidae), with Description of a new Subgenus. -Animalia, 15 (1/3) (1988): 181-200 (Catania)
Gerecke, R. & M. Brancucci (1990): Über einige Hydradephaga (Coleoptera: Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae) aus den Monti Nebrodi (Sizilien). -Entomologica Basiliensia, 13: 41-57 (Basel)
Gerecke, R. (1990): Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Dryopidae und Elmidae (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea) in Fließgewässern und Quellen Süditaliens. -Lauterbornia, 5: 27-41 (Dinkelscherben)
Gerecke, R. (1991): Über drei Arten der Gattung Bandakia Thor 1913 aus Mittel- und Südeuropa (Acari: Actinedida: Anisitsiellidae). -Senck. Biol., 71 (1/3): 139-153 (Frankfurt)
Gerecke, R. (1991): Taxonomische, faunistische und ökologische Untersuchungen an Wassermilben aus Sizilien, unter Berücksichtigung anderer aquatischer Invertebraten. -Lauterbornia, 7: 1-303 (Dinkelscherben)
Gerecke, R. (1991): Prymnopsella bucculata, gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Water Mite (Aturidae, Actinedida, Acari) from the Gennargentu Mountains (Sardinia, Italy). -Aquatic Insects, 13 (2): 107-114 (Lisse)
Gerecke, R. & J. Schwoerbel (1992): Water Quality and Water Mites in the upper Danube region. 1959 - 1984. -in: Dusbábek, F. & Bukva, V. (eds.): Modern Acarology, Vol. 1 (8th Int. Congr. Acarology, Budejovice): 483-491; Academia (Prague) & SPB Academic (The Hague)
Gerecke, R. (1992): A remarkable New Nilotonia-Species from the Pollino Mountains (Southern Italy). -Spixiana, 15 (1): 97-105 (München)
Ravizza, C. & Gerecke, R. (1992): A review of the distribution of Plecoptera on Sicily. -Mem. Soc. Ent. It., 70 (2) (1991): 9-31 (Genova)
Di Sabatino, A., Gerecke, R. & Cicolani, B. (1992): The water mites of the family Torrenticolidae Piersig, 1902 (Acari, Actinedida) in springs and running waters of Sicily (South Italy). -Arch. Hydrobiol./Suppl. 90 (2): 253-282 (Stuttgart)
Gerecke, R. & Schwoerbel, J., (1992): Untersuchungen zur Variabilität und Synonymie der Wassermilbe Thyopsis cancellata (Protz, 1896) (Acari, Actinedida, Hydryphantidae). -Spixiana, 15 (3): 239-248 (München)
Springer, M. & Gerecke, R. (1993): The male of Neotorrenticola plumipes from Costa Rica (Acari, Actinedida, Limnesiidae). -Studies Neotrop. Fauna Environment, 27 (4) (1992): 243-252, (Lisse)
Gerecke, R. (1993): The Water Mites of the Genus Partnunia Piersig, 1896 (Acari, Actinedida, Hydryphantidae). -Entomologica Basiliensia, 15 (1992): 13-44 (Basel)
Gerecke, R. & Smith, I. M. (1993): Description of larvae of Nilotonia longipora (Walter, 1925) (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with remarks on the relationships and classification of Nilotonia Thor, 1905. -Internat. J. Acarol., 19 (3): 259-266 (West Bloomfield)
Gerecke, R. (1994): Süßwassermilben (Hydrachnellae). Ein Bestimmungsschlüssel für die aus der Westpalaearktis bekannten Gattungen der Hydrachnellae mit einer einführenden Übersicht über die im Wasser vorkommenden Milben. -Lauterbornia, 18: 1-84 (Dinkelscherben)
Gerecke, R. & H. Smit (1994): Partnunia tabernaculata spec. nov., a new water mite from the Spanish Pyrenees. Spixiana, 17 (2): 201-206 (München)
Panesar, A. & Gerecke, R. (1994): A New Partnunia Species (Acari, Actinedida, Hydryphantidae) from Keylong (Himalaya, India). -Aquatic Insects, 16 (4): 241-247 (Lisse)
