Experimental and Applied Acarology

The trophic structure of bark-living oribatid mite communities analysed with stable isotopes (¹⁵N, ¹³C) indicates strong niche differentiation
pp. 1-10(10)
Authors: Erdmann, Georgia; Otte, Volker; Langel, Reinhard; Scheu, Stefan; Maraun, Mark

Living at the threshold: Where does the neotropical phytoseiid mite Typhlodromalus aripo survive the dry season?
pp. 11-26(16)
Authors: Zundel, Christine; Hanna, Rachid; Scheidegger, Urs; Nagel, Peter

Neoseiulus idaeus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) as a potential biocontrol agent of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) in papaya: performance on different prey stage - host plant combinations
pp. 27-36(10)
Authors: Collier, Karin; Albuquerque, Gilberto; Lima, José; Pallini, Angelo; Molina-Rugama, Adrián

Cannibalism and intraguild predation in Typhlodromus exhilaratus and T. phialatus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) under laboratory conditions
pp. 37-43(7)
Authors: Meszaros, Anna; Tixier, Marie-Stéphane; Cheval, Brigitte; Barbar, Ziad; Kreiter, Serge

Life tables of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus longipes feeding on Tetranychus evansi at four temperatures (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae)
pp. 45-53(9)
Authors: Ferrero, Maxime; Moraes, Gilberto; Kreiter, Serge; Tixier, Marie-Stéphane; Knapp, Markus

Estimating the intrinsic rate of increase of Tetranychus urticae: which is the minimum number of immature individuals to consider?
pp. 55-59(5)
Authors: Ansaloni, Tommaso; Aucejo, Sílvia; Jacas, Josep

Predicting the population dynamics of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) in response to a constant hygrothermal environment using a model of the mite life cycle
pp. 61-86(26)
Authors: Biddulph, Phillip; Crowther, David; Leung, Brian; Wilkinson, Toby; Hart, Barbara; Oreszczyn, Tadj; Pretlove, Stephen; Ridley, Ian; Ucci, Marcella

Effects of relative humidity on development, fecundity and survival of three storage mites
pp. 87-100(14)
Authors: Sánchez-Ramos, Ismael; Álvarez-Alfageme, Fernando; Castañera, Pedro

Rickettsial pathogens in the tropical rat mite Ornithonyssus bacoti (Acari: Macronyssidae) from Egyptian rats (Rattus spp.)
pp. 101-107(7)
Authors: Reeves, Will; Loftis, Amanda; Szumlas, Daniel; Abbassy, Magda; Helmy, Ibrahim; Hanafi, Hanafi; Dasch, Gregory

A template for the future: digitizing and databasing a taxonomic illustration collection
pp. 109-113(5)
Authors: Gledhill, T.; Valdecasas, A.; Becerra, J.

Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and R. zambeziensis (Acari: Ixodidae) from Zambia: a molecular reassessment of their species status and identification
pp. 115-128(14)
Authors: Mtambo, J.; Madder, M.; Bortel, W.; Berkvens, D.; Backeljau, T.

Further evidence for geographic differentiation in R. appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Eastern and Southern provinces of Zambia
pp. 129-138(10)
Authors: Mtambo, Jupiter; Madder, Maxime; Bortel, Wim; Chaka, George; Berkvens, Dirk; Backeljau, Thierry

The effect of orally administered Aloe marlothii leaves on Boophilus decoloratus tick burdens on cattle
pp. 139-146(8)
Authors: Spickett, A.; Merwe, D.; Matthee, O.

First report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and its co-infections with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Republic of Moldova
pp. 147-152(6)
Authors: Koči, Juraj; Movila, Alexandru; Taragel'ová, Veronika; Toderas, Ion; Uspenskaia, Inga; Derdáková, Markéta; Labuda, Milan