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Personal data:

Alexandr Anatoljevich Stekolnikov, PhD

  • Date of birth: October 12, 1967.
  • Place of birth: Saint-Petersburg, Russia
  • Nationality: Russia
  • Marriage status: Married since 2003 to Victoria A. Stekolnikova (All-Russian Research Institute for Farm Animal Genetics and Breeding)
  • Children: Timofey (date of birth 3.01.2005), Glaphyra (24.01.2009)
  • Address:
    Laboratory of Parasitology
    Zoological Institute Rus. Acad. Sci.
    Universitetskaja emb., 1
    199034, Saint-Petersburg, RUSSIA
  • e-mail:
    acari@zin.ru
  • WWW homepages:
    http://www.zin.ru/labs/parasites
    http://trombicula.narod.ru
    http://trombicula.livejournal.com (in Russian)
  • fax: +007 812 328 29 41

Education and employment:

  • Present position (since 1.07.2008): Senior Researcher. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • 1999-2008: Researcher. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • 1998-1999: Junior Researcher. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • 1998: maintained PhD thesis (Biology), entitled "Fauna and systematics of the mites of the Complex Neotrombicula (family Trombiculidae) from Russia and neighbouring territories" (Diploma No. 043497, 3. 04. 1998). Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • 1995-1997: Post-graduate student. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • 1992-1995: Probationer. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • 1991-1995: Student for selected courses in the School of Religion and Philosophy (Saint-Petersburg). Courses: "History of Philosophy", "Formal Logic", "Ancient Greek" (language course), "Patristics", "Philosophy of Husserl". Seminars on the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel, Fichte.
  • 1992: maintained Mgs. Sci. thesis, entitled "Mites of the subgenus Neotrombicula Hirst, 1925 (Trombiculidae) from Russia and neighbouring territories"
  • 1985-1992: Graduate student of the Faculty of Biology & Soil Science of Saint-Petersburg State University (Diploma No. 109322, 9. 06. 1992, qualification: "biologist-zoologist")

Professional experience:

  • 2009-2011: member of the research group working on the project "Fauna of blood-sucking ticks and mites of European Russia and neighbouring territories taking into account geographical variability, microevolution, and the origin of areals" supported with the grant 09-04-00738-a from Russian Foundation of Basic Research (Head of the project - Dr. Natalia A. Filippova, ZIN RAS).
  • 2006-2008: member of the research group working on the project "Basic aspects of species differentiation in blood-sucking ticks and mites of the families Ixodidae and Trombiculidae" supported with the grant 06-04-48220-a from Russian Foundation of Basic Research (Head of the project - Dr. Natalia A. Filippova, ZIN RAS).
  • 1998-2008: member of E.N. Pavlovsky scientific school, supported with the grant 00-15-97742 from Russian Foundation of Basic Research, later with the grant of the Ministry of Science of the Russian Federation for State Support of Leading Scientific Schools nos. SS-1664.2003.4 and SS-5563.2006.4 (Head of the school - Prof. Yuri S. Balashov)
  • 1998: partnership in the Programme of Integration of Russian High School and Academy of Sciences, code of project 326-1, "Educational-scientific complex for the training of specialists of different levels on the base of fundamental researches in the field of biodiversity and monitoring of environment at the Saint-Petersburg University and Zoological Institute RAS"
  • 2003-2005: member of the research group working on the project "Some aspects of micro- and macroevolution in blood-sucking ticks and mites of families Ixodidae and Trombiculidae" supported with the grant 03-04-49664 from Russian Foundation of Basic Research (Head of the project - Dr. Natalia A. Filippova, ZIN RAS).
  • 2000-2002: member of the research group working on the project "Sympatria of closely related species of blood-sucking ticks and mites - vectors of transmissive diseases' agents in natural foci" supported with the grant 00-04-48881 from Russian Foundation of Basic Research (Head of the project - Dr. Natalia A. Filippova, ZIN RAS)
  • 1997-1999: member of the research group working on the project "Taxonomic structure of species in blood-sucking mites and ticks" supported with the grant 97-04-50094 from Russian Foundation of Basic Research (Head of the project - Dr. Natalia A. Filippova, ZIN RAS)
  • 1994-1996: member of the research group working on the project "The creation of the computer data bases on parasitic Acarina and Insects injuring human and animals of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries" supported with the grant 94-07-12081 from Russian Foundation of Basic Research (Head of the project - Dr. Natalia A. Filippova, ZIN RAS)
  • 1993-1994: member of the research group working on the project "Computer integrated retrieval system on animal biodiversity (ZOOINT)" supported with the grant 93-04-21216 from Russian Foundation of Basic Research (Head of the project - Acad. Alexandr F. Alimov, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences)

