Subphylum Chelicerata Class Arachnida

Subphylum Chelicerata, Class Arachnida, Order Scorpiones

Baerg, W. J. 1961. Scorpions: biology and effect of their venom. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 649. 34 pages.

Dorris, P. R. 1971. Phosphorescent animal forms in Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 25: 69.

Ewing, H. E. 1928. The scorpions of the western part of the United States, with notes on those occurring in northern Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73 (9). 24 pages.

Shelly, R. M., and W. D. Sissom. 1995. Distributions of the scorpions Centruroides vittatus (Say) and Centruroides hentzi (Banks) in the United States and Mexico (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology 23: 100-110.

Yamashita, T. 2004. Surface activity, biomass, and phenology of the striped scorpion, Centruroides vittatus (Buthidae) in Arkansas, USA. Euscorpius 12-17: 25-33.

Subphylum Chelicerata, Class Arachnida, Order Araneae

Baerg, W. J. 1936. The black widow. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 325. 34 pages.

Baerg, W. J. 1959. The black widow and five other venomous spiders in the United States. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 608. 43 pages.

Baldridge, C. D., and M. D. Moran. 2001. Behavioral means of coexisting in old fields by heterospecific arthropod predators (Araneae: Lycosidae, Salticidae; Insecta: Coleoptera, Carabidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102 (1): 81-88.

Beck, M. L., and P. R. Dorris. 1982. A continuation of spider research in Arkansas: East Central Ozark Mountain area. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 36: 20-22.

Beck, M. L., and P. R. Dorris. 1983. Twenty-two new species of spiders for the Arkansas checklist. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 37: 78-79.

Berman, J. D., and H. W. Levi. 1971. The orb weaver genus Neoscona in North America (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 141 (8): 465-500.

Carico, J. E. 1973. The Nearctic species of the genus Dolomedes (Araneae: Pisauridae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144 (7): 435-488.

Cutler, B. 2003. A new subspecies of Philodromus rufus (Araneae, Philodromidae). Journal of Arachnology 31 (1): 142-144.

Dillaha, C. J., G. T. Jansen, W. M. Honeycutt, and C. R. Hayden. 1963. The gangrenous bite of the brown recluse spider in Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society 60 (3): 91-94.

Dondale, C. D., and J. H. Redner. 1978. Revision of the Nearctic wolf spider genus Schizocosa (Araneida: Lycosidae). Canadian Entomologist 110: 143-181.

Dorris, P. R. 1968. A preliminary study of the spiders of Clark County Arkansas compared with a five year study of Mississippi spiders. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 22: 33-37.

Dorris, P. R. 1969. An addition to the list of spiders collected in Clark County, Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 23: 91-93.

Dorris, P. R. 1969. Spiders collected from mud-dauber nests in Clark County, Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 23: 88-90.

Dorris, P. R. 1972. Checklist of spiders collected in Mississippi compared with preliminary study of Arkansas spiders. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 26: 83-86.

Dorris, P. R. 1980. A continuation of spider research in Arkansas: Gulf Coastal Plains. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 34: 108-112.

Dorris, P. R. 1983. Spiders collected from abandoned mine tunnels on the Ouachita National Forest. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science: 37: 81-82.

Dorris, P. R. 1985. A check-list of the spiders of Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 39: 34-39.

Dorris, P. R. 1985. Checklist of the spiders of Arkansas. Arkansas Academy of Science, Arkansas Biota Survey Checklist 41. 12 pages.

Dorris, P. R. 1989. Additional records of spiders in Arkansas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 62: 284-288.

Dorris, P. R. 1991. Spiders collected in southeast Arkansas by the pit trap method. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 45: 25-26.

Dorris, P. R., and F. L. Burnside, Jr. 1972. A continuation of spider research in Arkansas: Ouachita Mountain area. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 114-116.

Dorris, P. R., H. W. Robison, and C. Carlton. 1995. Spiders (Arthropoda: Aranea) from deciduous forest litter of the Ouachita Highlands. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 49: 45-48.

