Curriculum vitae
Activités d’enseignement : Zoologie agricole et écologie animale appliquées à la Protection intégrée des cultures.
Activités de recherche : Taxonomie des Phytoseiidae (Acari : Mesostigmata) : Systématique, phylogénie et applications en écologie et protection des plantes.
Activités de transfert : conférences pour des professionnels et formations pour adultes.
Titres et formations
1996 : Diplôme d’ingénieur agronome spécialisation Protection des Plantes et Environnement (Montpellier SupAgro). Prix Xavier Bernard 1997 (Académie d'Agriculture de France) pour le mémoire de fin d’étude.
2000. Doctorat, spécialité Biologie de l'évolution et écologie, mention très honorable félicitations du jury (2000).Trophée C.H.E.N.E, de l’AME (Agence Méditerranéenne de l’Environnement, Région Languedoc-Roussillon).
2010: Hdr. Habilitation à diriger des recherches (Université de Montpellier, Ecole Doctorale SIBAGHE) : Taxonomie des Phytoseiidae
Langues
Anglais, Espagnol, Portugais. Lu, parlé, écrit
Autres activités scientifiques
- Membre de l’EURAAC (European Association of Acarologists)
- Membre du comité d’édition de la revue Acarologia
- Reviewer pour diverses revues d’Acarologie, d’Ecologie et de Protection des Plantes
- coordinatrice du MOOC Nectar https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/course-v1:supagro+120001+session02/about
Publications revues à Impact Factor
1. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Auger P., Weber M., 1998. Colonization of Languedoc vineyards by phytoseiid mites (Acari : Phytoseiidae) : influence of wind and crop environment. Experimental and Applied Acarology 22, 523-542.
2. Auger P., Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Fauvel G., 1999. Factors affecting the ambulatory dispersal in the predaceous mite Neoseiulus californicus (Acari : Phytoseiidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 23, 235-250.
3. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Auger P., 2000. Colonization of vineyards by phytoseiid mites: their dispersal patterns in the plot and their fate. Experimental and Applied Acarology 24 (3), 191-211.
4. Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S., Croft B.A., Auger P., Barret D., 2002. Plants and leaf characteristics influencing the predaceous mite, Kampimodromus aberrans (Oudemans), in habitats surrounding vineyards (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Environmental Entomology 31(4), 648-660.
5. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Croft B., Auger P. 2002. Colonization of vineyards by Kampimodromus aberrans (Oudemans) (Acari: Phytoseiidae): dispersal from surrounding plants as indicated by random amplified polymorphism DNA typing. Agriculture and Forest Entomology 4, 1-10
6. Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S., Bourgeois T., 2003. Do generalist phytoseiid mites have interactions with their host plants ? Insect Science and its Application 23, 35-50.
7. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., 2003. The dispersal of Kampimodromus aberrans between uncultivated areas and grape fields: does pesticide applications affect the settlement of migrants ? Insect Science and its Application 23, 21-29.
8. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Cheval B., Auger P. 2003. Morphometric variation between populations of Kampimodromus aberrans (Oudemans) (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Implications for the taxonomy of the genus. Invertebrate Systematics 17(2), 349-358.
9. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Cheval B 2006. Immigration of phytoseiid mites from surrounding uncultivated areas in a newly planted vineyard. Experimental and Applied Acarology 39, 227-242.
10. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Barbar Z., Ragusa S., Cheval B. 2006. The status of two cryptic species: Typhlodromus exhilaratus Ragusa and Typhlodromus phialatus Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae): consequences for taxonomy. Zoologica scripta 35, 115-122.
11. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Ferragut F., Cheval B. 2006. Morphological and molecular evidences for the synonymy of Kampimodromus hmiminai McMurtry & Bounfour and K. adrianae Ferragut & Pena-Estevez (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 84 (8), 1216-1222.
12. Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S. 2006. A new genus and a new species of Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Southern Tunisia with analysis and discussion on its phylogenetic position. Zootaxa 1237, 1-18.
13. Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S., Etienne J. 2006. New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Gamasida) from the French Antilles, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 1294, 1-27.
14. Debras J.F., Rieux R., Torre F., Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S., van Helden M., Dutoit T. 2006. Discrimination between agricultural management and the hedge effect in pear orchards (south-eastern France). Annals of Applied Biology 149, 347-355.
