Kees Davids died on October 21, 2004 at the age of 73. We loose in him a friend and nice colleague, who worked almost his whole life on water mites. An orbituary has appeared in Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam 65: 90-94. Harry Smit
Together with Dr. R. Gerecke, Dr. T. Gledhill, Dr. H. van der Hammen, Dr. A. di Sabatino and Dr. H. Smit. The work is planned for Central, Western and Northern Europe. My part deals on Hydrachnidae, Eylaidae, Limnocharidae and Unionicolidae. I finished the genera, Unionicola and Neumania, I will start with Eylais.
2. Fields of interest
Life histories and parasite-host relationships.
| Davids, C. (1969): Enige aspecten van de biologie van twee verwante watermijtsoorten, Hydrachna conjecta Koen. en H. cruenta Muell. - De Levende Natuur 72: 197-201. |
| Ellis-Adam, A.C. & C. Davids (1970): Oviposition and post-embryonic development of the watermite Piona alpicola (Neuman, 1880). - Netherlands Journal of Zoology 20: 122-137. |
| Davids, C. (1970): De watermijten verzameld tijdens de werkkampen in N.W.-Overijssel en in de Lindevallei. - Mededelingen van de |
| Davids, C. (1970): Arrenurus pugionifer Koenike, 1908, nieuw voor de Nederlanse fauna (Acari, Hydrachnellae). - Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam 30: 188. |
| Davids, C. & Th.G.N. Dresscher (1971): Mikrofauna-onderzoek in de Lindevallei. - Mededelingen van de Hydrobiologische Vereniging 5: 115-125. |
| Davids, C. (1973): The relations between mites of the genus Unionicola and the mussels Anodonta and Unio. - Hydrobiologia 41: 37-44. |
| Davids, C. (1973): The water mite Hydrachna conjecta Koenike, 1895 (Acari, Hydrachnellae), bionomics and relation to species of Corixidae (Hemiptera). - Netherlands Journal of Zoology 23: 363-429. |
| Davids, C. & C.J. Schoots (1975): The influence of the water mite species Hydrachna conjecta and H. cruenta (Acari, Hydrachnellae) on the egg production of the Corixidae Sigara striata and Cymatia coleoptrata (Hemiptera). - Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 19: 3079-3082. |
| Nielsen, G.J. & C. Davids (1975): Contributions to the knowledge of the morphology and biology of the larvae of four European Eylais species (Acari, Hydrachnellae) - Acarologia 17: 519-528. |
| Davids, C. (1977): De relaties tussen watermijten en insekten. - Vakblad voor Biologen 13: 225-228. |
| Davids, C., G.J. Nielsen & P. Gehring (1977): Site selection and growth of the larvae of Eylais discreta Koenike, 1897 (Acari, Hydrachnellae). - Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 46: 180-184. |
| Davids, C., M.E. Al & J. Blaauw (1978): Influence of the water mite Hydrachna conjecta on the population of the corixid Sigara striata (Hemiptera). - Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung fuer theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 20: 2613-2616. |
| Davids, C. & R. Belier (1979): Spermatophores an sperm transfer in the water mite Hydrachna conjecta Koen., refelctions of the descent of water mites from terrestrial forms. - Acarologia 21:84-90. |
| Davids, C. (1979): De watermijten (Hydrachnellae) van Nederland. Levenswijze en voorkomen. - Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging 132: 1-78. |
| Davids, C. & R. Belier (1979): The spermatophores of Hydrachna conjecta Koenike and the life history of the landliving ancestors of this water mite. - Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of Acarology, 1974: 147-151. |
| Davids, C. (1980): Handleiding voor het projekt watermijten (Hydrachnellae). - Instrukties voor medewerkers EIS - Nederland 4: 1-9. |
| Davids, C., C.F. Heijnis & J.E. Weekenstroo (1981): Habitat differentation and feeding strategies in water mites in Lake Maarsseveen I. - Hydrobiological Bulletin 15: 87-91. |
| Davids, C., E.F. Beintema, R. Mulder & J.E. Weekenstroo (1981): Feeding rate and egg production in water mites in relationship with temperature. - Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 21: 1603-1606. |
| Kouwets, F.A.C. & C. Davids (1984): The occurrence of chironomid imagines in an area near Utrecht (the Netherlands), and their relations to water mite larvae. - Archiv für Hydrobiologie 99: 296-317. |
| Davids, C., R.M. Crowell & C.J. de Groot (1985): The development cycles of two co-occurring sponge mites Unionicola crassipes (Müller) and Unionicola minor (Soar) (Acari, Hydrachnellae). - Hydrobiologia 122: 199-205. |
| Van Hezewijk, M.J. & C. Davids (1985): The larvae of three water mite species of the genus Hygrobates and their development (Acari, Hydrachnellae). - Bulletin Zoologisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam 10: 97-105. |
| Ten Winkel, E.H. & C. Davids (1985): Bioturbation by cyprinid fish affecting the food availability for predatory water mites. - Oecologia 67: 218-219. |
| Davids, C. & F.A.C. Kouwets (1987): The characteristics of some water mite species of the genus Piona (Acari, Hydrachnellae) with three new larval descriptions. - Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie 110: 1-18. |
| Davids, C., J. Holtslag & R.V. Dimock Jr. (1988): Competitive Exclusion, Harem Behaviour and Host Specifity of the Water Mite Unionicola ypsilophora (Hydrachnellae, Acari) Inhabiting Anodonta cygnea (Unionidae). - Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie 73: 651-657. |
| Ten Winkel, E.H., C. Davids & J.G. de Nobel (1989): Food and feeding strategies of water mites of the genus Hygrobates and the impact of their predation on the larval populations of the chironomid Cladotanytarsus mancus (Walker) in Lake Maarsseveen. - Netherlands Journal of Zoology 39: 246-263. |
| Davids, C. (1991): Water mites: the impact of larvae and adults on their host and prey populations. - In: Modern Acarology, Vol 1: 497-501. F. Dusbabek & V. Bukva (Eds.), SPB acad. Publ. bv, The Hague. |
| Geelen, J.F.M. & C. Davids (1992): Microfauna van enkele wateren in de Ooypolder. - Mededelingen van de Hydrobiologische Vereniging 6: 89-99. |
| Davids, C., E.H. ten Winkel & C.J. de Groot (1994): Temporal and spatial patterns of water mites in Lake Maarsseveen I. - Netherlands Journal of Aquatic Ecology 28: 11-17. |
| Davids, C. (1997): A new water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Limnesiidae) split off from Limnesia undulata. - Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam 57: 157-160. |
| Davids, C. (1997): The influence of larval parasitism on life history strategies in water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia). - Arch. Hydrobiol. 141: 35-43. |
| Davids, C. (1997): Watermijten als parasieten van libellen. - Brachytron 1: 51-55. |
| Martin P. & Davids C. (2002): Life history strategies of Hygrobates nigromaculatus, a widespread palaearctic water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) - In: Bernini, F., R. Nannelli, G. Nuzzaci & F. de Lillo (eds.), Acarid phylogeny and evolution. Adaptations in mites and ticks: 101-110. Kluwer Academic Publishers. |
| Davids C. (2004): Parasitisme bij watermijten - Ent. Ber., Amst. 64 (2): 51-58 (in Dutch) |
| Davids C., Di Sabatino A., Gerecke R., Gledhill T. & Smit H. (2005): On the taxonomy of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 1: Hydrachnidae, Limnocharidae and Eylaidae. - Zootaxa 1061: 36-64. |