Dorris, P. R., and L. C. Thompson. 1986. Spiders collected in Southeast Arkansas using pitfall traps placed in pine-hardwood forests that received various forestry treatments – a preliminary list. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 40: 86-87.

Eason, R. R., W. B. Peck, and W. H. Whitcomb. 1967. Notes on spider parasites, including a reference list. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 40 (3): 422-434.

Eason, R., and W. H. Whitcomb. 1965. Life history of the dotted wolf spider, Lycosapunctulata Hentz (Araneida: Lycosidae). Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 19: 11-20.

Exline, H. 1962. Two gnaphosid spiders from Arkansas. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 32: 79-85.

Edwards, G. B. 2004. Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods 11: 1-156.

Gertsch, W. J. 1992. Distribution patterns and speciation in North American cave spiders with a list of the troglobites and revision of the cicurinas of the subgenus Cicurella. Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monograph 3: 75-122.

Griswold, C. E. 1987. A revision of the jumping spider genus Habronattus F. O. P. Cambridge (Araneae; Salticidae), with phenetic and cladistic analysis. University of California Publications in Entomology 107: 344 pages.

Heiss, J. S. 1977. Faunal study of spiders collected from pitfall traps in Newton and Union County of Arkansas. Master’s thesis, University of Arkansas (Fayetteville). 58 pages.

Heiss, J. S. 1979. Progress in Arkansas spider research (abstract). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 52(3): 590.

Heiss, J. S. 1984. A preliminary report on spiders associated with rice in Arkansas (abstract). American Arachnology 30: 11.

Heiss, J. S., and R. T. Allen. 1986. The Gnaphosidae of Arkansas. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 885. 67 pages.

Heiss, J. S., V. E. Harris, and J. R. Phillips. 1988. An illustrated and annotated key to the cotton spiders of Arkansas. Journal of Entomological Science 23 (1): 1-35.

Heiss, J. S., and M. V. Meisch. 1985. Spiders (Araneae) associated with rice in Arkansas, with notes on species composition of populations. Southwestern Naturalist 30 (1): 119-127.

Hill, H., P. R. Dorris, and L. C. Thompson. 1995. Influence of pine silvicultural systems on spider population diversity in Drew County, Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 49: 65-70.

Hite, M. 1964. Notes on the natural habitat of the brown recluse spider. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 18: 10-11.

Hite, J. M., W. J. Gladney, J. L. Lancaster Jr, and W. H. Whitcomb. 1966. Biology of the brown recluse spider. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 711. 26 pages.

Hufford, D. C. 1977. The brown recluse spider and necrotic arachnidism: a current review. Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society 74 (3): 126-129.

Levi, H. W. 1971. The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 141 (4): 131-179.

Maddison, W. P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154 (4): 215-368.

Masner, L., and J. Denis. 1996. The Nearctic species of Idris Foerster. Part 1: The melleus-group (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Canadian Entomologist 128 (1): 85-114.

McDaniel, V. R., K. N. Paige, and C. R. Tumlison. 1979. Cave fauna of Arkansas: additional invertebrate and vertebrate records. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 33: 84-85.

Parker, R., and P. R. Dorris. 1995. Additions to the list of Schizocosa (Family Lycosidae) for Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 49: 127-129.

Peck, S. B., and J. H. Peck. 1982. Invertebrate fauna of Devil’s Den, a sandstone cave in northwestern Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 36: 46-48.

Peck, W. B. 1981. The Ctenidae of temperate zone North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170 (1): 157-169.

Peck, W. B., L. O. Warren, and I. L. Brown. 1971. Spider fauna of shortleaf and loblolly pines in Arkansas. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 6 (2): 87-94.

Peck, W. B., and W. H. Whitcomb. 1970. Studies on the biology of a spider, Chiracanthium inclusum (Hentz). University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 753. 76 pages.

