1. Variation in the Life History Pattern of Tetranychus Urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) after Selection for Dispersal

   • Shuichi Yano
   • Akio Takafuji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10

2. Importance of ambient saturation deficits in an epizootic of the fungus Neozygites floridana in cassava green mites (Mononychellus tanajoa)

   • Sam L. Elliot
   • Gilberto J. De Moraes
   • John D. Mumford

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 25

3. Plant Feeding by a Predatory Mite Inhabiting Cassava

   • S. Magalhães
   • F.M. Bakker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 37

4. Prey-Related Odor Preference of the Predatory Mites Typhlodromalus Manihoti and Typhlodromalus Aripo (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

   • Désiré Gnanvossou
   • Rachid Hanna
   • Marcel Dicke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 56

5. Phytoseiid Predators Suppress Populations of Bemisia Tabaci on Cucumber Plants with Alternative Food

   • Maria Nomikou
   • Arne Janssen
   • Maurice W. Sabelis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 68

6. Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of the Important Honey Bee Pest, Varroa Destructor (Acari: Varroidae)

   • Jay D. Evans
   • Dawn L. Lopez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 78

7. Reproduction of Varroa destructor in worker brood of Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera)

   • Luis Medina Medina
   • Stephen J. Martin
   • Francis L.W. Ratnieks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 88

8. A Laboratory Evaluation of a Regulated Airflow through Wheat at Four Combinations of Temperature and Humidity on the Productivity of Three Species of Stored Product Mites

   • B.B. Thind
   • J.A. Dunn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 102

9. Microanatomical and microbiological characteristics of the quiescent state of Scutovertex minutus (Acari: Oribatida)

   • Jaroslav SmrŽ

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 112

10. Ixodid Ticks Feeding on Humans in South Africa: with Notes on Preferred Hosts, Geographic Distribution, Seasonal Occurrence and Transmission of Pathogens

    • I.G. Horak
    • L.J. Fourie
    • G.R. Needham

    OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 136

11. The Effect of Feeding Status on Sexual Attractiveness of Ixodes Ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) Females

    • R. Zemek
    • E.A.P. Bouman
    • F. Dusbábek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 149

12. Mating, Male Ixodes Scapularis Express Several Genes Including those with Sequence Similarity to Immunoglobulin-Binding Proteins and Metalloproteases

    • Mark Packila
    • Patrick G. Guilfoile

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 160

13. Instructions for Authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 161 - 167