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Profile of a potential supervisor - Alexander A. Khaustov

University University of Tyumen
English proficiency Advanced
The program of study for which the graduate student will be accepted Biology
The code of the direction of study for which the graduate student will be accepted 06.06.01
List of research projects proposed by a potential research supervisor (participation / leadership) Ecological and genetic bases of screening of bioresources of insects and mites for pests biological control (supervision);
Features of Acariform mites (Acariformes) Populations in Termites Nests (Insecta: Isoptera) of South Africa (supervision)
List of possible research topics New types of predatory mites for pest control in protected ground
Predatory Mites for Plant Protection
Supervisor’s research interests (detailed description): Systematics of acariform mites, especially Prostigmata.
Mites associated with insects, their biology and ecology.
Evolution and phylogeny of mites. Palaeoacarology.
Supervisor’s main publications: About 130 publications
Hajiqanbar H., Khaustov A.A., Mortazavi A. New species of the genera Dolichocybe and Pavania (Acari: Dolichocybidae), phoretic on scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Iran // Systematic & Applied Acarology. – 2019. – Vol. 24, № 8. – P. 1363-1382. http://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.8.3 IF 1.732, Q1
Khaustov A.A., Frolov A.V. Two new species of Pseudopygmephorellus (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoridae) phoretic on beetles of the genus Rhyparus(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia // Systematic & Applied Acarology. – 2019. – Vol. 24, № 8. – P. 1541-1554. http://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.8.14 IF 1.732, Q1
Khaustov A.A., Hugo-Coetzee E.A., Ermilov S.G. A new species of Tanytydeus (Acari: Paratydeidae) from termite nests in South Africa // Systematic & Applied Acarology. – 2019. – Vol. 24, № 9. – P. 1604-1619. http://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.9.3 IF 1.732, Q1
Khaustov A.A., Hugo-Coetzee E.A., Ermilov S.G. A new genus, new species and a new record of the family Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Microcerotermes parvus (Haviland) (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa // Systematic & Applied Acarology. – 2019. – Vol. 24, № 10. – P. 1881-1892. http://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.10.7 IF 1.732, Q1
Klimov P.B., Khaustov A.A., Vorontsov D.D., Perkovsky E.E., Pepato A.R., Sidorchuk E.A. Two new species of fossil Paratydeidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) from the late Eocene amber highlight ultraslow morphological evolution in a soil- inhabiting arthropod lineage // Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. – 2019. – P. 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2019.1655496 IF 3.727, Q1___________________________________