Gerecke, R. (1994): New records of water mites from springs and running waters in the Mediterranean region (Acari, Actinedida: Anisitsiellidae, Aturidae and Momoniidae). -Annales de Limnologie, 30 (4): 267-284 (Toulouse)
Alicata, P.; R. De Pietro & Gerecke, R. (1994): Inland water management at the Southern margin of Europe - call for an intersectoral dialogue. -Ambio, 23 (7), 455-457 (Stockholm)
Gerecke, R. (1995): Gli ambienti acquatici - ‘l'arca di Noè’ della limnofauna Siciliana. - pp. 149-159 in: Regione Siciliana, Assessorato Territorio e Ambiente [ed.]: Il parco dei Nebrodi - un viaggio tra natura e cultura: 1-182, Publisicula (Palermo)
Gerecke, R. (1995): Wassermilben aus dem Schmiechener See. -pp. 397-402 in: Hölzinger, J. & Schmid, G. [ed.]: Der Schmiechener See. Naturkunde eines Naturschutzgebietes auf der Schwäbischen Alb. Teil 1: Geschichtlich-naturkundliche Beiträge. Beih. Veröff. Naturschutz Landschaftspflege Bad.-Württ., 78: 1-516 (Karlsruhe)
Gerecke, R., S. B. Peck & H. E. Pehofer (1995): The invertebrate fauna of the inland waters of the Galápagos archipelago (Ecuador) - a limnological and zoogeographical summary. -Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 107 (2): 113-147 (Stuttgart)
Gerecke, R. & D. R. Cook (1995): Morphology, Systematic position and Zoogeography of Parawandesia chappuisi E. Angelier, 1951 (Acari, Hydrachnellae, Piersigiidae). -Zool. Anz., 234: 125-131 (Jena)
Gerecke, R. (1995): Water mites from Ecuador I. A new genus of the family Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1909 (Acari: Hydrachnellae) from a rain forest stream in the province of Esmeraldas. -Amazoniana, 13 (3/4): 417-422 (Plön)
Gerecke, R. & I. M. Smith (1996): On the Biology of the Spring-dwelling Water mite Nilotonia longipora (Walter, 1925) (Acari, Actinedida, Anisitsiellidae). -pp. 377-383 in: Kropczynska, D.; Boczek, J. & Tomczyk, A. [eds]: The Acari - Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Acari-Host Relationships: 1-698, Dabor (Warszawa)
Di Sabatino, A. & Gerecke, R. (1996): An Interesting New Water Mite (Acari, Actinedida, Torrenticolidae) from Springs and Interstitial Waters of Sardinia and Corsica. -Aquatic Insects, 18 (3): 185-191 (Lisse)
Gerecke, R. & A. Di Sabatino (1996): The water mites of the family Torrenticolidae Piersig, 1902 (Acari, Actinedida, Hydrachnellae) in springs and running waters of Sardinia and Corsica. -Arch. Hydrobiol./Suppl. 107 (3): 287-334 (Stuttgart)
Gerecke, R. & G. Sabella (1996): La fauna delle sorgenti ed acque correnti. In Ragonese, B. (ed.): Atti del Convegno su ‘La Fauna degli Iblei’ (1994): 175-194, Ente Fauna Siciliana (Noto)
Schatz, H. & Gerecke, R. ((1996): Hornmilben (Acari: Oribatida) aus Quellen und Quellbächen im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden (Oberbayern) und in den Südlichen Alpen (Trentino-Alto Adige). - Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck, 83: 121-134 (Innsbruck)
Gerecke, R. (1996): Untersuchungen über die Wassermilben der Familie Hydryphantidae (Acari, Actinedida) in der Westpalaearktis I. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der westpalaearktischen Arten der Gattung Protzia. -Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 77 (3/4): 271-336 (Stuttgart)
Gerecke, R. (1996): Untersuchungen über die Wassermilben der Familie Hydryphantidae (Acari, Actinedida) in der Westpalaearktis II. Die Wassermilben der Familie Hydryphantidae in den Mittelmeerländern - Systematik, Faunistik, Zoogeographie. -Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 77 (3/4): 337-513 (Stuttgart)