15. Barbar Z., Tixier M.-S., Cheval B., Kreiter S., 2006. Effects of agroforestry on phytoseiid mite communities (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in vineyards in the South of France. Experimental and Applied Acarology 40(3-4), 175-188.
16. Meszaros A., Tixier M.-S., Cheval B., Barbar Z., Kreiter S. 2007. Cannibalism and intraguild predation in Typhlodromus exhilaratus Ragusa and T. phialatus Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) under laboratory conditions. Experimental and Applied Acarology 41(1-2), 37-43.
17. Ferrero M., Moraes G. J., Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S., Knapp M. 2007. Life tables of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus longipes feeding on Tetranychus evansi at four temperatures [Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae] Experimental and Applied Acarology 41(1-2), 45-53.
18. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Croft B.A., Cheval B. 2008. Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from USA: morphological and molecular assessment of its identity. Bulletin of Entomological research 98, 125-134.
19. Furtado I.P., Moraes G.J., Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S., Knapp M. 2007. Potential of a Brazilian population of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus longipes as a biological control agent of Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae). Biological Control 42, 139-147.
20. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Moraes G.J. 2008. Biogeographic distribution of the mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93, 845-856.
21. Barbar Z., Tixier M.-S, Kreiter S. 2008. Assessment of pesticide susceptibility in Typhlodromus exhilaratus and Typhlodromus phialatus strains in a vineyard in the South of France. Experimental & Applied Acarology 42, 95-105.
22. Tixier M.-S., Guichou S., Kreiter S. 2008. Morphological variation of the species Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae): importance for diagnostic reliability and synonymies. Invertebrate Systematics 22, 453–469.
23. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S 2009. Assessment of arthropods diversity in biodiversity hotspots: the case of the Phytoseiid mite (Acari) family. Biodiversity and Conservation 18(3), 507-527.
24. Okassa M., Tixier M.-S., Cheval B, Kreiter S. 2009. Molecular and morphological evidence for new species status within the genus Euseius (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 87, 689-698.
25. Ferrero M., Gigot C., Tixier M.-S., Van Houten Y., Kreiter S. 2010. Egg hatching response to a range of relative humidities for six species of predatory mites [Acari: Phytoseiidae]. Entomologia Experimentalis and Applicata 135, 237-244
26. Tixier M.-S., Ferrero M., Okassa M., Guichou S., Kreiter S. 2010. Morphological and molecular analyses of four populations of Phytoseiulus longipes (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) in accordance with their feeding behaviour. Bulletin of Entomological Research 100(5), 569-579. doi:10.1017/S0007485309990617
27. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Okassa M., Cheval B. 2010.A new species of the genus Euseius Wainstein (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from France. Journal of Natural history 44, 241 – 254.
28. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Klaric V., Duso C. 2010. Phytoseiid mite species from Croatia, with description of a new species of the genus Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) Scheuten. Annals of Entomological Society of America 103(2), 165-180.
29. Mailloux J., Le Bellec F., Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S., Dubois P. 2010. Influence of ground cover management on diversity and density of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in Guadeloupean citrus orchards. Experimental and Applied Acarology 52 (3), 275-290. DOI 10.1007/s10493-010-9367-7
30. Okassa M., Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S. 2010. Morphological and molecular diagnostics of Phytoseiulus persimilis and Phytoseiulus macropilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 52(3), 291-303 doi: 10.1017/s10493-010-9364-
31. Kanouh M., Tixier M.-S., Okassa M., Kreiter S. 2010. Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of the genus Phytoseiulus (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Zoologica Scripta 39, 450-461. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00439.x
32. Kanouh M., Tixier M.S., Guichou S., Cheval B., Kreiter S. 2010. Two synonymy cases within the genus Neoseiulella (Acari: Phytoseiidae): is the molecular evidence so evident? Biological Journal of Linnean Society 101, 323–344.
33. M. Ferrero, J. Calvo, Atuahiva T., M.-S. Tixier, S. Kreiter. 2011. Biological control of Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard and T. urticae Koch by Phytoseiulus longipes Evans, in tomato greenhouses in Spain [Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae]. Biological Control 58, 30-35.
34. Liguori M., Tixier M.-S., Hernandes Akashi F., Douin M., Kreiter S. 2011. Agroforestry management and phytoseiid communities in vineyards of the South of France. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 54, 1-15. DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9450-8.
