1. Description of a new relict eriophyoid mite, Loboquintus subsquamatus n. gen. & n. sp. (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae, Pentasetacini) based on confocal microscopy, SEM, COI barcoding and novel CLSM anatomy of internal genitalia

   • Philipp E. Chetverikov
   • Tatjana Cvrković
   • Radmila U. Petanović

   OriginalPaper 15 March 2013 Pages: 1 - 30

   

2. Alternative phenotypes of male mating behaviour in the two-spotted spider mite

   • Yukie Sato
   • Maurice W. Sabelis
   • Farid Faraji

   OriginalPaper Open access 20 February 2013 Pages: 31 - 41

   

3. Life table and efficacy of Mallada desjardinsi (Chrysopidae: Neuroptera), an important predator of tea red spider mite, Oligonychus coffeae (Acari: Tetranychidae)

   • Duraikannu Vasanthakumar
   • Azariah Babu

   OriginalPaper 22 February 2013 Pages: 43 - 52

   

4. Prey preference and life tables of the predatory mite Parasitus bituberosus (Acari: Parasitidae) when offered various prey combinations

   • Piotr Szafranek
   • Mariusz Lewandowski
   • Marcin Kozak

   OriginalPaper Open access 03 May 2013 Pages: 53 - 67

   

5. Life table parameters and capture success ratio studies of Typhlodromips swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to the factitious prey Suidasia medanensis (Acari: Suidasidae)

   • Audun Midthassel
   • Simon R. Leather
   • Ian H. Baxter

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2013 Pages: 69 - 78

   

6. Evaluation of the benefits of a myrmecophilous oribatid mite, Aribates javensis, to a myrmicine ant, Myrmecina sp.

   • Fuminori Ito

   OriginalPaper 20 February 2013 Pages: 79 - 85

   

7. Resistance to fresh and salt water in intertidal mites (Acari: Oribatida): implications for ecology and hydrochorous dispersal

   • Tobias Pfingstl

   OriginalPaper Open access 01 March 2013 Pages: 87 - 96

   

8. Variability of the honey bee mite Varroa destructor in Serbia, based on mtDNA analysis

   • Bojan Gajic
   • Zeljko Radulovic
   • Zoran Stanimirovic

   OriginalPaper 08 March 2013 Pages: 97 - 105

   

9. Artificial feeding of Varroa destructor through a chitosan membrane: a tool for studying the host-microparasite relationship

   • Jeremy Tabart
   • Marc-Edouard Colin
   • Angelique Vetillard

   OriginalPaper 20 February 2013 Pages: 107 - 118

   

10. Efficiency of flagging and dragging for tick collection

    • Filipe Dantas-Torres
    • Riccardo Paolo Lia
    • Domenico Otranto

    OriginalPaper 17 February 2013 Pages: 119 - 127

11. Detection of lumpy skin disease virus in saliva of ticks fed on lumpy skin disease virus-infected cattle

    • J. C. Lubinga
    • E. S. M. Tuppurainen
    • E. H. Venter

    OriginalPaper 01 March 2013 Pages: 129 - 138

12. Life cycle of Ornithodoros rostratus (Acari: Argasidae) under experimental conditions and comments on the host-parasite relationship in the Pantanal wetland region, Brazil

    • Carla Carolina Dias Uzedo Ribeiro
    • João Luiz Horácio Faccini
    • Romário Cerqueira Leite

    OriginalPaper 01 March 2013 Pages: 139 - 146