Systematic & Applied Acarology
ISSN 1362-1971
An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996



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Volume 17 (2012)

No. 1 (Feb.); No 2 (Jun.); No 3 (Aug.); No 4 (Nov.)


No. 4: 353–464 (30 Nov. 2012)

Table of contents, pp 353–354 open access

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Precopula and female-biased sex ratio in Iphiolaelaps Womersley (Acari: Mesostigmata: Iphiopsidae)
OWEN D. SEEMAN & HELEN F. NAHRUNG
, p 355–356
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An annotated list of encomia honoring Harry Hoogstraal (1917–1986)
TERRY L. CARPENTER & RICHARD G. ROBBINS, pp 357–367
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Detecting acaricide resistance in Turkish populations of Panonychus citri McGregor (Acari: Tetranychidae)
İSMAİL DÖKER & CENGİZ KAZAK, pp 368–377
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Effect of the cassava green mite, Mononychellus progresivus, on the development and reproduction of the introduced predatory mite, Phytoseiulus longipes (Acari: Tetranychidae; Phytoseiidae), at different temperatures
D.L. MUTISYA, E.M. EL-BANHAWY, C.W. KARIUKI, C.P. M.KHAMALA, K.K.M. FIABOE & M.M. KUNGU, pp 378–383
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Phytoseiidae on Blackberry in Central California
JAMES A. MCMURTRY & EDGAR D. SHOW, pp 384–387
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A checklist and key for the phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of citrus orchards in Iran, with a new record for Iranian phytoseiid mites
JALIL HAJIZADEH & MAEDEH NAZARI, pp 388–396
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COI barcoding as a molecular assay for the identification of phytoseiid mites
JIN-BO LI, YUAN-XI LI, JING-TAO SUN, XIAO-FENG XUE, XUE-NONG XU & XIAO-YUE HONG, pp 397–406
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Valbehanella freestatensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida) from South Africa
SERGEY G. ERMILOV & ELIZABETH A. HUGO-COETZEE, pp 407–416
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First record of the genus Spatiodamaeus Bulanova-Zachvatkina (Oribatida: Damaeidae) from China, with description of a new species
LIXIA XIE, DAWEI HUANG, YI YAN, RONG HUANG & MAOFA YANG
, pp 417–427
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The first record of the family Parakalummidae Grandjean, 1936 (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran, with  description of a new species
MOHAMMAD ALI AKRAMI & MOSLEM BEHMANESH
, pp 428–434
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A new species of Rubroscirus from Brazil (Acari: Bdelloidea: Cunaxidae)
NOELI JUAREZ FERLA & MATHEUS DOS SANTOS ROCHA
, pp 435–440
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Stigmaeus miandoabiensis sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae), with redescription of S. siculus (Berlese, 1883) from Iran
MOHAMMAD BAGHERI & ELHAM ZAREI
, pp 441–447
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Adamystis Cunliffe, 1957 (Acari: Prostigmata: Adamystidae) in Iran: two new species and a key to the Iranian species
MARUT FUANGARWORN, GHOLAMREZA BEYZAVI & HADI OSTOVAN
, pp 448–457
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Two rare water mite species (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from the streams of the Indian eastern Himalayan region
VLADIMIR PEŠIĆ, TAPAS CHATTERJEE, MRINAL KUMAR DAS & SABITRY BORDOLOI
, pp 435–440
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No. 3: 241–352 (31 Aug. 2012)

Table of contents, pp 241–241 open access

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Neotropacarus bakeri (Collyer, 1967) rediscovered (Sarcoptiformes: Acaridae)
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG, p 242
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Ticks

Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing endemic and exotic wild mammals in the Esteros del Iberá wetlands, Argentina
VALERIA N. DEBÁRBORA, SANTIAGO NAVA, SEBASTIÁN CIRIGNOLI, ALBERTO A. GUGLIELMONE & ALICIA S.G. POI, pp 243–250
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New tick (Acari: Ixodidae) records from a mink, Neovison vison (Schreber), in Mississippi, U.S.A.
JEROME GODDARD, LAWRENCE BIRCHAM & RICHARD G. ROBBINS, pp 251–253
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First description of the male of Transeius avetianae (Arutunjan & Ohandjanian) (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) and re-description of the female
MOHSEN ZARE, HASAN RAHMANI, FARID FARAJI & MOHAMMAD-ALI AKRAMI, pp 254–260
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Incidence of predatory phytoseiid mites in Saudi Arabia: new records and a key to the Saudi Arabian species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina)
MOHAMED W. NEGM, FAHAD J. ALATAWI & YOUSIF N. ALDRYHIM, pp 261–268
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Two new species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Ecuador
SERGEY G. ERMILOV & STANISLAV KALÚZ, pp 269–280
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Morphology of juvenile instars of Meristacarus sundensis Hammer, 1979 and Cryptacarus promecus Grandjean, 1950 (Acari, Oribatida, Lohmanniidae)
SERGEY G. ERMILOV, UMUKUSUM YA. SHTANCHAEVA, LUIS S. SUBÍAS & ALEXANDER E. ANICHKIN, pp 281–300
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Two new species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Ethiopia, including a key to species of Pilobatella
SERGEY G. ERMILOV, NEVILLE N. WINCHESTER, MARGARET M. LOWMAN & ALEMAYEHU WASSIE, pp 301–317
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A new Fusohericia (Acari: Astigmata: Algophagidae) from Costa Rica
NORMAN J. FASHING & ANNA GLIST, pp 318–332
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Redescription of Oulenzia arboricola (Oudemans, 1928), type species of Oulenzia Radford, 1950 (Acari: Astigmata: Winterschmidtiidae)
QING-HAI FAN, SHERLY GEORGE & LALITH KUMARASINGHE, pp 333–338
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New records of mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae, Trombidiidae) from Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, with a description of Erythraeus (Erythraeus) albanicus sp. nov.
RYSZARD HAITLINGER, pp 339–345
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First record of the water mite genus Momonides Lundblad from the Afrotropical region (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Momoniidae)
HARRY SMIT, pp 346–348
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A second species of the Australian water mite genus Austrotrombella Southcott (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hydryphantidae)
HARRY SMIT, pp 349–352
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No. 2: 113–240 (25 Jun. 2012)


Table of contents, pp 113–114 open access

Ticks

An annotated checklist of the ticks (Acari: Ixodida) of Germany
TREVOR N. PETNEY, MIRIAM P. PFÄFFLE & JASMIN D. SKUBALLA, pp 115–170
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Genetic variation among natural populations of Euseius nicholsi (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from China detected using mitochondrial coxI and nuclear rDNA ITS sequences
CHAO YANG, YUAN-XI LI, XIAN-MING YANG, JING-TAO SUN, XUE-NONG XU & XIAO-YUE HONG, pp 171–181
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Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from southern Ethiopia with description of three new species
WOJCIECH NIEDBAŁA & SERGEY G. ERMILOV, pp 182–190
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A new species, Aceria neopaederiae (Acari: Eriophyidae), infesting Paederia foetida L. (Rubiaceae) in Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore
P.  KONVIPASRUANG, A. CHANDRAPATYA, J. W. AMRINE, JR., R. OCHOA, G. BAUCHAN & P. PRATT, pp 191–201
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A new eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Eriophyidae) infesting Haloxylon ammodendron and H. persicum (Chenopodiaceae) in Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, northwest China
XIAO-FENG XUE, JIAN-PING ZHANG, FENG-LIAN LI & XIAO-YUE HONG, pp 202–209
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A new species and new record of Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from northwest Iran
ELHAM ZAREI & MOHAMMAD BAGHERI, pp 210–216
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Eustigmaeus nahidae, a new species of the genus Eustigmaeus Berlese (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from northwest Iran
SAEEDE SADAT GHEBLEALIVAND, MOHAMMAD BAGHERI & HAMED GHORBAN, pp 217–223
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Biological notes and risk status of Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes, 1939) (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in New Zealand
JOCELYN A. BERRY & QING-HAI FAN, pp 224–230
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A new species of Schizotetranychus (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae) from the Chilean fauna, with a few remarkable morphological features
CARLOS H.W. FLECHTMANN & LOURDES EUGENIA PERALTA-ALBA, pp 231–238
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New Zealand records of Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Carpoglyphidae)
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG, pp 239–240
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No 1: 1–112 (29 Feb. 2012) 