Membership:

  • Since 1996: member of Russian Entomological Society

Editorial activity:

Teaching experience:

  • 2000-2006: "Computer methods of mathematical statistics in taxonomy" - special course for 4th-year students of the Faculty of Biology & Soil Sciences, Saint-Petersburg State University. Duration: 18h
  • 1997-2003: course "Terrestrial Arthropoda: spiders, mites and ticks" - as a part of the "Practicum" - for 2nd-year students of the Faculty of Biology & Soil Sciences, Saint-Petersburg State University. Duration: 12h
  • 1994-1996: "Introduction to systematics" - lections for the members of the Club of Biologists, Saint-Petersburg Palace of Young Pioneers. Duration: 2h
  • 1990-1991: assistance in the field practicum in invertebrate zoology - for the 1st-year students of the Faculty of Biology & Soil Sciences, Saint-Petersburg State University.

Personal grants and awards:

  • 1997: title "J. Soros Postgraduate Student" and the personal postgraduate fellowship (International Soros Science Education Program), from the NSF, USA granted to support the research project towards Ph. D. degree, implemented in Russia (code of project a97-954)
  • 1997: grant from Administration of Saint-Petersburg, Ministry of Education of Russia and Russian Academy of Sciences for students, postgraduates and young scientists (code of project M97-2.4K-15)
  • 1995: grant from the Foundation of support of young scientists (Division of General Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • 1993: stipend from J. Soros Foundation on the problem "Biodiversity"

Field experience:

Participation in 13 field expeditions for collecting parasites of Vertebrates and investigations of their fauna in Caucasus, Turkey, Altai, and Central Russia. Organization, management and leadership of 8 field expeditions in Caucasus, Uzbekistan and Kirghizia.

  • 2009: South Turkey (Beydaglary, Aladaglar, and Bolkar Ranges) - Participant
  • 2005: Altai Republic - Participant
  • 2003: Krasnodar Territory (Western Caucasus, Caucasian Reserve) - Head of the group
  • 2002: Krasnodar Territory (Western Caucasus) - Head of the group
  • 2000: Krasnodar Territory (Western Caucasus) - Head of the group
  • 2000: Karachai-Cherkess Republic (Northern Caucasus) - Participant
  • 1999: Krasnodar Territory (Western Caucasus) - Head of the group
  • 1998: Kyrghyzstan (Chatkal'skij and Kirgizskij Ranges) - Head of the group
  • 1998: North-Eastern Turkey (Trabzon, Erzurum, Artvin and Rize Provinces) - Participant
  • 1997: Krasnodar Territory (Western Caucasus) - Head of the group
  • 1997: Karachai-Cherkess Republic (Northern Caucasus) - Head of the group
  • 1996: Kabardino-Balkaria (Northern Caucasus) - Participant
  • 1995: Karachai-Cherkess Republic (Northern Caucasus) - Participant
  • 1995: Krasnodar Territory (Western Caucasus) - Participant
  • 1994: Krasnodar Territory (Western Caucasus) - Participant
  • 1993: Uzbekistan (Chimgan, Chatkal'skij Range, Bukhara) - Head of the group
  • 1992: Krasnodar Territory (Western Caucasus, Black Sea coast) - Participant
  • 1991: Krasnodar Territory (Western Caucasus) - Participant
  • 1990: Belgorod Province - Participant
  • 1990: Daghestan (Eastern Caucasus) - Participant
  • 1989: Stavropol Territory - Participant

