1. Plant host associations of Penthaleus species and Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae) and implications for integrated pest management

   • Paul A. Umina
   • Ary A. Hoffmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 20

2. Below-ground plant parts emit herbivore-induced volatiles: olfactory responses of a predatory mite to tulip bulbs infested by rust mites

   • N.S. Aratchige
   • I. Lesna
   • M.W. Sabelis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 30

3. The relationship between dietary specialism and availability of food and water on cannibalistic interactions among predatory mites in protected crops

   • Michael E. de Courcy Williams
   • Lidija Kravar-Garde
   • Keith D. Sunderland

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 44

4. The predatory mite Typhlodromus pyri (Acari: Phytoseiidae) causes feeding scars on leaves and fruits of apple

   • C. Sengonca
   • I. A. Khan
   • P. Blaeser

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 53

5. Effects of NaCl-stressed citrus plants on life-history parameters of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)

   • Sílvia Aucejo-Romero
   • Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas
   • Josep-Anton Jacas-Miret

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 67

6. Tactic responses of the parasitic mite, Psoroptes ovis, to light and temperature

   • K.R. Pegler
   • R. Wall

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 79

7. Rapid quantitative assay for acaricidal effects on Sarcoptes scabiei var. suis and Otodectes cynotis

   • L. Brimer
   • H. Bak
   • S.Aa. Henriksen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 91

8. Neotrombicula autumnalis (Acari, Trombiculidae) as a vector for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato?

   • H. Kampen
   • A. Schöler
   • W. A. Maier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 102

9. Phenology of Bryobia cristata (Acari, Prostigmata) in hayfields in northern Iceland

   • Thorkil E. Hallas
   • Bjarni E. Gudleifsson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 107

10. Amblyomma cajennense ticks induce immediate hypersensitivity in horses and donkeys

    • Matias Pablo Juan Szabó
    • Karina Carrão Castagnolli
    • Marco Aurélio Romano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 117

11. A reassessment of argasid tick salivary gland ultrastructure from an immuno-cytochemical perspective

    • Ben J. Mans
    • Jacobus D. Venter
    • Albert W.H. Neitz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 129

12. Regeneration of Haller's sensory organ in two species of hard ticks of the genus Haemaphysalis (Acari: Ixodidae)

    • S.A. Leonovich
    • V. N. Belozerov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 144

13. Cross-sectional survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in sheep from an area of the southern Italian Apennines

    • L. Rinaldi
    • D. Otranto
    • G. Cringoli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 151

14. First record of immature stages of Amblyomma tigrinum (Acari: Ixodidae) on wild birds in chile

    • Daniel Gonzalez-Acuña
    • Jose Venzal
    • Alberto A. Guglielmone

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 156