Table of contents, pp 1–2 open access

Ticks

First at-large record of Amblyomma parvum (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States
JOSEPH L. CORN, BRITTA HANSON, CRAIG R. OKRASKA, BRITTA MUIZNIEKS, VALERIE MORGAN & JAMES W. MERTINS, pp 3–6
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First report of Amblyomma boeroi Nava, Mangold, Mastropaolo, Venzal, Oscherov and Guglielmone (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Chacoan peccary, Catagonus wagneri (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae), in Paraguay
M. MASTROPAOLO, S. NAVA, E. SCHMIDT, A. A. GUGLIELMON & A. J. MANGOLD, pp 7–9
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The effect of different temperatures on the development of the predatory mite Bdella tropica Atyeo (Acari: Bdellidae) with the prey Xenylla longauda Folsom (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)
JIE JI, TAO LIN, XIA CHEN, YANXUAN ZHANG & JIANZHEN LIN, pp 10–14
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Mites (Mesostigmata, Prostigmata, Astigmatina) associated with weeds among physic nut crops (Jatropha curcas L.: Euphorbiaceae) in Brazil
JOSÉ MARCOS REZENDE & ANTONIO CARLOS LOFEGO, pp 15–26
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A new Adamystis Cunliffe, 1957 species from Iran (Acari: Trombidiformes: Adamystidae)
GHOLAMREZA BEYZAVI, EDWARD A. UECKERMANN &  & HADI OSTOVAN, pp 27–30
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A new species of the genus Adamystis (Acari: Anystina: Adamystidae) from western Iran
MOHAMMAD KHANJANI, SAEED ALVANDY, BAHMAN ASALI FAYAZ & EDWARD A. UECKERMANN, pp 31–35
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Fourth larval species of Calyptostoma (Acari: Prostigmata: Calyptostomatidae)
ALIREZA SABOORI, NAHID SOUKHTSARAII, MOHSEN YAZDANIAN & AZADEH ZAHEDI GOLPAYEGANI, pp 36–44
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Effects of Wolbachia on rDNA-ITS2 variation and evolution in natural populations of Tetranychus urticae Koch
HONG-HUA SU, FENG JIANG, MING-ZHI YU, XIAN-MING YANG, YI-ZHONG YANG& XIAO-YUE HONG, pp 45–52
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Raphignathus larestanensis, a new species of the genus Raphignathus Dugès (Acari: Raphignathidae) from southern Iran
MOHAMMAD BAGHERI, MOHAMMAD ALI AKRAMI & MARYAM MAJIDI, pp 53–58
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A new species of the genus Ledermuelleriopsis Willmann (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from southern Iran
MOHAMMAD KHANJANI, MEHRANGIZ PAKDELAN, HADI OSTOVAN & MASOUMEH KHANJANI, pp 59–66
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A new species of Neophyllobius (Acari: Raphignathoidea, Camerobiidae) from southeast Iran
MOHAMMAD KHANJANI, AREZOO ASADABADI, HAMZEH IZADI & SALIH DOĞAN, pp 67–73
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Eutarsopolipus jacobi sp. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae), subelytral parasite of Diplocheila impressicollis (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Michigan, U.S.A.
ROBERT W. HUSBAND & DAVID O. HUSBAND, pp 74–82
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Eutarsopolipus osunaharae sp. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae),subelytral parasite of Diplocheila zeelandica (Redtenbacher) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Japan
ROBERT W. HUSBAND & KAZUYOSHI KUROSA, pp 83–90
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Oribatid mites of the genera Epilohmannia, Furcoppia and Unguizetes (Acari: Oribatida: Epilohmanniidae; Astegistidae; Mochlozetidae) from Vietnam
SERGEY G. ERMILOV & ALEXANDER E. ANICHKIN, pp 91–105
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A new species of fossil oribatid mite (Acariformes, Oribatida, Trhypochthoniidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just (Teruel Province, Spain)
ANTONIO ARILLO, LUIS S. SUBÍAS & UMUKUSUM SHTANCHAEVA, pp 106–112
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