1. Coprophilous mite communities as affected by concentration of plastic and glass particles

   • S. Stamatiadis
   • D. L. Dindal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 12

2. Parasitus bituberosus (Acari: Parasitidae), a possible agent for biological control ofHeteropeza pygmaea (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in mushroom compost

   • A. H. K. Al-Amidi
   • M. J. Downes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 25

3. Environmental actions of agrochemicals 1. Side-effects of the herbicide 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole on a laboratory acarine/host-plant interaction (Tetranychus urticae/Phaseolus vulgaris) as revealed by electron microscopy

   • U. Mothes-Wagner
   • H. K. Reitze
   • K. A. Seitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 40

4. Attempted transmission ofEhrlichia risticii, causative agent of Potomac horse fever, by the ticks,Dermacentor variabilis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ixodes scapularis andAmblyomma americanum

   • N. E. Hahn
   • M. Fletcher
   • B. D. Perry

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 50

5. Immunity of the ox to the brown ear tickRhipicephalus appendiculatus

   • Bruce H. Fivaz
   • Andy Norval

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 63

6. An Australian record of the American dog tickDermacentor variabilis, and the risk of its establishment outside North America

   • R. B. Halliday
   • R. W. Sutherst

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 70

7. Species diversity and seasonal dynamics of Acari on abandoned apple trees in southern Ontario, Canada

   • Hiroshi Amano
   • D. A. Chant

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 96

8. Differentiation of mite species by using cellulose acetate and equilibrium polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of isoenzymes

   • B. J. Hart
   • A. Fain
   • D. T. Hart

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 104

9. Scanning electron microscopic observation of the pretarsal suckers of the honey-bee ectoparasite,Varroa jacobsoni (Gamasida: Dermanyssina)

   • T. P. Liu
   • Ying-Shin Christine Peng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 114

10. Fine structure of external ‘genital’ papillae in the fresh water miteHydrovolzia placophora (Hydrovolziidae, Actinedida, Actinotrichida, Acari)

    • Gerd Alberti
    • Carl Bader

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 124

11. Fine structure of the fat body and nephrocytes in the life-stages ofDermacentor variabilis

    • Lewis B. Coons
    • William J. L'Amoreaux
    • Linda Starr-spires

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 142