1. Chemical alarm and defence in the oribatid mite Collohmannia gigantea (Acari: Oribatida)

   • Günther Raspotnig

   OriginalPaper 03 August 2006 Pages: 177 - 194

2. Population models for threshold-based control of Tetranychus urticae in small-scale Kenyan tomato fields and for evaluating weather and host plant species effects

   • Markus Knapp
   • Ibrahima Sarr
   • Johann Baumgärtner

   OriginalPaper 03 August 2006 Pages: 195 - 212

3. Comparison of single and combination treatments of Phytoseiulus persimilis, Neoseiulus californicus, and Acramite (bifenazate) for control of twospotted spider mites in strawberries

   • Elena M. Rhodes
   • Oscar E. Liburd
   • Roger R. Francis

   Original paper 13 June 2006 Pages: 213 - 225

4. Immigration of Phytoseiid Mites from Surrounding Uncultivated Areas into a Newly Planted Vineyard

   • Marie-Stéphane Tixier
   • Serge Kreiter
   • Romain Bonafos

   OriginalPaper 28 June 2006 Pages: 227 - 242

5. Evidence for host plant preference by Iphiseiodes quadripilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Citrus

   • Raul T. Villanueva
   • Carl C. Childers

   OriginalPaper 03 August 2006 Pages: 243 - 256

6. Cardinium symbionts induce haploid thelytoky in most clones of three closely related Brevipalpus species

   • Thomas V. M. Groot
   • Johannes A. J. Breeuwer

   OriginalPaper 10 August 2006 Pages: 257 - 271

7. Brood-cell size does not influence the susceptibility of honey bees (Apis mellifera) to infestation by tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi)

   • John B. McMullan
   • Mark J. F. Brown

   OriginalPaper 03 August 2006 Pages: 273 - 280

8. Enzymatic analysis of Blomia tropicalis and Blomia kulagini (Acari: Echimyopodidae) allergenic extracts obtained from different phases of culture growth

   • G. Cardona
   • J. Guisantes
   • J. Martínez

   OriginalPaper 26 July 2006 Pages: 281 - 288

9. Spatial distribution of mites of the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in a small isolated forest area

   • Agnieszka Napierała
   • Jerzy Błoszyk
   • Jan Bruin

   Short Communication 28 June 2006 Pages: 289 - 295

10. Antimicrobial activity in the egg wax of the African cattle tick Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae)

    • M. Claire Arrieta
    • Brenda K. Leskiw
    • W. Reuben Kaufman

    OriginalPaper 28 July 2006 Pages: 297 - 313

11. Larval feeding performance of two Neotropical Ornithodoros ticks (Acari: Argasidae) on reptiles

    • José M. Venzal
    • Agustín Estrada-Peña

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2006 Pages: 315 - 320

12. Borrelia, Coxiella, and Rickettsia in Carios capensis (Acari: Argasidae) from a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) rookery in South Carolina, USA

    • Will K. Reeves
    • Amanda D. Loftis
    • Gregory A. Dasch

    Original Paper 05 July 2006 Pages: 321 - 329

13. Ticks Parasitizing Wild Birds in Portugal: Detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii, R. helvetica and R. massiliae

    • Maria Margarida Santos-Silva
    • Rita Sousa
    • Fátima Bacellar

    OriginalPaper 03 August 2006 Pages: 331 - 338

14. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing humans in an Atlantic rainforest reserve of Southeastern Brazil with notes on host suitability

    • Matias P. J. Szabó
    • Marcelo B. Labruna
    • Alexandre Vogliotti

    BriefCommunication 10 August 2006 Pages: 339 - 346

15. Use of Refrigeration as a Practical means to Preserve Viability of in Vitro-Cultured IDE8 Tick Cells

    • Camila V. Bastos
    • Maria Mercês C. das Vasconcelos
    • Lygia M. Friche Passos

    BriefCommunication 16 June 2006 Pages: 347 - 352