Domrow, Robert (Bob) (1931 - )

Summary

Robert Domrow is one of the world's leading acarologists, his specialty being parasitic mites (Order Acarina). He is an authority on sarcoptiform and trombidiform mites parasitic on Australian and Malaysian vertebrates. By invitation in the 1960s Domrow spent time unit at the Institute of Medical Research in Kuala Lumpur working on potential acarine vectors particularly of the Australasian, Malaysian and oriental regions. In his many publications he described 13 new genera and over 300 new species of Australian mites, extending the known range of some species and recording others from Australia for the first time. Between 1988 and 1992 he published three extensive checklists with keys of mites parasitic on Australian vertebrates. The Queensland Museum holds approximately 14,000 specimens of mites collected by Domrow, one of Australia's most significant such collections.

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Chronology

1949 - 1952

Career position - Cadet (later Assistant), Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1952 - 1961

Career position - Research Officer, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1954

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland

1958

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Queensland

1961 - 1965

Career position - Research Officer Division 1, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1965 - 1988

Career position - Research Entomologist (later Senior Entomologist (Acarology)), Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1988

Life event - Retired

1988 - 1990

Career position - Honorary Associate, Queensland Museum

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Journal Articles

• Angus, B. M.; Cannon, L. G. R.; and Adlard, R. D., 'Parasitology and the Queensland Museum, with Biographical Notes on Collectors', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature, 53 (2007), 1-156. Details
• Domrow, R., 'Acari Mesostigmata parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography', Invertebrate taxonomy, 1 (7) (1987), 817-948. https://doi.org/doi:10.1071/IT9870817. Details
• Domrow, R., 'Acari Prostigmata (excluding Trombiculidae) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography', Invertebrate taxonomy, 4 (6) (1991), 1238-376. https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9901283. Details
• Domrow, R., 'Acari Asigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography', Invertebrate taxonomy, 6 (6) (1992), 1459-606. https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9921459. Details
• Domrow, R., and Lester, L. N., 'Chiggers of Australia (Acari: Trombiculidae): an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography', Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, 114 (1985), 1-111. https://www.publish.csiro.au/zo/pdf/AJZS114. Details