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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Robert K. Velten
Mullens, B. A., R. K. Velten, N. C. Hinkle, D. R. Kunney, and C. E. Szijj. 2004. Acaricide resistance in Northern Fowl Mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) populations on caged layer operations in Southern California. Poultry Sci. 83: 365-374. Weeks, A. R., R. K. Velten, and R. Stouthamer. 2003. Incidence of a new sex–ratio distorting endosymbiotic bacterium among arthropods. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. 270: 1857-1865. Takano-Lee, M, R. K. Velten, and J. D. Edman, B. A. Mullens, and J. M. Clark. 2003. An automated feeding apparatus for in vitro maintenance of the human head louse, Pediculus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae) J. Med. Entomol. 40(6): 795-799. Bonneau K. R., J. B. Topol, A. C. Gerry, B. A. Mullens, R. K. Velten, and N. J. MacLachlan. 2002. Variation in the NS3/NS3A gene of bluetongue viruses contained in Culicoides sonorensis collected from a single site in southern California. Virus Res. 84(1-2): 59-65. Mullens, B. A., A. C. Gerry, and R. K. Velten. 2001. Failure of a permethrin treatment regime to protect cattle against bluetongue virus. J. Med. Entomol. 38(5): 760-762. Mullens, B. A., R. K. Velten, A. C. Gerry, Y. Braverman, and R. G. Endris. 2000. Feeding and survival of Culicoides sonorensis on cattle treated with permethrin or pirimiphosmethyl. Med.Vet. Entomol. 14(3): 313-320. Platner, G. R., R. K. Velten, M. Planoutene, and J. D. Pinto. 1999. Slide-mounting techniques for Trichogramma (Trichogrammatidae) and other minute parasitic Hymenoptera. Entomol. News. 110(1): 56-64. Mullens, B. A., R. K. Velten, and B. A. Federici. 1999. Iridescent virus infection in Culicoides variipennis sonorensis and interactions with the mermithid parasite Heleidomermis magnapapula. J. Invert. Pathol. 73(2): 231-233. Velten, R. K. and B. A. Mullens. 1997. A. Field morphological variation and laboratory hybridization of Culicoides variipennis sonorensis and C. v. occidentalis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Southern California. J. Med. Entomol. 34(3): 277-284. Mullens, B. A., E. O. Paine, and R. K. Velten. 1995. Temperature effects on survival and development of Heleidomermis magnapapula in the laboratory. J. Nematol. 27(1): 29-35. Mullens, B. A. and R. K. Velten. 1994. Rearing Culicoides variipennis sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on agar and nematodes. J. Med. Entomol. 31(1): 175-177. Mullens, B. A. and R. K. Velten. 1994. Laboratory culture and life history of Heleidomermis magnapapula in its host, Culicoides variipennis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Nematol. 26(1): 1-10. Velten, R. K. and J. D. Pinto. 1990. Soikiella Nowicki (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) occurrence in North America description of a new species and association of the male. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 66(3): 246-250. Pinto, J. D, R. K. Velten, G. R. Platner, and E. R. Oatman. 1989. Phenotypic plasticity and taxonomic characters in Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 82(4): 414-425. Velten R K and C. L. Bellamy. 1987. A new genus and species of Coroebini Bedel from southern California with a discussion of its relationships within the tribe (Coleoptera: Buprestida). Coleopt. Bull. 41(1): 185-192. Pinto, J. D. and R. K. Velten. 1986. The plant bugs (Hemiptera, Miridae) associated with Adenostoma (Rosaceae) in southern California USA. J. NY Entomol. Soc. 94(4): 542-551.

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