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: 1-80 (Mar.); No. 2: 81-160 (Jul.); No. 3: 161-264 (Dec.)

No. 3: 161-264 (Dec.)

Ticks

Electronic polytomous and dichotomous keys to the genera and species of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) present in New Zealand
SCOTT HARDWICK, pp 163-183
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A second record of Amblyomma romitii Tonelli-Rondelli, 1939 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the State of Pará, Brazil
JANIO S. SAMPAIO, THIAGO F. MARTINS, MARCELO B. LABRUNA, VALERIA C. ONOFRIO, JOÃO LUIZ H. FACCINI & DARCI M. BARROS-BATTESTI, pp 184-186
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Patronyms honoring Harry Hoogstraal (1917–1986)
TERRY L. CARPENTER & RICHARD G. ROBBINS, pp 187-194
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Parasitism of the carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), by larval Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae)
JEROME GODDARD & LAWRENCE BIRCHAM, pp 195-196
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Mites

New records of macrochelid mites from Italy (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae)
M. PLUMARI, pp 197-221
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The genus Paragigagnathus Amitai & Grinberg (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in Iran, with a key to the known species
J. HAJIZADEH, F. FARAJI, M. RAFATIFARDF & F. KAMRANFARD, pp 222-227
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Mites (Acari) on coconut, date palm and associated plants in Oman
FABIEN C.C. HOUNTONDJI, GILBERTO J. DE MORAES & HAMID Al-ZAWAMRI, pp 228-234
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A new species of Dolicheremaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Tetracondylidae) from Ethiopia
SERGEY G. ERMILOV, EKATERINA A. SIDORCHUK & LEONID B. RYBALOV, pp 235-243
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A new species of the genus Pergalumna (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) collected in moss on trees from Ethiopia
SERGEY G. ERMILOV, EKATERINA A. SIDORCHUK & LEONID B. RYBALOV, pp 244-250
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The first occurrence of the family Barbutiidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Raphignathoidea) in Iran: Barbutia iranensis Bagheri, Navaei & Ueckermann sp. nov.
MOHAMMAD BAGHERI, REZA NAVAEI BONAB, HAMED GHORBANI, ALI MEHRVAR, MOOSA SABER & EDWARD A.UECKERMANN, pp 251-256
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Taxonomic confusion surrounding mite pests of sugarcane and rice (Acari: Eriophyidae)
R. B. HALLIDAY, pp 257-262
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Identity and distribution of Sonchus leaf-curling mite (Acari: Eriophyidae) in New Zealand
NICHOLAS MARTIN & ZHI-QIANG ZHANG, pp 263-264
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No. 2: 81-160 (Jul.)

Biology & Ecology

Demographic response to constant temperatures in Neoseiulus barkeri (Phytoseiidae) fed on Tetranychus urticae (Tetranychidae)
SHAHRIAR JAFARI, YAGHOUB FATHIPOUR, FARID FARAJI & MOHAMMAD BAGHERI, pp 83-99
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Systematics, Morphology & Evolution

Tick surveillance of small mammals captured in Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces, Republic of Korea, 2004–2008
HEUNG CHUL KIM, SUNG TAE CHONG, WILLIAM J. SAMES, PETER V. NUNN, STEPHEN P. WOLF, RICHARD G. ROBBINS & TERRY A. KLEIN, pp 100-108
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Ticks of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) and peccaries (Tayassu pecari) in Peru
MARCELO B. LABRUNA, MONICA ROMERO, THIAGO F. MARTINS, MATHIAS TOBLER, FERNANDO FERREIRA, pp 109-112
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A new oribatid mite of the subgenus Autogneta (Rhaphigneta) Grandjean (Oribatida: Autognetidae) from Iran
MOHAMMAD ALI AKRAMI, SHABNAM MORTAZAVI & JALIL HAJIZADEH, pp 113-117
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Stigmaeus shendabadiensis n. sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) from Northwest of Iran
KARIM HADDAD IRANI-NEJAD, ALI AKBARI, PARISA LOTFOLLAHI, MOHAMMAD BAGHERI & EDWARD A. UECKERMANN, pp 118-122
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Prostigmaeus khanjanii (Acari: Stigmaeidae), a new species from Northwest Iran
MOHAMMAD BAGHERI, HAMED GHORBANI, REZA NAVAEI BONAB1, MOOSA SABER, ALI MEHRVAR & EDWARD A. UECKERMANN, pp 123-128
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A new species of the genus Storchia Oudemans (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from northwest Iran
VAHIDEH SADAT SAFASADATI, MOHAMMAD KHANJANI, JABRAIL RAZMJOU1 & SALIH DOĞAN, pp 129-134
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Tenuipalpus orilloi Rimando, a new record to the Chinese fauna (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
YUN XU & QING-HAI FAN, pp 135-138
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Shivatonia turcicus sp. nov., a new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Bharatoniinae) of Shivatonia from Turkey
YUNUS ÖMER BOYACI, pp 139-145
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A new species of the water mite genus Mideopsis Neuman from Iran (Acari, Hydrachnidia)
MAHDIEH ASADI & VLADIMIR PEŠIĆ, pp 146-150
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New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaroidea) from Patagonia (Chile)
VLADIMIR PEŠIĆ, HARRY SMIT & THIBAULT DATRY, pp 151-160
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No. 1: 1-80 (Mar.)  

Biology & Ecology

New records of Tetranychus evansi and associated natural enemies in northern Argentina
ALBERTO DANIEL GUANILO, GILBERTO JOSÉ DE MORAES, SILVANA TOLEDO AND MARKUS KNAPP, pp 3-20
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First record of Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodidae) from Peru, with a review of this tick’s host relationships
SANTIAGO NAVA, PAÚL M. VELAZCO  & ALBERTO A. GUGLIELMONE, pp 21-30
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The role of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris L.) in the dissemination of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Germany
TREVOR N. PETNEY, JASMIN SKUBALLA, MIRIAM PFÄFFLE, HORST TARASCHEWSKI, pp 31-35
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Review of a new guide to the identification, biology and control of citrus mites
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG, pp 36-38
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Systematics, Morphology & Evolution

Nothrolohmannia samarensis sp. n. (Acari: Oribatida: Hypochthoniidae) from Samar Island, Philippines
ROY A. NORTON & LEONILA A. CORPUZ-RAROS, pp 39-46
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Dorsipes balli spec. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae), subelytral parasite of Carabus taedatus (Coleoptera: Carabidae), first record of the dorsipes group of the genus Dorsipes in the Western Hemisphere
ROBERT W. HUSBAND  & DAVID O. HUSBAND, pp 47-57
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A new species of Eutarsopolipus Berlese (Acari: Heterostigmata: Podapolipidae) from Chlaenius coeruleus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Western Caucasus
ALEXANDR A. KHAUSTOV, pp 58-64
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A new species of the genus Neognathus Willmann (Acari: Prostigmata: Caligonellidae) from Northwestern Iran
MOHAMMAD BAGHERI, SALİH DOĞAN, KARIM HADDAD IRANI-NEJAD, KARIM KAMALI, MOHAMMAD KHANJANI5 & ALIREZA SABOORI, pp 65-68
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Correction to dorsal setal lengths of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae: Schizotetranychus) from Malaysia described by Ehara
KAZUNORI OHASHI & SHÔZÔ EHARA, pp 69-70
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Two new Epitrimerus Nalepa (Eriophyidae, Prostigmata) species from Brazil and further remarks on the immature stages of a few eriophyoid species
CARLOS H. W. FLECHTMANN, pp 71-80
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