Beaulieu, Fred, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Contact Information:
960 Carling Ave
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
Telephone: 613-759-1789
Fax: 613-759-1701
Email: frederic.beaulieu@agr.gc.ca
Areas of Expertise:
- Identification of plant-feeding mites
- Identification of predatory mites
- Ecology of soil mites
Current Projects:
- Develop identification keys for spider mites of Canada
- Plant-feeding mite and predatory mite survey in orchards and vineyards
Research publications
2019
- Beaulieu et al. 2019. Acari of Canada. ZooKeys 819:77-168
2016
- Ahadiyat, A., Beaulieu, F. (2016). Two new mite species of the genus Zygoseius Berlese from Mexico (Acari, Mesostigmata), 2016(629), 11-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.629.10121
- Kazemi, S., Beaulieu, F. (2016). A new genus and species of Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Iran, 4200(4), 487-500. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4200.4.2
2014
- Beaulieu, F. and Knee, W. (2014). "Plant-feeding mites of the Canadian Prairies.", in Carcamo, H.A. and Giberson, D.J. (eds.) - Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Vol. 3): Biodiversity of and Systematics Part 1, Biological Survey of Canada (BSC), Chapter 3, pp. 29-72.
- Chetverikov, P.E., Beaulieu, F., Beliavskaia, A.Y., Rautian, M.S., Sukhareva, S.I. (2014). Redescription of an early-derivative mite, Pentasetacus araucariae (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae), and new hypotheses on the eriophyoid reproductive anatomy, 63(2), 123-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9774-2
- Kazemi, S., Rajaei, A., Beaulieu, F. (2014). Two new species of Gaeolaelaps (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from Iran, with a revised generic concept and notes on significant morphological characters in the genus, 3861(6), 501-530. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3861.6.1
2013
- Knee, W., Forbes, M.R., Beaulieu, F. (2013). Diversity and host use of mites (acari: Mesostigmata, oribatida) phoretic on bark beetles (coleoptera: Scolytinae): Global generalists, local specialists?, 106(3), 339-350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/AN12092
2012
- Beaulieu, F. (2012). "Saproxyly in predatory mites? Mesostigmata in decaying log habitats vs. litter in a wet eucalypt forest, Tasmania, Australia.", International Journal of Acarology, 38(4), pp. 313-323. doi : 10.1080/01647954.2011.647072
- Chetverikov, P., Beaulieu, F., Cvrković, T., Vidović, B., and Petanović, R.U. (2012). "Oziella sibirica (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae), a new eriophyoid mite species described using confocal microscopy, COI barcoding and 3D surface reconstruction.", Zootaxa, 3560, pp. 41-60.
- Knee, W., Beaulieu, F., Skevington, J.H., Kelso, S., Cognato, A.I., Forbes, M.R. (2012). Species Boundaries and Host Range of Tortoise Mites (Uropodoidea) Phoretic on Bark Beetles (Scolytinae), Using Morphometric and Molecular Markers, 7(10), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047243
- Knee, W., Beaulieu, F., Skevington, J.H., Kelso, S., Forbes, M.R. (2012). Cryptic species of mites (Uropodoidea: Uroobovella spp.) associated with burying beetles (Silphidae: Nicrophorus): The collapse of a host generalist revealed by molecular and morphological analyses, 65(1), 276-286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.013
- Knee, W., Hartzenberg, T., Forbes, M.R., Beaulieu, F. (2012). The natural history of mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with the white-spotted sawyer beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): Diversity, phenology, host attachment, and sex bias, 144(5), 711-719. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2012.57
- Patankar, R., Beaulieu, F., Smith, S.M., Thomas, S.C. (2012). The life history of a gall-inducing mite: Summer phenology, predation and influence of gall morphology in a sugar maple canopy, 14(3), 251-259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00563.x
2011
- Beaulieu, F., Dowling, A.P.G., Klompen, H., de Moraes, G.J., and Walter, D.E. (2011). "Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909.", Zootaxa, 3148, pp. 123-128.
2009
- Beaulieu, F. (2009). "Review of the mite genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till (Acari: Laelapidae), and description of a new species from North America, G. gillespiei n. sp.", Zootaxa, 2158, pp. 33-49.
Other science related publications
2014
- Beaulieu, F. (2014). Morphological Identification of Spider Mites (Tetranychidae) Affecting Imported Fruits. NAPPO diagnostic protocol. 34 pp. http://www.nappo.org/en/data/files/download/Protocols/DP%2003%20Tetranychidae-e.pdf. (Report)
- Beaulieu, F. and Knee, W. (2014). "Plant-feeders in Canada: tackling a poorly understood diversity using morphology and genetic diagnostic tools.", XIVth International Congress of Acarology, Kyoto, Japan, July, 2104, Oral presentation.
2013
- Lumley, L., Beaulieu, F., Behan-Pelletier, V.M., Knee, W., Lindquist, E.E., Mark, M., Proctor, H.C., and Walter, D.E. (2013). "The Status of Systematic Knowledge of the Acari of Canada: Tickin’ Away with Some Mitey Progress.", Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), 32(2), pp. 23-37. (Newsletter)
2009
- Beaulieu, F. (2009). "Of latin, dinosaurs and mites: hair-tearing and enchanted tales around a taxonomic’s job.", Joint Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Canada and Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, October 18-21, 2009. (Presentation)
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