prof. UAM dr hab. Daria Bajerlein

prof. UAM dr hab. Daria Bajerlein

Room: 0.14

Phone: 61 829 56 57

daria.bajerlein@amu.edu.pl

1.  Foreza mites from the Uropodina group on beetles (Coleoptera)

  • phoretic species of Uropodina
  • specificity towards the vector and topical specificity
  • structural determinants of phoresy in Uropodina, in particular the structure and functioning of the phoretic apparatus of deutonymphs
  • evolution of phoresy in Uropodina

2. Forensic entomology

methods of estimating time of death

biology and ecology of necrophilic beetles

succession of necrophilic beetles on corpses

Finished

  • ‘Selected aspects of phoresy of Uropoda orbicularis (Acari: Mesostigmata) on coprophagous beetles of the family Aphodiidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea).’ Grant completed, implementation period: 2004-2005. Project financed by the Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, project no. 504/2004.
  • ‘The influence of the weight and clothing of corpses on their decomposition, colonisation by insects and the development of larval stages of selected indicator species. Validation of entomological methods for determining the time of death’, project financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, no. N N303 800940, implementation period: 2011-2014.
  • ‘Foreza in mites (Acari) from the Uropodina group: pedicel and pedicellar gland – structure, origin and function’, project financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, No. N N303 006437, implementation period: 2009 – 2011.
  • ‘Succession of arthropods (Arthropoda) on the carcass of a domestic pig (Susscrofa domestica) in selected types of forest environments – research in the field of forensic entomology’. Grant in progress, implementation period: 2005-2008. Project financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, project no. 2 PO4C 104 29.
  • Department of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
  • Forensic Science Laboratory, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
  • Natural History Collections, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
  • Department of Comparative Anatomy, Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
  • Nanobiomedical Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
  • 2011 Third-degree team award from the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

2023

  • Bajerlein D., Błoszyk J., Halliday B., Konwerski, S. 2023. Hitchhiking through life: a review of phoresy in Uropodina mites (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata). The European Zoological Journal91(1): 31–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2288847

2022

  • Bajerlein D., Jarmusz M., Gregor A., Grzywacz A. 2022. Diptera (Dryomyzidae, Fanniidae, Muscidae, Piophilidae) associated with pig carcasses in a forest habitat of Poland: sex-related patterns of visitation and effectiveness of sampling methods. Journal of Medical Entomology. 59(2): 514-524.
  •  van de Kamp T., Mikó I., Staniczek A. H., Eggs B., Bajerlein D., Faragó T., Hagelstein L., Hamann E., Spiecker R., Baumbach T., Janšta P., Krogmann L. 2022. Evolution of flexible biting in hyperdiverse parasitoid wasps. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 289:20212086.

2020

  • Jarmusz M., Grzywacz A., Bajerlein D. 2020. A comparative study of the entomofauna (Coleoptera, Diptera) associated with hanging and ground pig carcasses in a forest habitat of Poland. Forensic Science International. 309, 110212. DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110212

2019

  • Jarmusz M., Bajerlein D. 2019.Decomposition of hanging pig carcasses in a forest habitat of Poland. Forensic Science International. 300: 32-42. DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.04.013

2018

  • Bajerlein D., Taberski D., Matuszewski S. 2018. Estimation of postmortem interval (PMI) based on empty puparia of Phormia regina (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and third larval stage of Necrodes littoralis (L.) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) – Advantages of using different PMI indicators. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 55: 95-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2018.02.008

2016

  • Bajerlein D., Adamski Z., Kacalak W., Tandecka K., Wiesner M., Jurga S. 2016. To attach or not to attach? The effect of carrier surface morphology and topography on attachment of phoretic deutonymphs of Uropoda orbicularis (Acari). Science of Nature. 103(7).
  • Matuszewski S., Frątczak K., Konwerski S., Bajerlein D., Szpila K., Jarmusz M., Szafałowicz M., Grzywacz A., Mądra A. 2016. Effect of body mass and clothing on carrion entomofauna. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 130(1): 221-232.

2015

  • Bajerlein D., Wojterska M., Grewling Ł., Kokociński M. 2015. Botanika sądowa – stan wiedzy i możliwości zastosowania w praktyce śledczej. Problemy Kryminalistyki. 289(3): 20-32.
  • Bajerlein D., Konwerski S., Matuszewski S., Szpila K. 2015. Poland. In: Tomberlin J. K., Benbow M. E. (eds.). Forensic Entomology: International Dimensions and Frontiers. Part II: History, Accomplishments, and Challenges of Forensic Entomology in Europe, Chapter 8. CRC Press, pp. 81-88.
  • Jarmusz M., Bajerlein D. 2015. Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Scr.) and Trypocopris vernalis (L.) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) visiting exposed pig carrion in forests of Central Europe: Seasonality, habitat preferences and influence of smell of decay on their abundances. Entomologia Generalis. 35(3): 213-228.

2014

  • Bajerlein D., Witaliński W. 2014. Localization and density of phoretic deutonymphs of the mite Uropoda orbicularis (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) on Aphodius beetles (Aphodiidae) affect pedicel length. Naturwissenschaften. 101: 265-272.

2013

  • Bajerlein D., Witaliński W., Adamski Z. 2013. Morphological diversity of pedicels in phoretic deutonymphs of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata). Arthropod Structure & Development. 42: 185-196.