Peck, W. B., and W. H. Whitcomb. 1978. The phenology and populations of ground surface, cursorial spiders in a forest and a pasture in the south central United States. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 42: 131-138.

Slay, M.E., D.W. Fong, and M.D. Kottmyer.  2009.  Meta ovalis (Aranea: Tetragnathidae) observed preying on a troglobiotic milliped, Causeyella (Chordeumatida: Trichopetalidae).  Speleobiology Notes 1: 3-5.

Smith, A. M. 1994. Tarantula spiders: tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publishing, London. 196 pages.

Stratton, G. E. 1997. A new species of Schizocosa from the southeastern USA (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 25 (1): 84-92.

Suffridge, P. J., B. R. Smoller, and P. R. Carrington. 1999. Spiders and Borreliaburgdorferi: no evidence of reservoir occurrence in central Arkansas. International Journal of Dermatology 38: 296-297.

Wallace, H. K., and H. Exline. 1978. Spiders of the genus Pirata in North America, Central America and the West Indies (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 5 (1): 1-112.

Warren, L. O., W. B. Peck, and M. Tadic. 1967. Spiders associated with the fall webworm, Hyphantriacunea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 40 (3): 382-395.

Warriner, M. 2008. Distribution and taxonomic status of tarantulas in Arkansas (Theraphosidae: Aphonopelma). Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 62: 107-114.

Whitcomb, W. H., and K. Bell. 1964. Predaceous insects, spiders, and mites of Arkansas cotton fields. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 690. 84 pages.

Whitcomb, W. H., and R. Eason. 1967. Life history and predatory importance of the striped lynx spider (Araneida: Oxyopidae). Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 21: 54-58.

Whitcomb, W. H., H. Exline, and M. Hite. 1963. Comparison of spider populations of ground structures in Arkansas pasture and adjacent cultivated field. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 17: 34-39.

Whitcomb, W. H., H. Exline, and R. C. Hunter. 1963. Spiders of the Arkansas cotton field. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 56 (5): 653-660.

Whitcomb, W. H., and M. Tadic. 1963. Araneida as predators of the fall webworm. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 36 (3): 186-190.

Subphylum Chelicerata, Class Arachnida, Order Opiliones

Benson, T. J. and N. A. Chartier. 2010. Harvestmen as predators of bird nestlings. Journal of Arachnology 38 (2): 374-376.

Goodnight, J., and M. Goodnight. 1942. New Phalangodidae (Phalangida) from the United States. American Museum Novitates No. 1188. 18 pp.

McDaniel, V. R., K. N. Paige, and C. R. Tumlison. 1979. Cave fauna of Arkansas: additional invertebrate and vertebrate records. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 33: 84-85.

Peck, S. B., and J. H. Peck. 1982. Invertebrate fauna of Devil’s Den, a sandstone cave in northwestern Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 36: 46-48.

Shear, W. 1975. The opilionid genera Sabacon and Tomicomerus in America (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Ischyropsalidae). Journal of Arachnology 3:5-29.

Subphylum Chelicerata, Class Arachnida, Order Acari

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Baerg, W. J. 1944. Ticks and other parasites attacking northern cliff swallows. Auk 61: 413-414.

Calhoun, E. L. 1954. Natural occurrence of tularemia in the lone star tick, Ambylomma americanum (Linn.), and the dogs in Arkansas. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 3: 360-366.

Conroy, J. C. 1991. New species in the genus Sperchonopsis in North America with a description of a new subgenus, Sperchonopsella . (Part 2). Acarologia (Paris) 32 (2): 151-161.

Cooley, R. A., and G. M. Kohls. 1942. Ixodes baergi, a new species of tick from Arkansas (Acarina: Ixodidae). Public Health Reports (U. S. Public Health Service) 57 (49): 1869-1872.

Cooley, R. A., and G. M. Kohls. 1944. The genus Amblyomma (Ixodidae) in the U. S. Journal of Parasitology 30: 77-111.

