Davina L. Saccaggi

Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — South Africa

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(18), Forest Insect Ecology and Management(10), Insect and Pesticide Research(9), Study of Mite Species(5), Research on scale insects(4)

Publications28 total

Agistemus collyerae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) in South Africa: first record, introduction pathways and a re-description including additional life stages
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Agistemus collyerae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) in South Africa: first record, introduction pathways and a re-description including additional life stages
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Revised description of the blueberry bud mite, Acalitus vaccinii (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae), and a key to all Eriophyoidea on Vaccinium
African Entomology·2024Open Access
The problem of taxonomic uncertainty in biosecurity: South African mite interceptions as an example
Acarologia·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Brevipalpus (Tenuipalpidae) and orchid fleck virus (OFV) in South Africa: what do we know?
Zoosymposia·2022
Modelling and predicting transport of Acari on the plant import pathway
Zoosymposia·2022· 1 cited
The Colomerus vitis (Eriophyidae) identity crisis: genetic evidence of highly diverged groups not associated with plant symptoms
Zoosymposia·2022
Towards Solving the “Colomerus vitis Conundrum”: Genetic Evidence Reveals a Complex of Highly Diverged Groups with Little Morphological Differentiation
Diversity·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Arthropods on imported plant products: Volumes predict general trends while contextual details enhance predictive power
Ecological Applications·2022· 6 cited
Risk Analysis of Brevipalpus Species (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) Introduction via Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) Imported to South Africa
African Entomology·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Contaminant organisms recorded on plant product imports to South Africa 1994–2019
Scientific Data·2021· 20 citedOpen Access
The wheat curl mite (<i>Aceria tosichella</i>, Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) could establish in South Africa
African Zoology·2021· 5 cited
Propagule pressure helps overcome adverse environmental conditions during population establishment
Current Research in Insect Science·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Metadata of contaminants on SA plant imports
Figshare·2021Open Access
DataS1: Arthropod contaminants on imported plant products.
Figshare·2021Open Access
List of contaminants on SA plant imports 1994-2019
Figshare·2020Open Access
South Africa’s Pathways of Introduction and Dispersal and How They Have Changed Over Time
2020· 45 citedOpen Access
Agistemus collyerae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) in South Africa: first record, introduction pathways and a re-description including additional life stages
Acarologia·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
Agistemus collyerae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) in South Africa: first record, introduction pathways and a re-description including additional life stages
Global Biodiversity Information Facility·2018Open Access
First Records of<i>Brevipalpus lewisi</i>McGregor (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) in South Africa, with Notes on Distribution and Field Ecology
African Entomology·2017· 11 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

John S. Terblanche(8), John R. Wilson(7), Edward A. Ueckermann(5), Kerstin Krüger(3), Mark P. Robertson(3), Melanie Arendse(3), Nompumelelo P. Ngubane-Ndhlovu(3), Sabrina Kumschick(2), Katelyn T. Faulkner(2), Andrew P. Robinson(2), Elleunorah Allsopp(2), Bárbara van Asch(2), Jeff R. Garnas(1), Marie‐Anne Auger‐Rozenberg(1), Alain Roques(1), Cléo Bertelsmeier(1), Michael J. Wingfield(1), Helen E. Roy(1), Bernard Slippers(1), Gerhard Pietersen(1)