Crema, S.; U. Ferrarese; D. Golo; P. Modena; B. Sambugar & Gerecke, R. (1996): Ricerche sulla fauna bentonica ed interstiziale di ambienti sorgentizi in area alpina e prealpina. -Report del Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Viote Monte Bondone, 8: 1-104 (Trento)
Bader, C. & Gerecke, R. (1996): Eine neue Wassermilbenart der Gattung Atractides (Acari: Hydrachnellae: Hygrobatidae) aus dem Nationalpark Berchtesgaden (Oberbayern). -Lauterbornia, 26: 121-127 (Dinkelscherben)
Gerecke, R. & A. Di Sabatino (1996): Water mites and spring typology in Sicily. -Crunoecia 5: 35-41 (Solingen)
Gerecke, R. & A. Di Sabatino (1997): Historical zoogeography and evolution of habitat preference in water mites (Acari: Hydrachnellae) of the Central Mediterranean region. -in: Mitchell, R.; Horn, D.J.; Needham, G.R. & Welbourn, W.C. [eds.]: Acarology IX, Proc. 9th Int. Congr. Acarol., Columbus (Ohio, 1994): 523-527 (Columbus)
Gerecke, R.; L. Fisher-Hartig & M. Steinitz-Kannan (1997): Centrolimnesia boopis (Hydrachnellae: Limnesiidae), a New Planktonic Mite from Lake Limoncocha in the Amazonian Region of Ecuador. -Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 31 (1996): 193-204 (Lisse)
Di Sabatino, A.; Gerecke, R.; D’Alfonso, S. & Cicolani, B. (1997): Prime considerazioni sulla biodiversità delle sorgenti Italiane: la taxocenosi ad acari acquatici (Acari, Actinedida, Hydrachnidia). -in Anelli, A.; Ferrai, I.; Rossetti, G. & Vezzosi, M. [eds]: Ecologia, S. It. E., Atti 18: 171-174 (Parma)
Gerecke, R.; C. Meisch; F. Stoch; F. Acri & H. Franz (1998): Spring typology and eucrenon/hypocrenon-ecotone in the Bavarian Alps. -in: Botosaneanu, L. [ed.]: Studies in Crenobiology: 167-182. Backhuys (Leiden)
Gerecke, R. & Cantonati, M. (1998): Gli Idracari. -in: Cantonati, M. [ed.]: Le sorgenti del Parco Adamello-Brenta. Ricerche idrobiologiche su fonti non captate. Parco Documenti, Mus. Trident. Sci. Nat. (Trento)
Gerecke, R. (1998): Preliminary remarks on a family of water mites (Hydrachnidia) new to science discovered in Sicily and Morocco. (Abstract) -Zoology 101 Suppl. 1 (DZG 91.1): 73
Gerecke, R. & Reutimann, P. (1999): Carl Bader 1910-1997. Ein Nachruf. -Acarologia, 39 (3): 195-201 (Paris)
Benfatti, D. & Gerecke, R. (1999): Remarks on the distribution, life cycle and larval morphology of Acherontacarus K. Viets (Hydrachnellae: Hydrovolziidae). -in: Bruin,J.; van der Geest, L.P.S. & Sabelis, M.W. (eds): Ecology and Evolution of the Acari: 473-482. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Cianficconi, F.; De Pietro, R.; Gerecke, R. & Moretti, G. (1999): Catalogo dei Tricotteri della Sicilia. -Mem. Soc. entomol. ital., 77: 259-309 (Milano).
Gerecke, R.; I.M. Smith & D.R. Cook (1999): Three new species of Apheviderulix gen. nov. and proposal of Apheviderulicidae fam. nov. (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Eylaoidea). -Hydrobiologia, 397: 133-147.
Gerecke, R. (1999): Further studies on hydryphantoid water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) in the W palaearctic region. -Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl., 121/2: 119-158.
Totschnig U., Pirchegger H., Less S. & Gerecke R. (1999): Die winterliche Quellmilbenfauna im Wattental (Innsbruck, Tirol). - Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck, 86: 131-138.