Dennis, D., T. Nekomoto, J. Victor, W. Paul, and J. Piesman. 1998. Reported distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology 35: 629-638.

Eisen, L. 2007. A call for renewed research on tick-borne Francisella tularensis in the Arkansas-Missouri primary national focus of Tularemia in humans. Journal of Medical Entomology 44 (3): 389-397.

Elliot, W., and R. Strandtmann. 1971. New locality records for Rhagidia from Mexican and American caves. Journal of the Knass Entomological Society 44: 468-475.

Ellis, H. R. 1975. Common ticks in Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society 71 (11): 380-382.

Goddard, J., and C. P. McHugh. 1990. Impact of a severe tick infestation at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas on Volant Scorpion military training. Military Medicine 155 (6): 277-280.

Gullo, S. 1998. Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from selected counties of Arkansas, and the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in potential tick vectors by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Doctoral dissertation, University of Arkansas (Fayetteville). 135 pages.

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Husband, R. W., and D. O. Husband. 2003. New records of Crotalomorpha camini Lindquist and Krantz (Acari: Crotalomorphidae) and a new species of Eutarsopolipus (Acari: Podapolipidae) parasitic on Stenolophus (Agonoderus)lecontei (Chaudoir) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the central United States. International Journal of Acarology 29 (4): 339-344.

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Kardatke, J. T., K. Neidhardt, D. P. Dzuban, J. L. Sanchez, and A. F. Azad. 1992. Cluster of tick-borne infections at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas: rickettsiae and Borrelia burgdorferi in ixodid ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology 29 (4): 669-672.

Keirans, J. E., and C. M. Clifford. 1978. The genus Ixodes in the United States: a scanning electron microscope study and key to adults. Journal of Medical Entomology, Supplement 20: 1-149.

Keirans, J. E., L. A. Durden, and C. E. Hopla. 1993. Description of the immature stages of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) baergi (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of cliff swallows in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology 30 (4): 735-739.

Khaustov, A. A., and R. W. Husband. 2004. Three new species of Archidispus Karafiat (Acari: Scutacaridae) phoretic on beetles of the genus Stenolophus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the U.S.A. International Journal of Acarology 30 (3): 239-249.

Koch, H. G. 1982. Seasonal incidence and attachment sites of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on domestic dogs in southeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas, USA. Journal of Medical Entomology 19: 293-298.

Lancaster, J. L. Jr. 1955. Biology and seasonal history of the lone star tick in Northwest Arkansas. Journal of Economic Entomology 48: 295-297.

Lancaster, J. L. Jr. 1957. Control of the lone star tick. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Report Series 67. 16 pages.

Lancaster, J. L. Jr. 1957. The lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum : a contribution toward a monograph of the ticks of Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 10: 38-43.

Lancaster, J. L. Jr. 1973. A guide to the ticks of Arkansas. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 779. 39 pages.

Lancaster, J. L. Jr. 1979. Checklist of the ticks of Arkansas. Arkansas Academy of Science, Arkansas Biota Survey Checklist 23. 1 page.

Larimore, R. W. 1987. Synchrony of cliff swallow nesting and development of the tick, Ixodes baergi. Southwestern Naturalist 32 (1): 121-126.

McAllister, C. T. 1980. Observations on the incidence of chiggers, Eutrombicula alfreddugesi (Oudemans) on Crotaphytus (Sauria: Iguanidae) in Izard County, Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 34: 125.

McAllister, C. T., C. R. Bursey, S. J. Upton, S. E. Trauth, and D. B. Conn. 1995. Parasites of Desmognathus brimleyorum (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 62 (2): 150-156.

McAllister, C. T., S. E. Trauth, and C. R. Bursey. 1995. Metazoan parasites of the graybelly salamander, Eurycea multiplicata griseogaster (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Arkansas. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 62 (1): 70-73.