35. Okassa M., Kreiter S., Guichou S., Tixier M.-S. 2011. Molecular and morphological boundaries of the predator Neoseiulus californicus McGregor (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 104, 393-406.
36. Tixier M.S., Tsolakis H., Ragusa S., Poinso A., Ferrero M., Okassa M., Kreiter S. 2011. An integrative taxonomical approach demonstrates the synonymy between Cydnodromus idaeus and C. picanus (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 25, 273–281.
37. Tixier M.-S., Hernandes-Akashi F., Guichou S., Kreiter S. 2011. The puzzle of DNA sequences of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in the public Genbank database. Invertebrate Systematics 25, 389-406.
38. Tsolakis H., Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Ragusa S. 2012. The genus concept within the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Parasitiformes). Historical review and phylogenetic analyses of the genus Neoseiulus Hughes. Zoological Journal of The Linnean Society 165, 253–273.
39. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S., Douin M., Moraes G.J. 2012. Rates of description of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata): space, time and body size variations. Biodiversity and Conservation 21: 993–1013. DOI 10.1007/s10531-012-0235-0.
40. Tixier M.-S., Okassa M., Kreiter S. 2012. An integrative morphological and molecular diagnostics for Typhlodromus pyri (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Zoologica Scripta 41: 68-78.
41. Tixier M.-S. 2012. Approaches to assess intraspecific variations of morphological continuous characters: the case study of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Cladistics, 28(5) : 489–502.
42. Okassa M., Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S. 2012. Molecular identification of all life stages of a mite species (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae): Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) exhilaratus. Experimental and Applied Acarology 57:105–116. DOI 10.1007/s10493-012-9548-7.
43. Akashi-Hernandes F., Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S. 2012. The first electronic polytomous key to species of the genus Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) (Acari : Phytoseiidae) of the world. Zootaxa 3451: 46–59.
44. Tixier M.-S. 2013. Statistical approaches to assess interspecific differences for morphological continuous characters: the case study of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zoologica Scripta. 42(3): 327-334. doi:10.1111/zsc.12004
45. Tixier M.S., Baldassar A., Duso C., Kreiter S. 2013. Phytoseiidae in European grape (Vitis vinifera L.): bio-ecological aspects and keys to species (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa 3721 (2): 101–142.
46. Ferrero M., Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S. 2014. From specificity to specialisation. I. Comparative life histories of three populations of Phytoseiulus longipes Evans cAcari, Mesostigmata, Phytoseiidae) depending on prey species and plant supports. Experimental and Applied Acarology 62: 313-324.
47. Ferrero M., Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S. 2014. From specificity to specialisation. II. Choice tests and attractiveness of different prey species, prey stages and plant supports for two populations of Phytoseiulus longipes Evans [Acari, Mesostigmata, Phytoseiidae]. Experimental and Applied Acarology 62: 325-335.
48. Tixier M.-S., Otto J., Kreiter S., Vicente V., Beard J. 2014. Is Neoseiulus wearnei the Neoseiulus californicus of Australia? Experimental and Applied Acarology 62: 267-277.
49. Navia D., Domingos C.A., Mendonça R.S., Ferragut F., Rodrigues M.A.N., de Morais E.G.F,Tixier M.-S., Gondim Jr. M.G.C. 2014. Reproductive compatibility and genetic and morphometric variability among populations of the predatory mite,Amblyseius largoensis (Acari: Phytoseiidae), from Indian Ocean islands and the Americas.Biological Control 72: 17-29.
50. Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S. 2014. Idiosomal setae in the the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata): variations, geographic distribution and taxonomic considerations. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 112, 606–624.
51. Kanouh M., Kreiter S., Tixier M.-S. 2012. Revision of the genus Neoseiulella Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Re-description of species, synonymies assessment, biogeography, plant supports and key to female. Acarologia 52(3): 259-348.
52. Sahraoui H., Lebdi Grissa K., Kreiter S., Douin M., Tixier M.-S. 2012. Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Tunisian Citrus orchards. Acarologia 52(4): 433-452.