Major directions of research activity:

Systematics and fauna of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae); geographical variability of chigger mites; sympatria of closely related chiggers species; eco-geographical rules; methods of multivariate statistics in systematics; philosophical aspects of systematics.

Language skills:

  • English (speak, read, write)
  • Ancient Greek (read)
  • Russian native speaker

Publications (listed chronologically). Reprints available on request:

1. Monographs

  1. Stekolnikov A.A., Daniel M. 2012. Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) of Turkey. Zootaxa, 3216: 1-104.

2. Papers

  1. Stekolnikov A.A. 1992. A new species of chiggers (Trombiculidae) from Daghestan. Parazitologiya 26(1): 75-78 (In Russian, English summary).
  2. Stekolnikov A.A. 1993. Two new species of mites of the genus Neotrombicula (Trombiculidae) from Western Caucasus. Parazitologiya 27(4): 289-295 (In Russian, English summary).
  3. Stekolnikov A.A. 1994. New species of Neotrombicula (Trombiculidae) from Western Kopetdagh. Parazitologiya 28(3): 194-201 (In Russian, English summary).
  4. Stekolnikov A.A. 1995. Fauna and systematics of chiggers of the minuta group, genus Neotrombicula (Trombiculidae). Parazitologiya 29(4): 250-266 (In Russian, English summary).
  5. Stekolnikov A.A. 1996. Chiggers of the talmiensis group (Trombiculidae: Neotrombicula) in Russia and neighbouring territories: taxonomic analysis using computer methods. Parazitologiya 30(5): 377-397 (In Russian, English summary).
  6. Stekolnikov A.A. 1997. Geographical variability of the chigger species Neotrombicula autumnalis and its interrelationships with N. caucasica stat. nov. (Trombiculidae). Parazitologiya 31(5): 397-413 (In Russian, English summary).
  7. Stekolnikov A.A. 1997. New data on fauna and systematics of chiggers of the autumnalis group (Trombiculidae: Neotrombicula). Parazitologiya 31(6): 527-542 (In Russian, English summary).
  8. Stekolnikov A.A. 1998. Ecogeographical variability of the chigger species Neotrombicula delijani Kudryashova, 1977 (Acari, Trombiculidae). Entomologicheskoe obozrenie 77(1): 229-238 (In Russian, English summary). (Full English translation: Stekolnikov A.A. 1998. Eco-geographical variability of a chigger species Neotrombicula delijani Kudryashova, 1977 (Acari, Trombiculidae). Entomological Review 78(2): 190-196).
  9. Stekolnikov A.A. 1999. A revision of the chigger mites species group vulgaris (Trombiculidae: Neotrombicula). Parazitologiya 33(5): 387-403 (In Russian, English summary).
  10. Stekolnikov A.A. 1999. Systematics of chigger mite species group nagayoi (Trombiculidae: Neotrombicula). Parazitologiya 33(6): 465-481 (In Russian, English summary).
  11. Stekolnikov A.A. 1999(2000). A new subgenus and species of the chigger mite genus Neotrombicula (Acari: Trombiculidae). Acarologia 40(4): 407-412.
  12. Stekolnikov A.A. 2001. Systematics of chigger mites of the genus Hirsutiella Schluger et Vysotzkaya, 1970 (Acari, Trombiculidae). Entomologicheskoe obozrenie 80(1): 219-242 (In Russian, English summary). (Full English translation: Stekolnikov A.A. 2001. Systematics of chigger mites of the genus Hirsutiella Schluger et Vysotzkaya, 1970 (Acari, Trombiculidae). Entomological Review 81(9): 1059-1078).
  13. Stekolnikov A.A. 2001. Intraspecific variance of chaetotactic characters in the chigger mite genus Hirsutiella (Acari: Trombiculidae). Parazitologiya 35(1): 19-26 (In Russian, English summary).
