1. Propensity towards cannibalism among Hypoaspis aculeifer and H. miles, two soil-dwelling predatory mite species

   • Oliver Berndt
   • Rainer Meyhöfer
   • Hans-Michael Poehling

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 14

2. Phytoseiid predators of whiteflies feed and reproduce on non-prey food sources

   • Maria Nomikou
   • Arne Janssen
   • Maurice W. Sabelis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 26

3. Phytoseiid predator of whitefly feeds on plant tissue

   • Maria Nomikou
   • Arne Janssen
   • Maurice W. Sabelis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 36

4. The effect of temperature on the functional response of Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

   • David J. Skirvin
   • John S. Fenlon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 49

5. Side-effects of three pesticides on the predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

   • A. Kavousi
   • K. Talebi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 58

6. Ambulatory migration in mites (Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae) to new leaves of moso bamboo shoots

   • Yanxuan Zhang
   • Yutaka Saito
   • Yukie Sato

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 70

7. Distribution patterns of coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis, and its predator Neoseiulus aff. paspalivorus in coconut palms

   • L.C.P. Fernando
   • N.S. Aratchige
   • T.S.G. Peiris

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 78

8. Life history of hawthorn spider mite Amphitetranychus viennensis (Acarina: Tetranychidae) on various apple cultivars and at different temperatures

   • İsmail Kasap

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 91

9. Isolation, characterization, inheritance and linkage of microsatellite markers in Tetranychus kanzawai (Acari: Tetranychidae)

   • Shinya Nishimura
   • Norihide Hinomoto
   • Akio Takafuji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 103

10. Microanatomical and biological aspects of bacterial associations in Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridida)

    • Jaroslav SmrŽ

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 113

11. The effect of modified atmospheres on the survival of the eggs of four storage mite species

    • Simon T. Conyers
    • Christopher H. Bell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 130

12. First detection of chlorfenapyr (Secure^®) resistance in two-spotted spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) from nectarines in an Australian orchard

    • G.A. Herron
    • J. Rophail

    BriefCommunication Pages: 131 - 134

13. Inheritance of resistance to flumethrin in the Mexican Aldama strain of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

    • Graciela Tapia-Perez
    • Zeferino García-Vazquez
    • John George

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 149

14. Ability of Ixodes persulcatus, Haemaphysalis concinna and Dermacentor silvarum ticks to acquire and transstadially transmit Borrelia garinii

    • Yi Sun
    • Rongman Xu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 160