McAllister, C. T., S. E. Trauth, and C. R. Bursey. 1995. Parasites of the pickerel frog, Rana palustris (Anura: Ranidae), from the southern part of its range. Southwestern Naturalist 40 (1): 111-116.

McLean, R. G., L. J. Kirk, R. B. Shriner, P. D. Cook, E. E. Myers, J. S. Gill, and E. G. Campos. 1996. The role of deer as a possible reservoir host of Potosi virus, a newly recognized arbovirus in the United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32 (3): 444-452.

Meyer, J. A. 1981. Comparison of habitat modification, animal control, and standard spraying for control of the lonestar tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.). Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences And Engineering 42 (6): 2220-2221.

Meyer, J. A., J. L. Lancaster Jr, and J. S. Simco. 1982. Comparison of habitat modification, animal control and standard spraying for control of the lone star tick. Journal of Economic Entomology 75 (3): 524-529.

Miner, F. C., L. O. Warren, and A. J. Iovino. 1967. Botton fauna of Beaver Reservoir: ecological investigations related to fish production in Beaver Reservoir following impoundment 1965-1966. University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Department of Entomology, Fayetteville. 143 pages.

Niedbala, W. 1985. Essai critique sur Mesoplophora (Acari, Oribatida, Mesoplophoridae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 39 (2-7): 93-117.

Niedbala, W. 2002. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Nearctic Region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum 2002 (4): 261pages.

Peck, S. B., and J. H. Peck. 1982. Invertebrate fauna of Devil’s Den, a sandstone cave in northwestern Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 36: 46-48.

Polechla, P. J. Jr. 1996. New host records of ticks (Acarina; Ixodidae) parasitizing the river otter (Lutra canadensis). IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin 13 (1): 8-13.

Richardson, D. J., L. A. Durden, and D. E. Snyder. 1994. Ectoparasites of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) from north-central Arkansas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 67 (2): 208-212.

Schwart, B. S., J. L. Sanchez, M. L. Sanders, and R. F. DeFraites. 1996. Tick avoidance behaviors associated with a decreased risk of anti-tick salivary gland protein antibody seropositivity in military personnel exposed to Amblyomma americanum in Arkansas. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 55 (4): 410-416.

Simpson, K. K., and L. W. Hinck. 1993. The prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi , the Lyme disease spirochete, in ticks and rodents in northeast Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy Of Science 47: 110-115.

Steinkraus, D. C., and E. A. Cross. 1993. Description and life history of Acarophenax mahunkai, n. sp. (Acari, Tarsonemina: Acarophenacidae), an egg parasite of the lesser mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86 (3): 239-249.

Steinkraus, D. and J. Zawislak. 2000. Spider mites on Arkansas cotton: wild host plants and chemical control. Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conferences 2: 1255-1257.

Stephen, F. M., and D. N. Kinn. 1980. Spatial distribution of mite associates of within-tree populations of Dendroctonus frontalis Zimm. Environmental Entomology 9 (5): 713-715.

Taulman, J. F., and R. E. Thill. 1994. Southern flying squirrels in mature pine/hardwood stands in the Ouachita and Ozark National Forests of Arkansas. U. S. Forest Service General Technical Report SO 112: 82-102.

Trout, R.T. and C.D. Steelman. 2010 Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Parasitizing canines and deer in Arkansas. Journal of Entomological Science 45 (2): 140-149.

Trout, R.T., C. D. Steelman and A.L. Szalanski. 2009. Population genetics and phylogeography of Ixodes scapularis from canines and deer in Arkansas. Southwestern Entomologist 34 (3): 273-287.

Trout, R.T., C.D. Steelman and A.L. Szalanski. 2010. Population Genetics of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from Arkansas. Journal of Medical Entomology 47 (2): 152-161.

Trout, R.T., Steelman, C.D., Szalanski, A.L. and K. Loftin. 2010. Establishment of Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast Tick) in Arkansas, USA. Florida Entomologist 93 (1): 120-122.

