1. Temporal fluctuations in oribatid mites indicate that density-independent factors favour parthenogenetic reproduction

   • Christian Bluhm
   • Stefan Scheu
   • Mark Maraun

   OriginalPaper 06 January 2016 Pages: 387 - 407

   

2. Oribatid mite species numbers increase, densities decline and parthenogenetic species suffer during bog degradation

   • Anna Seniczak
   • Stanisław Seniczak
   • Marcin Mistrzak

   OriginalPaper 05 February 2016 Pages: 409 - 428

   

3. Community structure variability of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in nests of the common mole, Talpa europaea, in Central Europe

   • Agnieszka Napierała
   • Anna Mądra
   • Jerzy Błoszyk

   OriginalPaper Open access 09 February 2016 Pages: 429 - 440

   

4. Intraguild predation between phytoseiid mite species might not be so common

   • C. Guzmán
   • R. M. Sahún
   • M. Montserrat

   OriginalPaper 29 December 2015 Pages: 441 - 453

   

5. Sampling method evaluation and empirical model fitting for count data to estimate densities of Oligonychus perseae (Acari: Tetranychidae) on ‘Hass’ avocado leaves in southern California

   • Jesús R. Lara
   • Naseem T. Saremi
   • Mark S. Hoddle

   OriginalPaper 09 February 2016 Pages: 455 - 475

   

6. Development and reproductive potential of Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridae) on plant-parasitic nematodes and artificial diets

   • Doaa Abd El-Maksoud Abou El-Atta
   • Mohamed Ali Osman

   OriginalPaper 21 December 2015 Pages: 477 - 483

7. Acaricidal activity of Asarum heterotropoides root-derived compounds and hydrodistillate constitutes toward Dermanyssus gallinae (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae)

   • Jun-Ran Kim
   • Haribalan Perumalsamy
   • Sang-Guie Lee

   OriginalPaper 26 December 2015 Pages: 485 - 495

   

8. Factors influencing the prevalence and infestation levels of Varroa destructor in honeybee colonies in two highland agro-ecological zones of Uganda

   • Moses Chemurot
   • Anne M. Akol
   • Dirk C. de Graaf

   OriginalPaper 22 January 2016 Pages: 497 - 508

   

9. Differences in Varroa destructor infestation rates of two indigenous subspecies of Apis mellifera in the Republic of South Africa

   • Ashley N. Mortensen
   • Daniel R. Schmehl
   • James D. Ellis

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2015 Pages: 509 - 515

   

10. Erratum to: Differences in Varroa destructor infestation rates of two indigenous subspecies of Apis mellifera in the Republic of South Africa

    • Ashley N. Mortensen
    • Daniel R. Schmehl
    • James D. Ellis

    Erratum 04 February 2016 Pages: 517 - 518

    

11. Evidence of female sex pheromones and characterization of the cuticular lipids of unfed, adult male versus female blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis

    • Ann L. Carr
    • Daniel E. Sonenshine
    • R. Michael Roe

    OriginalPaper 10 February 2016 Pages: 519 - 538

    

12. First detection and molecular identification of Babesia vogeli from Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Taiwan

    • Li-Lian Chao
    • Shu-Ting Yeh
    • Chien-Ming Shih

    OriginalPaper 22 January 2016 Pages: 539 - 551