University education
Graduated from the Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Prague in 1960.
He attained the CSc. degree (equivalent of Ph.D.) in 1967, the DrSc. degree in 1990 from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
Employment history
· 1960 - 1963: Regional Station of Public Health, Pardubice
· 1963 - till present: Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
· 1992 - 1995: Deputy Director
· Head of Laboratory of Medical Acarology
· Achievements and Awards:
· Awards of the Scientific Board of Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1968, 1970, 1976, 1981, 1983); Prize of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1985); Medal of the J.E. Purkyně (1987). Thirteen newly described taxa of mites, ticks and insects were dedicated to him.
Research experience and stays abroad
From 1959 to 1979 he dealt mostly with taxonomy and ecology of mites and ticks of medical and veterinary importance, with specialisation in parasitic mites of bats (Chirptera). He described 94 new taxa of parasitic mites and ticks. Since 1980 he has been concerned mostly with population variability and pheromonal communication of ticks and immunology of tick feeding.
He worked repeatedly as a principal investigator of the Institute of Zoology, Cuban Academy of Sciences, Havana, Cuba (1966, 1979, 1984, 1985), and participated in the field expeditions to Bulgaria (1968), Afghanistan (1976) and Uganda (1978).
Other activities
· Committee member and Secretary (1969 - 1992) and Vice-president (1992 - 1995) of the Czechoslovak Society of Parasitologists.
· Member: Editorial Board of the International Journal of Acarology (till present), Editorial Board of Folia Parasitologica (1986 - 1999), Editorial Board of the Journal of Medical Entomology (1988 - 1990), Executive Committee of the International Congress of Acarology (1986 - 1994).
· Member of the Council for International Affairs of the A.S.C.R.(1994-2003). Member of the Czech Commission for UNESCO (1995-2003).
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MARTINŮ J., DUSBÁBEK F., LITERÁK I.
(2008)
A review of mites of the genus Neharpyrhynchus Fain (Acari: Harpirhynchidae) – ectoparasites of wild birds, including description of four new species.
Intenational Journal of Acarology
34,
197-
209.
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DUSBÁBEK F., LITERÁK I., ČAPEK M., HAVLÍČEK M.
(2007)
Ascid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Costa Rican hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae), with description of three new species and a key to the Proctolaelaps belemensis species group.
Zootaxa
1484,
51-
67.
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LITERÁK I., KOCIANOVÁ E., DUSBÁBEK F., MARTINŮ J., PODZEMNÝ P., SYCHRA O.
(2007)
Winter infestation of wild birds by ticks and chiggers (Acari: Ixodidae, Trombiculidae) in the Czech Republic.
Parasitology Research
101,
1709-
1711.
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ZEMEK R., BOUMAN E.A.P., DUSBÁBEK F.
(2007)
The influence of conspecific chemical cues on walking behavior of Ixodes ricinus males.
Experimental and Applied Acarology
41,
255-
265.
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DUSBÁBEK F., LITERÁK I.
(2006)
Lasioseius aquilarum n. sp. (Acari: Ascidae), a new mite species from the nares of Costa Rican hummingbirds (Trochilidae).
International Journal of Acarology
32,
293-
296.
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DUSBÁBEK F., LITERÁK I., ČAPEK M., HAVLÍČEK M.
(2006)
Three species of the genus Pellonyssus (Acari: Macronyssidae) including a new species from Costa Rican birds.
International Journal of Acarology
32,
175-
178.
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