  14. Stekolnikov A.A. 2001. New species and sympatric relations of the chigger mite species group talmiensis (Trombiculidae, Neotrombicula). Parazitologiya 35(6): 496-518 (In Russian, English summary).
  15. Stekolnikov A.A. 2001. On the systematics of the genus Eutonella Kudryashova, 1988 (Acari: Trombiculidae). Acarina. Russian Journal of Acarology 9(1): 97-104.
  16. Daniel M., Stekolnikov A.A. 2002. New data on chigger mites of the subfamily Leeuwenhoekiinae (Acari: Trombiculidae) parazitizing bats in Cuba. Acarina. Russian Journal of Acarology 10(2): 149-154.
  17. Stekolnikov A.A. 2002. Variability in chigger mites of talmiensis species group, genus Neotrombicula Hirst, 1925 (Acari, Trombiculidae) in areas of sympatria on the Western Caucasus. Entomologicheskoe obozrenie 81(3): 761-777 (In Russian, English summary). (Full English translation: Stekolnikov A.A. 2002. Variability of chigger mites of the N. talmiensis group, genus Neotrombicula Hirst, 1925 (Acari, Trombiculidae) in areas of sympatry in the Western Caucasus. Entomological Review 82(9): 1178-1189).
  18. Stekolnikov A.A. 2003. A problem of truth in biological systematics. Zhurnal obshchej biologii 64(4): 357-368 (In Russian, English summary).
  19. Stekolnikov A.A. 2003. Intraspecific variability and sympatria in closely related chigger mites species of the genus Hirsutiella (Acari: Trombiculidae). Parazitologiya 37(4): 281-297 (In Russian, English summary).
  20. Daniel M., Stekolnikov A.A. 2003. Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) new to the fauna of Cuba, with the description of two new species. Folia Parasitologica 50(2): 143-150.
  21. Daniel M., Stekolnikov A.A. 2003. To the fauna of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) parasitize bats in Cuba. Acarologia 43(1): 29-37.
  22. Fain A., Stekolnikov A.A. 2004. A new species of the genus Guntheria (Acari Trombiculidae) from a duck-billed platypus collected in the New South Wales. Belgian Journal of Entomology 6(1): 69-73.
  23. Stekolnikov A.A., Fain A. 2004. A new genus and four new species of chigger mites (Acari Trombiculidae) from Madagascar. Belgian Journal of Entomology 6(2): 337-352.
  24. Stekolnikov A.A. 2004. Variability in Leptotrombidium europaeum and two new related chigger mite species (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Caucasus. Parazitologiya 38(5): 388-405 (In Russian, English summary).
  25. Daniel M., Stekolnikov A.A. 2004. Chigger mites of the genus Eutrombicula Ewing, 1938 (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Cuba, with the description of three new species. Folia Parasitologica 51(4): 359-366.
  26. Daniel M., Stekolnikov A.A. 2004 [2005]. Three new species and new records of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from East Hindukush, Pakistan. Acarologia 45 (4): 273-285.
  27. Imaz A., Galicia D., Moraza M.L., Stekolnikov A.A. 2006. Contribution to the knowledge of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) parasitizing Apodemus sylvaticus (L.) (Rodentia, Muridae) on the Iberian Peninsula. Acarologia, 46 (1-2): 53-64.
  28. Stekolnikov A.A. 2006. Geographical variation in the species Montivagum dihumerale and speciation in chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae). Parazitologiya 40(1): 26-46 (In Russian, English summary).
  29. Daniel M., Stekolnikov A.A. 2006. Three new species and new records of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Cuba. Acarina. Russian Journal of Acarology 14 (1): 69-78.
  30. Ripka G., Stekolnikov A.A. 2006. First finding of the chigger mite Blankaartia acuscutellaris (Acari Trombiculidae) on a human host in Europe. Belgian Journal of Entomology, 8 (2): 147-151.