53. Kreiter S., Mailloux J., Tixier M.-S., Le Bellec F., Guichou S., Douin M., Etienne J. 2013. New Phytoseiid mites of Guadeloupe and La Désirade, with description of one new species, and new records (Acari: Mesostigmata). Acarologia 53(3): 285-303.
54. Fayaz B.A., Khanjani M., Tixier M.-S. 2013. Redescription of six species of the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Typhlodrominae) recorded from some regions of Western and North–Western Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology. 2(3): 369-387.
55. Sahraoui H., Tixier M.-S., Lebdi-Grissa K., Kreiter S. 2014. Diversity and abundance of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in three crop management strategies of citrus orchards in Tunisia. Acarologia 54(2): 383–397.
56. Tixier M.-S., Lopes I., Blanc G., Dedieu J.-L., Kreiter S. 2014. Phytoseiidae mites (Acari : Mesostigmata) in French orchards and assessment of their spatial distribution. Acarologia 54(1): 97–111.
57. Furtado I.P., G. J. Moraes G.J. Kreiter S., Flechtmann C.H.W, Tixier M.S., Knapp M. 2014. Plant inhabiting phytoseiid predators of midwestern Brazil, with emphasis on those associated with the tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae). Acarologia 54(4): 425-431.
58. Döker I., Witters J., Vierbergen B., Pijnakker J., Loomans A., Kazak C., Douin M., Tixier M.-S., Kreiter S. 2014. Euseius gallicus Kreiter and Tixier (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is present in four more countries in Europe: Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey. Acarologia 54(3): 245–248.
59. Tixier M.-S., Arnaud A., Douin M. Kreiter S. 2015. Effects of agroforestry on Phytoseiidae communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) in vineyards. A synthesis of 10-years period of observations. Acarologia 55 (4) : 361-375.
60. Tixier M.-S., Allam L., Douin S., Kreiter S. 2016. Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Morocco: new records, descriptions of five new species, re-descriptions of two species and key for identification. Zootaxa 4067(5): 501-551.
61. Sahraoui H., Kreiter S., Lebdi Grissa K., Tixier M.-S. 2016. Sustainable weed management and predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) dynamics in Tunisian citrus orchards. Acarologia 56 (4): 517-532.
62. Kreiter S., Dos Santos Vicente V., Tixier M.-S., Fontaine, O. 2016. An unexpected occurrence of Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot in La Réunion Island (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Acarologia 56 (2) : 175-181.
63. Dos Santos V., Tixier M.-S. 2017. Molecular markers for analysing phylogenetic relationships within the mite family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Cladistics 28(5): 1-16.
64. Tixier M.-S., Dos Santos V., Douin M., Duso C., Kreiter S. 2017. Great molecular variation questions the status of the species Phytoseius finitimus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and the barcoding decision diagnosis. Acarologia 57(3): 493–515.
65. Mutisya D., El-Banhawy E.S.M., Vicente dos Santos V., Kariuki W.K., Khamala C.P.M., Owiti A., Tixier M.-S. 2017. Predatory phytoseiid mites associated with cassava in Kenya, identification key and molecular diagnosis (Acari: phytoseiidae). Acarologia 57(3): 541–554.
66. Dos Santos V., Tixier M.-S. 2018. Phylogenetic relationships between species of the tribe Euseiini (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 16(3)°: 302-319.
67. Kreiter S., Zriki G., Ryckewaert P., Pancarte C., Douin M., Tixier M.-S. 2018. New phytoseiid mites of Martinique, with redescription of four species and new records (Acari: Mesostigmata). Acarologia 58(2): 366-407.
68. Sentenac G., Rusch A., Kreiter S., Bouvier J.-C., Thiery J., Delbac L., Thiery D., Lavigne C., Madejski M., Guilbault P., Guisset M., Tixier M.-S. 2018. Biodiversité fonctionnelle : effet de l’environnement paysager d’une parcelle de vigne sur la régulation de ses ravageurs (BIOCONTROL). Innovations Agronomiques 63, 139-161
69. Barbosa Lima D., Rezende-Puker D.; Santos de Mendonça R., Tixier M.-S., Guedes Correia Gondim Junior M., Wagner da Silva Melo J., Chiaradia Oliveira D., Navia D. 2018. Molecular and morphological characterization of the predatory mite Amblyseius largoensis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - surprising similarity between an Asian and American populations. Experimental and Applied Acarology in press.