Di Sabatino, A.; Gerecke, R. & Martin, P. (2000): The biology and ecology of lotic water mites (Hydrachnidia). - Freshwater Biology, 44: 47-62
Smit, H.; Gerecke R. & Di Sabatino A. (2000): A catalogue of water mites of the superfamily Arrenuroidea (Acari: Actinedida) from the Mediterranean. -Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 121 (3/4): 201-267
Gerecke, R. (2000): New data on the morphology and distribution of Mesobates forcipatus Thor, 1901, and observations on the systematics of Atractides-like water mites (Acari, Actinedida, Hygrobatidae). -Aquatic Insects, 22 (3): 209-217
Gerecke, R. & Tuzovskij, P. (2001): The water mite Rutripalpus limicola Sokolow, 1934: new data on morphology and biology, and considerations on the systematic position of the monotypic family Rutripalpidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia). -J.Nat.Hist., 35: 931-944
Tuzovskij, P., D. Benfatti & R. Gerecke (2001): The water mite family Acherontacaridae Cook, 1967 nov. stat. and diagnosis of the superfamily Hydrovolzioidea Thor, 1905 (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia). - Acarologia 41: 451-473.
Di Sabatino, A., Martin, P., Gerecke, R. & Cicolani, B. (2002): Hydrachnidia (water mites), 105-133. In: Rundle, S.D., A.L. Robertson & J.M. Schmid-Araya: Freshwater Meiofauna: Biology and Ecology. Leiden, The Netherlands, Backhuys Publishers: 105-133.
Gerecke, R. (2002): The water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of a little disturbed forest stream in southwest Germany - a study on seasonality and habitat preference, with remarks on diversity patterns in different geographical areas. - In: F. Bernini, Nannelli, G., Nuzzaci, G. & de Lillo, E., ed. Acarid Phylogeny and Evolution. Adaptions in mites and ticks. Dortrecht, The Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers: 69-89.
Gerecke, R.; Franz, H. & Schrankel, I. (2002): Fünf Jahre Quellforschung im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden. In: Forschung im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden von 1978 bis 2001, Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Forschungsbericht 46: 67-71
Goldschmidt, T.; Gerecke, R. & Alberti, G.(2002): Hygrobates salamandrarum sp. nov. (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) from China: the first record of a freshwater mite parasitizing newts (Amphibia, Urodela). – Zool. Anz., 241: 297-304

in press:
Di Sabatino, A.; Gerecke, R.; Smit, H.; Pesic, V. & Panesar, A.: Water mites of the family Torrenticolidae from the E Mediterranean region. Arch. Hydrobiol.
Gerecke, R.; Stoch, F.; Meisch, C. & Schrankel, I.: Die Meiofauna der Quellen und des hyporheischen Interstitials in Luxemburg. –Trav. Mus. Hist. Nat. Luxembourg.
Goldschmidt, T. & Gerecke, R. Studies on hydryphantid water mites (Acari: Actinedida: Hydrachnidia) from Central and South America. –in I.M. Smith (ed.): "An Acarological Tribute to David R. Cook - From Yankee Springs to Wheeny Creek" Indira Publ. House
Gerecke, R.: The water mites of the genus Atractides (Acari: Parasitengona: Hygrobatidae) in the W palaearctic region. A revision. – J.Linn. Soc. London
Goldschmidt, T. & Gerecke, R.: Zur Kenntnis der Wassermilbenfauna (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in Fließgewässern und Quellen auf Madagaskar. Tagungsbericht DGL Braunschweig 2002
Pešic, V. & Gerecke, R: Water mites of the genera Albaxona, Axonopsis, Barbaxonella and Erebaxonopsis (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Aturidae: Axonopsinae) from Central Europe and Mediterranean area. Arch. Hydrobiol.
Gerecke, R. : Jürgen Schwoerbel 1930-2002. An Obituary. Int. J. Acarol.
Gerecke, R. & Pusch, M.: Jürgen Schwoerbel 1930-2002. - Lauterbornia