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Chulantha Diyes, PhD, MPhil, BSc (Hons)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Ag, Food & Nutri Sci Dept

Pronouns: He/him

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Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Ag, Food & Nutri Sci Dept
Email
diyes@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Parasitology Hard and soft ticks Microbiome NGS Entomology Ecology Zoology

Research

Winter and Molecular Ecology of Ticks and other Arthropod Pests in Western Canada

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The microbiome and the reproductive ecology of Dermacentor variabilis and Dermacentor andersoni in western Canada

2024 July;

Comparison of the supercooling points of questing Dermacentor variabilis adults in two populations on the Canadian prairies and implications for overwinter survival

Matthew E. M. Yunik, Chulantha P. Diyes, Neil Chilton

Experimental and Applied Acarology. 2023 December; 10.1007/s10493-023-00864-6

Differences in the reproductive output and larval survival of Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni) and American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from prairie populations near their northern distributional limits in western Canada

Chulantha P. Diyes, Shaun J. Dergousoff, Neil Chilton

Experimental and Applied Acarology. 2023 November; 10.1007/s10493-023-00856-6

Effect of snow cover on the off-host survival of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae

Chulantha P Diyes, Matthew E M Yunik, Shaun J Dergousoff, Neil Chilton

Journal of Medical Entomology. 2023 November; 10.1093/jme/tjad150

Off-host survival of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) adults near their northern distributional limit in Saskatchewan, Canada

Matthew E M Yunik, Chulantha P Diyes, Neil Chilton

Journal of Medical Entomology. 2023 August; 10.1093/jme/tjad106

Interspecific differences in the questing behaviour of Dermacentor andersoni and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae

Chulantha P. Diyes, Shaun Dergousoff, Neil Chilton

The Canadian Entomologist. 2023 January; 10.4039/tce.2023.19

Acaricide resistance in the spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini (Acari: Argasidae) infesting racehorses in Sri Lanka

G.C.P. Diyes, K.M.U.J. Bandara, R.S. Rajakaruna, S.H.P.P. Karunaratne

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. 2021 December; 10.4038/jnsfsr.v49i4.10307

Teratological anomalies of an adult Asiatic blue tick, Rhipicephalus microplus

Chulantha P. Diyes, Rupika S. Rajakaruna

Systematic and Applied Acarology. 2021 January; 10.11158/saa.26.1.19

Reproductive output and larval survival of American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from a population at the northern distributional limit

Chulantha P. Diyes, Shaun J. Dergousoff, Matthew E. M. Yunik, Neil Chilton

Experimental and Applied Acarology. 2021 January; 10.1007/s10493-020-00581-4

Molecular identification of Stylops advarians (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) in western Canada

Zachary S. Balzer, Jessica T. Thoroughgood, Chulantha P. Diyes, Arthur R. Davis, Neil Chilton

Parasitology Research. 2020 November; 10.1007/s00436-020-06946-3

Molecular detection and identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from horses in Cuba

Adrian Alberto Díaz-Sánchez, N. B. Chilton, L. Roblejo‐Arias, Osvaldo Fonseca Rodríguez, R. Marrero‐Perera, C. P. Diyes, M. E. M. Yunik, E. Lobo‐Rivero, B. Corona‐González

Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 2020 September; 10.1111/mve.12480

Spinose Ear Tick Otobius megnini Infestations in Race Horses

Rupika S. Rajakaruna, Chulantha Prasanga Diyes

Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens. 2019 March; 10.5772/intechopen.80784

Molecular evidence of Babesia infections in Spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini; infesting stabled horses in Nuwara Eliya racecourse: A case study

G.C.P. Diyes, R.P.V.J. Rajapakse, R.S. Rajakaruna

Ceylon Journal of Science. 2018 December; 10.4038/cjs.v47i4.7559

Rediscovery of Tetragonula praeterita after 1860: an unremarked common stingless bee endemic to Sri Lanka

T.H. Saumya E. Silva, G.C. Prasanga Diyes, W.A. Inoka P. Karunaratne, Jayanthi P. Edirisinghe

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. 2018 March; 10.4038/jnsfsr.v46i1.8271

Evaluation of Diversity of Soil Invertebrate Communities Near Forests of Gohagoda and Udawattakele in Kandy, Sri Lanka

T.W.G.F.M. Nijamdeen, K.C. Weerakoon, G.C.P. Diyes

Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium. 2017 August; 10.31357/fesympo.v21i0.3078

Ants as predators of the Spinose Ear Tick, Otobius megnini (Dugès) in Sri Lanka

G.C.P. Diyes, N.B. Karunarathna, T.H.S.E. Silva, W.A.I.P. Karunaratne, R.S. Rajakaruna

Acarologia. 2017 July; 10.24349/acarologia/20174200

Lifecycle of Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides under laboratory conditions

G. C. P. DIYES, D. A. APANASKEVICH, R. S. RAJAKARUNA

Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 2017 July; 10.1111/mve.12238

Life cycle of Spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini (Acari: Argasidae) infesting the race horses in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

G.C.P. Diyes, R.S. Rajakaruna

Acta Tropica. 2017 February; 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.11.026

Seasonal dynamics of spinose ear tick Otobius megnini associated with horse otoacariasis in Sri Lanka

G.C.P. Diyes, R.S. Rajakaruna

Acta Tropica. 2016 July; 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.03.025

Diversity and distribution of tick species infesting goats with two new host records from Sri Lanka

GCP Diyes, RS Rajakaruna

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. 2015 September; 10.4038/jnsfsr.v43i3.7951

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