Systematic & Applied Acarology ISSN 1362-1971 An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996 [Aims] [Editors] [Content] [Subscriptions] [Contact details] [Society Homepage]

No. 1 (March 2006);  No. 2 (October 2006)

No. 1 (March 2006)

A reptile tick, Aponomma sphenodonti Dumbleton (Acari: Ixodidae), parasitic on the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus Gray (Reptilia: Rhyncocephalia), in New Zealand: observations on its life history and biology
A.C.G. HEATH (New Zealand), pp 3-12
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Preliminary analysis of chigger communities associated with house rats (Rattus flavipectus) from six counties in Yunnan, China
XIAN-GUO GUO, TI-JUN QIAN, XING-YUAN MENG, WEN-GE DONG, WU-XIANG SHI & DIAN WU (P.R. China), pp13-21
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Systematic status of Aponomma tachyglossi Roberts (Acari: Ixodidae) from echidnas, Tachyglossus aculeatus, from Queensland, Australia
R.H. ANDREWS, I. BEVERIDGE, C.M. BULL, N.B. CHILTON, B. DIXON & T. PETNEY (Australia), pp23-39
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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Small Red Brocket Deer (Mazama bororo Duarte) along Deer Trails in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Southeastern Brazil
MATIAS P. J. SZABÓ, MARCELO B. LABRUNA, ALEXANDRE VOGLIOTTI & JOSÉ MAURÍCIO B. DUARTE (Brazil), pp41-45
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Confirmation of the presence of Amblyomma triste Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) in Mexico
CARMEN GUZMÁN-CORNEJO (Mexico), TILA M. PÉREZ (Mexico), SANTIAGO NAVA (Argentina)  & ALBERTO A. GUGLIELMONE (Argentina), pp47-50
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Descriptions of two new phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina) found in a grapevine orchard from Lebanon
ALI BAYAN & BASHAR MERHEB (Lebanon), pp51-56
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Redescription of the longest-legged oribatid mite, Metabelbella phalangioides (Michael, 1890) com. nov., a species from Algeria and Southern Spain (Acariformes: Oribatida: Damaeidae)
A. Arillo & L. S. SubQas (Spain), pp57-62
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A new species of the genus Cunaxa (Acarina: Cunaxidae) from Pakistan
M. HAMID BASHIR & M. AFZAL (Pakistan), pp63-68
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A new species of Stigmaeus Koch from Iran (Acari: Stigmaeidae)
F. FARAJI (The Netherlands) & E. A. UECKERMANN (South Africa), pp69-72
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New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Khorassan Province (Iran), with the description of one new species
VLADIMIR PESIC (Serbia), ALIREZA SABOORI (Iran), MAHDIEH ASADI  (Iran) & MAHDI JALAEIAN  (Iran), pp73-82
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Eight new species and new records of mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae, Trombidiidae, Johnstonianidae) from China including Macao
RYSZARD HAITLINGER (Poland), pp83-105
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New records of mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae, Trombidiidae) from Samos, Greece, with descriptions of six new species
RYSZARD HAITLINGER (Poland), pp107-123
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The first report of nymphal stage of the genus Abalakeus Southcott, 1994 from Spain
JAIME G. MAYORAL & PABLO BARRANCO (Spain), pp125-128
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No. 2

Observations on Ixodes eudyptidis Maskell (Acari: Ixodidae), Ornithodoros capensis Neumann (Acari: Argasidae), and other tick parasites of sea birds in New Zealand
A.C.G. HEATH (New Zealand), pp 131-140
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Biology and predation of the Japanese strain of Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
LIZA J. CANLAS, HIROSHI AMANO, NORIMITSU OCHIAI & MAKIO TAKEDA (Japan), pp141-157
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Biology and life table of the predatory mite Euseius aizawai (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
DE-YOU LI, YONG-FU HE & HONG-DU LI (China), pp159-165
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Systematics, Morphology & Evolution

Macronyssus macroscutatus (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae), a new mite species from bats of the genus Nyctalus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in England
ANNE S. BAKER & JANET BECCALONI (UK), pp167-174
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New records of phytoseiid mite species (Acari: Gamasida: Phytoseiidae) from Malaysia with description of a new species
SH]Z] EHARA (Japan), pp175-180
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Key to females of Tarsonemus of China and description of a new species intercepted in New Zealand
J.-Z. LIN (China) & Z.-Q. ZHANG (New Zealand), pp 181-193
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A new species of Steneotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Brazil
A.C. LOFEGO & M.G.C. GONDIM JR (Brazil), pp195-203
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Water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hydryphantidae) from Turkey, with the description of one new species 
VLADIMIR PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro) & DAVUT TURAN  (Turkey), pp 205-210
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New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaroidea) from interstitial waters of Iran, with the description of one new species
VLADIMIR PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro), ALIREZA SABOORI (Iran), MAHDIEH ASADI (Iran) & REZA VAFAEI(Iran), pp211-217
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New species and new records of mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) from Bali, Lombok and Linnga Islands; Indonesia
RYSZARD HAITLINGER (Poland), pp219-230
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A new genus and species of larval mites (Acari: Microtrombidiidae) from Montenegro
ALIREZA SABOORI  (Iran) & VLADIMIR PESI (Serbia and Montenegro), pp231-236
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A new species of the genus Eutrombidium Verdun, 1909 (Acari: Eutrombidiidae) from Montenegro
ALIREZA SABOORI  (Iran) & VLADIMIR PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro), pp237-245
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A new genus and species of Trombidiidae (Acari: Trombidioidea) described from larvae ectoparasitic on Hyalopterus pruni (Aphidoidea: Aphididae) from Iran
ALIREZA SABOORI  (Iran), MOHAMMAD BAGHERI  (Iran), KARIM HADDAD IRANI-NEJAD  (Iran), KARIM KAMALI  (Iran) & MOHAMMAD KHANJANI  (Iran), pp247-252
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A new sand-mite genus Duplimedia (Acariformes: Walchiidae)
TING-HUAN WEN (China), pp253-255
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Bat sand-mite Whartonia acutigalea Wang et Lin, 1985: redescription and synonymous with W. multisetosa Goff et Easton, 1991 (Acariformes: Leeuwenhoekiidae)
TING-HUAN WEN, pp257-264
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