2012

  • Bajerlein D., Witaliński W. 2012. Anatomy and fine structure of pedicellar glands in phoretic deutonymphs of uropodid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata). Arthropod Structure & Development. 41: 245-257
  • Bajerlein D., Przewoźny M. 2012. When a beetle is too small to carry phoretic mites? A case of hydrophilid beetles (Coleoptera:  Hydrophilidae) and Uropoda orbicularis (Acari:  Mesostigmata). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 90: 368-375.

2011

  • Bajerlein D. 2011. Seasonal abundance and infestation of deutonymphs of Uropoda orbicularis (Müller, 1776) (Acari: Mesostigmata) phoretic on coprophilous beetles (Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae, Aphodiidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae). International Journal of Acarology. 37: 216-227.
  • Matuszewski S., Bajerlein D., Konwerski S., Szpila K. Insect succession and carrion decomposition in selected forests of Central Europe. Part 3: Succession of carrion fauna. Forensic Science International. 207:150-163.
  • Bajerlein D., Matuszewski S., Konwerski S. 2011. Insect succession on carrion: seasonality, habitat preference and residency of histerid beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae) visiting pig carrion exposed in various forests (Western Poland). Polish Journal of Ecology. 59: 787-797.

2010

  • Matuszewski S., Bajerlein D., Konwerski S., Szpila K. 2010. Insect succession and carrion decomposition in selected forests of Central Europe. Part 1: Pattern and rate of decomposition. Forensic Science International. 194: 85-93
  • Matuszewski S., Bajerlein D., Konwerski S., Szpila K. 2010. Insect succession and carrion decomposition in selected forests of Central Europe. Part 2: Composition and residency patterns of carrion fauna. Forensic Science International. 195: 42-51
  • Matuszewski S., Bajerlein D., Konwerski S. 2010. Katalog owadów przydatnych do ustalania czasu śmierci w lasach Polski. Część 3: Chrząszcze (Insecta: Coleoptera). Problemy Kryminalistyki, 269: 5-21
  • Przewoźny M., Bajerlein D. 2010. The community of coprophagous hydrophilid beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in a pasture near Poznań (West Wielkopolska, Poland). Polish Journal of Entomology, 79: 253 – 260

2009

  • Bajerlein D. 2009. Coprophilous histerid beetle community (Coleoptera Histeridae) of western Poland. Polish Journal of Entomology.78: 201-207

2008

  • Matuszewski S., Bajerlein D., Konwerski S., Szpila K. 2008. An initial study of insect succession and carrion decomposition in various forest habitats of Central Europe. Forensic Science International, 180: 61-69.
  • Szpila K., Matuszewski S., Bajerlein D., Konwerski S. 2008. Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819), a forensically important blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) new for the Polish fauna. Polish Journal of Entomology, 77: 351-355.
  • Matuszewski S., Bajerlein D., Konwerski S., Szpila K. 2008. Entomologia sądowa w Polsce. Wiadomości entomologiczne, 27(1): 49-52.

2007

  • Szpila K., Grzywacz A., Matuszewski S., Bajerlein D., Konwerski S. 2007. Muscidae (Diptera) w sukcesji zwłok świni domowej w różnych typach lasów – wyniki wstępne. Dipteron, 23, 62-64.
  • Majka C.G., Behan-Pelletier V., Bajerlein D., Błoszyk J., Krantz G.W., Lucas Z., O’Connor B., and Smith I.M. 2007. New records of mites (Arachnida: Acari) from Sable Island, Nova Scotia. The Canadian Entomologist. 139: 690-699.

2006

  • Błoszyk J., Bajerlein D., Gwiazdowicz D. J., Halliday R.B., Dylewska M. 2006. Uropodine mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) in birds’ nests in Poland. Belgian Journal of Zoology. 136:145 – 153.
  • Gwiazdowicz D.J., Błoszyk J., Bajerlein D., Halliday R.B., Mizera T. 2006. Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) inhabiting nests of the white-tailed sea eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (L.) in Poland. Entomologica Fennica. 17: 366 – 372.
  • Bajerlein D., Błoszyk J., Gwiazdowicz D.J., Ptaszyk J., Halliday R.B. 2006. Community structure and dispersal of mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in nests of the white stork (Ciconia cicionia). Biologia.61: 525 – 530.

2005

  • Bajerlein D. 2005. New data on phoresy of Uropoda orbicularis (Acari: Mesostigmata) on coprophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) during the spring season. W: Ignatowicz S. (red). XXVIII Sympozjum Akarologiczne: „Unia w Akarologii – Akarologia w Unii”. Łagów Lubuski, 8-12 X 2003.
  • Bajerlein D., Przewoźny M. 2005. Coprophagous hydrophilid beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) as carriers of phoretic deutonymphs of Uropoda orbicularis (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Poland. European Journal of Entomology. 102: 119-122.
  • Błoszyk J., Gwiazdowicz D.J., Bajerlein D., Halliday R.B. 2005. Nests of the white stork Ciconia ciconia (L.) as a habitat for mesostigmatic mites (Acari, Mesostigmata). Acta Parasitologica. 50(2): 171-175.

2004

  • Bajerlein D., Błoszyk J. 2004. Phoresy of Uropoda orbicularis (Acari: Mesostigmata) by beetles (Coleoptera) associated with cattle dung in Poland. European Journal of Entomology. 101: 185-188.
  • Bajerlein D. 2004. Koprofagiczne żukowate (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) okolic Rokietnicy koło Poznania. Badania Fizjograficzne nad Polską Zachodnią. Seria C-Zoologia. 50: 93-96.

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