  31. Stekolnikov A.A., Literák I., Čapek M., Havlíček M. 2007. Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from wild birds in Costa Rica, with a description of three new species. Folia Parasitologica, 54 (1): 59-67.
  32. Literák I., Stekolnikov A.A., Havlíček M., Čapek M., Calvo Rodríguez B. 2007. Sametky - paraziti ptáků Kostariky (Chiggers - parasites of birds in Costa Rica). Ziva, 55 (6): 271-274 (in Czech).
  33. Filippova N.A., Stekolnikov A.A. 2007. Materials on the preimaginal stages of the ticks collected from small mammals in Western and Northern Caucasus (Acari: Ixodidae). Parazitologiya 41(1): 3-22 (In Russian, English summary).
  34. Stekolnikov A.A. 2007. Truth of classifications in taxonomy. The Linnaean Miscellanea (Sbornik Trudov Zoologicheskogo Muzeya MGU 48, Moscow, Moscow Univ. Publ.): 101-122 (In Russian, English summary).
  35. Literak I., Stekolnikov A.A., Sychra O., Dubska L., Taragelova V. 2008. Larvae of chigger mites Neotrombicula spp. (Acari: Trombiculidae) exhibited Borrelia but no Anaplasma infections: a field study including birds from the Czech Carpathians as hosts of chiggers. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 44 (4): 307-314.
  36. Stekolnikov A.A. 2008. Two new species of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) close to Neotrombicula minuta, application of nonlinear multivariate statistics. Acarina. Russian Journal of Acarology, 16 (1): 21-29.
  37. Daniel M., Stekolnikov A.A. 2009. Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Makalu Region in Nepal Himalaya, with a description of three new species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 46 (4): 753-765.
  38. Kudryashova N.I., Stekolnikov A.A. 2010. Kepkatrombicula nom. n., a new name for the chigger mite genus Eutonella Kudryashova, 1988 (Acari: Trombiculidae), with notes on its systematics. Acarina. Russian Journal of Acarology, 18 (1): 79-80.
  39. Stekolnikov A.A., González-Acuña D. 2010. Four new species of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) of the genus Eutrombicula from Chile. International Journal of Acarology, 36 (4): 313-325.
  40. Stekolnikov A.A., Klimov P.B. 2010. A revision of chiggers of the minuta species-group (Acari: Trombiculidae: Neotrombicula Hirst, 1925) using multivariate morphometrics. Systematic Parasitology, 77 (1): 55-69.
  41. Daniel M., Stekolnikov A.A., Hakimitabar M., Saboori A. 2010. Chigger mites (Acari, Trombiculidae) parasitizing small mammals in the Eastern Hindu Kush and some other Afghan areas. Parasitology Research, 107 (5): 1221-1233.
  42. Bochkov A.V., Abramov A.V., Durden L.A., Apanaskevich D.A., Stekolnikov A.A., Stanyukovich M.K., Gnophanxay S., Tikhonov A.N. 2011. Arthropod symbiotes of Laonastes aenigmamus (Rodentia: Diatomyidae). Journal of Parasitology, 97 (2): 352-353.
  43. Shatrov A.B., Stekolnikov A.A. 2011. Redescription of a human-infesting European trombiculid mite Kepkatrombicula desaleri (Acari: Trombiculidae) with data on its mouthparts and stylostome. International Journal of Acarology, 37 (Suppl. 1): 176-193.
3. Book chapters
  1. Bochkov A.B., Mironov S.V., Stekolnikov A.A. 2001. Mites (Acariformes). Biodiversity and rare species of Sebezhskij National Park. St. Petersburg, Publishing House of St. Petersburg University (Trudy SPbOE - Transactions of the Saint-Petersburg Society of Naturalists. Ser. 6. Vol. 4). 108-111 (In Russian).
4. Web-pages
  1. Personal web-page. WWW-homepage. http://trombicula.narod.ru
  2. Live Journal. http://trombicula.livejournal.com (in Russian)