Trout, R., C. D. Steelman, A. L. Szalanski and P. C. Williamson. 2010. Rickettsiae in Gulf Coast Ticks, Arkansas, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16 (5 ): 830-832.

Tugwell, P., and J. L. Lancaster Jr. 1962. Results of a tick-host study in Northwest Arkansas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 35 (1): 202-211.

Tugwell, P., and J. L. Lancaster Jr. 1963. Notes on the seasonal occurrence of six tick species in Northwest Arkansas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 36 (3): 167-171.

Vidrine, M. F. 1986. Anodontinatax, new subgenus (Acari: Unionicolidae: Unionicola), in Holarctic fresh-water mussels (Unionidae: Anodontinae), with a re-evaluation of related taxa. International Journal of Acarology 12 (2): 95-104.

Vidrine, M. F. 1986. Five new species in the subgenus Parasitatax (Acari: Unionicolidae: Unionicola) from North America and Asia, with a re-evaluation of related species. International Journal of Acarology 12 (3): 141-153.

Vidrine, M. F., and D. R. Clark. 1994. Freshwater mussel-mite associations in the upper Ouachita River, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 56: 8-12.

Warner, R. D., E. D. Jamelka, and W. E. Jessen. 1996. An outbreak of tick-bite-associated illness among military personnel subsequent to a field training exercise. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 209 (1): 78-81.

Washburn, A. M, and J. M. Tuohy. 1949. The changing picture of tularemia transmission in Arkansas. Southern Medical Journal 42: 60-62.

Whalley, H. D. 1999. Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing coal skink (Eumeces anthracinus). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 35 (3): 76-78.

Whitcomb, W. H., and K. Bell. 1964. Predaceous insects, spiders, and mites of Arkansas cotton fields. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 690. 84 pages.

Wicht, M. C. Jr, and A. C. Rowland. 1987. Fauna and distribution of free living chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculida) in Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 41: 115-116.

Winter, D. A., W. M. Zawada, and A. A. Johnson. 1986. Comparison of the symbiotic fauna of the family Plethodontidae in the Ouachita Mountains of western Arkansas. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 40: 82-85.

Wolfenbarger, K. A. 1952. Systematic and biological studies on North American chiggers of the genus Trombicula, subgenus Eutrombicula (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 45: 645-677.

Zacharda, M., D. Fong, H. H. Hobbs, III, E. Piva, M. E. Slay, and S. J. Taylor. 2010. A review of the genus Traegaardhia (Acari, Prostigmata, Rhagidiidae) with descriptions of new species and a key to species. Zootaxa 2474: 1-64.

Subphylum Chelicerata, Class Arachnida, Order Pseudoscorpiones

Davis, R. K. 1997. Identification and interrelationship of pseudoscorpions and filth flies inhabiting broiler-breeder hen facilities in Northwest Arkansas. Master’s thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Hoff, C. C. 1945. New species and records of pseudoscorpions from Arkansas. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 64: 34-57.

Hoff, C. C. 1958. List of the pseudoscorpions of North America north of Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1875. 50 pages.

Hoff, C. C., and J. E. Bolsterli. 1956. Pseudoscorpions of the Mississippi River drainage basin area. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 75 (2): 155-179.

McDaniel, V. R., K. N. Paige, and C. R. Tumlison. 1979. Cave fauna of Arkansas: additional invertebrate and vertebrate records. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 33: 84-85.

Muchmore, W. B. 1967. New cave pseudoscorpions of the genus Apochthonius (Arachnida: Chelonethida). Ohio Journal of Science 67: 89-95.

Muchmore, W. B. 1976. New species of Apochthonius, mainly form caves in central and eastern United States (Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89: 67-80.

Muchmore, W. B. 2001. Review of the genus Tartarocreagris, with descriptions of new species (Pseudoscorpionida: Neobisiidae). Texas Memorial Museum, Speleological Monographs 5:57-72.