  3. David Ortiz Martínez, René A. Barba Díaz, Luis F. de Armas Chaviano, Alexandr A. Stekolnikov, Mercedes Reyes Hernández, Naomi Cuervo Pineda. 2007. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, Reino Animalia, Arachnida. Centro Nacional de Biodiversidad Cuba. http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/arachnida.pdf.
5. Abstracts
  1. Filippova N.A., Lobanov A.L., Stekolnikov A.A., Musatov S.A., Panova I.V., Mironov S.V., Vashchenok V.S. 1995. Complex data bank on parasitic Acarina and Insects of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries injuring human and animals. Abstracts of conference "Information systems in science-95". Moscow, PHASIS Publishing House. p. 108-109 (In Russian).
  2. Stekolnikov A.A. 1996. Mathematical methods of the resolving of diagnostic problems in the systematics of chigger mites (Trombiculidae). Conference "Systematics, taxonomy and fauna of parasites" (Moscow, October, 22-24, 1996). Abstracts. Moscow, Institute of Parasitology, Russian Academy of Sciences. p. 114-115 (In Russian).
  3. Stekolnikov A.A. 1997. Using of mathematical methods for discriminating of closely related species of chigger mites (Trombiculidae). Annual scientific session on the results of 1996 year. St. Petersburg, April, 8-10, 1997. Abstracts. St. Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS. p. 39-40 (In Russian).
  4. Stekolnikov A.A. 1998. An attempt to employ mathematical methods in the systematics of chigger mites (Acarina, Trombiculidae). The problems of entomology in Russia. XI Congress of Russian Entomological Society. St. Petersburg, September, 23-26, 1997. Abstracts. Vol. 2. St. Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS. p. 135-136 (In Russian).
  5. Stekolnikov A.A. 1999. Ecogeographical variability of chiggers (Acari, Trombiculidae). VII Acarological Congress. St. Petersburg, September, 28-30, 1999. Abstracts. St. Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS. p. 64-65 (In Russian).
  6. Stekolnikov A.A. 2002. Sympatria of closely related chigger mites species (Acarina, Trombiculidae). XII Congress of Russian Entomological Society. St. Petersburg, August, 19-24, 2002. Abstracts. St. Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS. p. 332-333 (In Russian).
  7. Stekolnikov A.A. 2003. Probable ways of speciation in chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae). Annual scientific session on the results of 2002 year. Abstracts. St. Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS. p. 33-34 (In Russian).
  8. Stekolnikov A.A. 2004. The evolution of variability in chiggers (Trombiculidae). Materials of the VIII Russian Acarological Congress (Saint-Petersburg, November 30 - December 2, 2004). Saint-Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS. p. 106-108 (In Russian).
  9. Shatrov A.B., Stekolnikov A.A. 2011. Kepkatrombicula desaleri (Methlagl, 1928) (Acari: Trombiculidae) – characteristics of morphology and parasitism. Annual scientific session on the results of 2010 year. Abstracts. St. Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS. p. 30-31 (In Russian).
6. Textbooks
  1. Stekolnikov A.A. 1998. Biology: Introduction to systematics. St. Petersburg, Academic Gymnazium at the Saint-Petersburg State University, Correspondence Biological Section. 24 p. (In Russian).
  2. Stekolnikov A.A. 1998. Biology: Parasitology. St. Petersburg, Academic Gymnazium at the Saint-Petersburg State University, Correspondence Biological Section. 24 p. (In Russian).
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